After race at Navan Thu, 31st Aug, 2023 (1st)  He has a lovely Flat mark, he stays very well and he needs that kind of a trip. I'm delighted for the syndicate that own him, they are a lovely racing bunch. He'll go jumping in Listowel, I'd imagine that will be the plan. We'll have a look at Dundalk for the winter after that. Eoin Christopher McCarthy

After race at Killarney Thu, 20th Jul, 2023 (1st)  They went plenty quick up front and I told Gary to take his time as there were three confirmed front-runners. It was his first run in a handicap (hurdle) and he jumped a little sketchy at times. I wanted him to be given a chance to find his feet and he showed how tough and gutsy he is in the last half-furlong. He’s only four and will be a lovely horse in time. Maybe we’ll look at Galway but Listowel would be the main thing on my mind. A lot of the Syndicate are from Limerick and there is a good crowd of them here this evening. They are real racing enthusiasts and love going racing. Eoin Christopher McCarthy

After race at Tipperary Thu, 30th Jun, 2022 (1st)  He ran a nice race on his first flat handicap run in Limerick and then we schooled him and he jumped very well. We said we'd give this a go before there were many horses schooled in the country. He didn't jump quite as well as I thought he would but he jumped well enough to be there with a chance going down to the last and stayed very well. He jumped well but just wasn't quick away from his hurdles. There isn't a winners' race for about two months so we'll go back to the flat in the interim. It is a good start for Highland Reel over hurdles as well as I'd imagine he'll end up being a jumps' sire. I don't know if this is right or not, but he is possibly the youngest horse ever to win a jumps race in Ireland as today's race (the first juvenile hurdle of the season) is six weeks earlier that it usually is. Andrew McNamara