Quotes on Ceallach (IRE)

It was (a good opportunity), it was a race we picked out after his last run. He has had a very consistent year and it is good that he has finished the year on a high. He loves that trip here and he travels well on the surface. He moved very well and Colin gave him a lovely ride. We are delighted with him. He was very professional about it, he's a very honest horse and a high-grade horse. He was on his game. We'll have a look at the programme and see where he is, and then we will go forward from there. He handles the surface up here so well that he will probably come back.
After Ceallach (IRE) finished 1st at Dundalk on Fri, 8th Dec 2023 1m 4f Flat Hcap Standard

Quotes on Final Voyage (IRE)

He's been coming along with each run this year. We stepped him up to seven the last time and he stayed on nicely. He just missed a piece of work during the week because the grass was so soft so I said to Shane to drop him in, get him to relax early and then hopefully play him late. He got a beautiful run, he gave him a great ride, and just got there in the last couple of strides. He's a horse that loves the all-weather and he's a gentleman to have anything to do with. It's just nice to get the year going. There are a few more races coming along for him. There might be something at the all-weather championships for him in Newcastle.
After Final Voyage (IRE) finished 1st at Dundalk on Fri, 23rd Feb 2024 1m Flat Hcap Standard

Quotes on En Or (FR)

John told me he was coming over so we tried to plot where we could run. He worked last week and I was very happy with him and I said to John I would be hoping for a real good run. Fortunately, it all worked out. The young fella that rode him is the up-and-coming Colin Keane. I don't tie them down to instructions, lads like that. His plan was to ride him two or three but they were going so fast he was last. That's what those good jockeys are for, so it worked out great. The whole thing is mapped around when John and his wife are home.
After En Or (FR) finished 1st at Dundalk on Wed, 4th Dec 2024 1m 2f Flat Hcap Standard

Quotes on Walhaan (IRE)

We said we were going to have one shot at him (Psalm) and we weren't going to do the donkey work today. Ben said 'I'll have one go at him' and it worked lovely. What a genuine horse to go to battle with, he's been very good. It is something that we would always be thinking about - swapping the headgear around and bits and pieces. We took the headgear off him there for a couple of runs and he ran a couple of crackers. I just felt the last day he was waiting a bit for them, so thinking about it during the week we said we would put the cheekpieces on. He only had them on once. We just put Ben up. Darragh (O'Sullivan) has done a brilliant job on him, he has done nothing wrong. We just said we would go for a bit more experience today in what we thought was going to be a tactical race. Ben said he moved beautifully down to the start, he said he gave him some feel. He said they went a true gallop and he said at the furlong pole he thought he had a chance. He didn't say he was going to win, but he thought he had a chance. He said he really battled for him then. I would say he'll come back here. We will let him freshen up again as he likes to be fresh. That's his career-high mark he is after winning off as an eight-year-old. From the horse's point of view, it is thumbs up to him. It is impressive. He is thriving on his work.
After Walhaan (IRE) finished 1st at Dundalk on Fri, 18th Oct 2024 1m 2f Flat Hcap Standard

Quotes on Migdam (FR)

We’re still figuring this horse out. He ran over a mile and one in Punchestown and just got chinned so we decided to drop him back even though he’d won over a mile and two in Doncaster. Hopefully the handicapper won’t be too hard on him. The two of them have fought it out and they are solid horses that we can look forward to for next year. I’m not sure what we will do with them now but they are Premier (Handicap) horses for next year.
After Migdam (FR) finished 1st at Dundalk on Fri, 13th Oct 2023 1m Flat Hcap Standard

Quotes on Exquisite Acclaim (IRE)

the boys have good fun with Exquisite Acclaim and fair play to Tom O'Connor. He has horses with Henry (De Bromhead) as well and it's great to get a winner for them. I think his mother isn't well so that will be a bit of a tonic for him and I wish her well. he battled well, I think the horse on the inside (Bellaphina) helped him along and he's a tough ole soul. We were going to go to Leopardstown but I thought this track, a front-runners track, would suit him well and the horse needs fast ground. Adam know him well.
After Exquisite Acclaim (IRE) finished 1st at Gowran Park on Wed, 14th Aug 2024 7f Flat Hcap Good to Firm

Quotes on Golden Temple (IRE)

When we started with him as a two-year-old we thought he was the best two-year-old we had. He's bred to be a sprinter. In fairness to Robbie Colgan he rode him one day in Fairyhouse over a mile-and-a-half and rode him like that and just got touched off. He probably was a bit weaker last year than he is now. He belonged to Paul and Patricia Hunt and at the end of the year a few of them had to go as Paul had passed on. Albert (Dravins) asked me if there was anything worth buying and we always felt he was some good and that he could win a race somewhere. He jumps very well and he has improved. He stays very well. He keeps at it and I told Jamie if he was going well he was going too slow because he'd need to get the rest of them off the bridle and at it because he just keeps galloping. If you waited for them they'd go past him. I watched the race with Paul Flynn (trainer of runner-up The Truant) and Paul beating me and I was beating him, it was very funny. His owner's partner passed away last year and they are having a charity golf day and they are all over at that. I'm sure they are watching on TV. He's probably a horse for the two-mile-five race on the Saturday at Galway. We'll have to stay at two miles whatever we do on the Flat.
After Golden Temple (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Fri, 28th Jun 2024 2m Flat Hcap Good

Quotes on Picpoul (IRE)

We were waiting a while for that, near enough two years. It is great to get her back on track, it took her a while but we have her back. We'll see how she is in the morning, I think there is another one for her next week.
After Picpoul (IRE) finished 1st at Dundalk on Wed, 13th Dec 2023 1m 2f Flat Hcap Standard