Leopardstown Sun, 20th Oct, 2024  Elizabeth Jane She deserved that win, she's a very talented filly. . That was only her fourth run of the year, she ran fourth in the Irish Oaks and ran a very good race. She had been working nicely and that was what I expected, a very good performance today. 

Naas Sun, 13th Oct, 2024  Azada It was important that she won that race. She ran a very good race in the (Irish 1,000) Guineas and won well as a two-year-old. She handles that ground well. It’s on the slow side but that’s what she likes. I would like to have given her a prep run before the Irish Guineas but the way the programme was this year the classic trial was only two weeks before the Guineas and I like to have three weeks before a Group 1. The nine and a half furlongs might have been a little too far for her the last day in Gowran. She had been working well and I thought she might be hard to beat today. Chris gave her a lovely ride, he was in the right place at the right time, and she idled a bit in front so that’s why he had to keep her up to it. She’s a very big filly and there is a possibility that she may be kept in training next year but that’s all for future discussion. The way she won there you would think there is every possibility she could win a Group race next year. That will be it for this year.