Ballinrobe Mon, 13th Aug, 2018  Still Standing I got a little bit impeded jumping out but he hasn't run for a long time and he's entitled to be a little bit rusty. I just rode a race then and we went a nice even pace and we kept picking up every furlong. He got very unbalanced with me turning in — it's a track that takes a little bit of experience and I thought that if I hit him, as we raced down to the furlong marker, I'd unbalance him even more. I'd have taken a beating for him to gain more long term but in fairness he did it well and he's one that Jessie has always liked. It's nice to see him go and win after a long time off.

Leopardstown Thu, 9th Aug, 2018  Persian Lion He's a lovely horse and is unlucky not to have won a maiden. The step up in trip suited him well, and he loves that good ground. He can only improve and I didn't get him until this year because he was so big and gangly. He won't have any difficulty stepping up to two miles, and he'll definitely be kept in training next year.

Curragh Mon, 6th Aug, 2018  St Brelades Bay Fiona Carmichael is here today so it’s great. She flew in today to see her horses for the first time this year. That’s the highest he’s ever won off and he’s a great servant. He’s won over seven this year as well, and likes good fast ground. He likes a bit of space around him and doesn’t like big field handicaps.

Curragh Mon, 6th Aug, 2018  Chicas Amigas She's battled back but she wants seven furlongs. We'll move her up in trip now but where we go I'm not sure. A little bit of dig in the ground might help her as well. Colm said for the first two or three furlongs they were only hacking which probably didn’t suit her.

Galway Sun, 5th Aug, 2018  Rovetta She’s my only winner during the week and has won twice. She was great although Colm was a lot further back than he wanted to be. He got a bit squeezed after the start but he said once she came down the hill he didn’t really have to go for her. She won well in the end and is as tough as old boots.

Galway Wed, 1st Aug, 2018  Rovetta It's her first handicap and we thought quite a lot of her when she came to us. She was bought in Deauville before Christmas, by David Minton, for Kate,. We liked her and Kate leased her to the syndicate that HRI set up through Sean O'Brien, the rugby player. She had a few runs and ran well but she got kicked at the start on one of them. This was her first handicap and she really appreciated the dig in the ground. I've been running her on fairly quick ground and she loved that ground today. She still doesn't jump the greatest but that will come. My other horse that was fourth (Timetoget) the ground actually got to her. She's the opposite as she wanted good ground but she ran a great race.

Gowran Park Sat, 28th Jul, 2018  Charcor he's a horse that got injured as a yearling. He came to me and had one run early on when he finished third and was very slowly away and very green. I've just been waiting and waiting for ground for him because he needs a bit of juice in it and all the time he's had has stood to him. He was to go to Galway for a maiden but he's broken it here and he's a nice horse going forward and we'll see what mark he gets now.

Gowran Park Sat, 28th Jul, 2018  Dragon Roll she was very green. Wayne said she jumped well but she was galloping up in the air. In the straight she was rolling around and all over the place but when she got going on the outside, she flew and hit the line very strongly. He said she'll get further. I hoped she'd run well today but I wasn't really expected her to win. I would love to find a winners of one for her because she was so green today. She's not one you'd be wanting to throw in the deep end yet. It's the first winner in Ireland for American owners Magic Cap Stables. She was bought here at the breeze-ups and is only in training two months.

Ballinrobe Mon, 23rd Jul, 2018  Holding Pattern

Curragh Sun, 22nd Jul, 2018  Chocolate Music Colm said if he had been beaten it would have been his fault. She wanted to go but he just got checked and then came around. He said she was strong at the end so he's delighted with her. She has plenty of pace so we'll keep her at that, up to six furlongs, and we'll see where we go with her. She's in the Moyglare and she's in the Lowther as well. She has a few entries and might easily go for the Lowther.

Killarney Thu, 19th Jul, 2018  Feeling The Love she is very well bred but has had a lot of relations that never did anything. We've had a lot of the family and they were disappointing but, anyway, it's nice to see her coming good and winning. She ran a grand race in Roscommon and she came home well and it was nice to see her pulling out well today. She goes on the quick ground and hopefully we'll get another run or two into her before the ground changes, although we might find somewhere quieter than Galway.