Quotes on Tag Man (IRE)

I'm delighted for Mikey who is a great rider and he is doing really well. He is a massive part of the yard, is a big team player and it is brilliant to see him ride out his claim. He is a really good rider and will get more opportunities.
After Tag Man (IRE) finished 1st at Clonmel on Fri, 7th Jun 2024 2m 4f Novice Chase Good

Quotes on Happy Jacky (IRE)

He has proven stamina and Ronnie gave him a brilliant ride. He doesn't help himself because he doesn't travel great, he needs a strong gallop. I haven't come across a horse as tough as him. He is running over all these marathon trips the whole time and you can't believe how well he bounces out of it. He has done us proud this summer and hopefully he is not finished yet. We thought we would go down to a ladies' maiden down in Tramore and you come up against Familiar Dreams. He is a right horse owned by magnificent people. We were thinking of travelling him, over hurdles as well too, but then this race showed its face and we said we have to come here. He suffers a little bit from heat stress. As soon as he finishes, we get water onto him straight away and he bounces out in 15 minutes. He's grand.
After Happy Jacky (IRE) finished 1st at Down Royal on Fri, 6th Sep 2024 2m 2f Flat Hcap Good

Quotes on Kings Hill (IRE)

It didn't look the strongest race but that is always the worst race to watch! Off his Leopardstown run you'd have to say he'd win,. I have him entered up plenty since Leopardstown but was just waiting for nice ground and today's wasn't his ideal ground. He is a lovely honest horse and this is grand to get out of the way. Of course we would love to go to Cheltenham and the Supreme Novices is a month today, although today's performance wasn't good enough to win a Supreme. I wouldn't chance running him before it though. Tony Costello (consignor) mentioned him to me in Doncaster and in fairness to Paul Lyons, living in London, and Tom Quinn they bought him between them.
After Kings Hill (IRE) finished 1st at Thurles on Tue, 13th Feb 2024 1m 7f Maiden Hurdle Soft to Heavy

Quotes on Run For Oscar (IRE)

He hadn't won since the English Cesarewitch (in 2022) even though he had run some good races,. It was a good opportunity for him and the three miles was a big plus. He isn't the quickest of jumpers and missed one or two but it was his race. We don't have a plan but we'll go for a similar race if it comes up, although I don't think he'll go back to France. I'm delighted to get the win as he has been a brilliant horse.
After Run For Oscar (IRE) finished 1st at Kilbeggan on Sat, 10th Aug 2024 3m 1f Hurdle Good to Yielding

Quotes on World Of Fortunes (IRE)

She was a little bit sticky jumping and it was a good thing it was three-miles today, as it gave her the time to warm into it. A couple of things went wrong but I'd say her ability got her through. She'll have to sharpen up and get slicker jumping, but in fairness she hadn't run in nearly 290 days. All she'll do is improve and we're delighted with her.  . She had a couple of little niggly injuries and her owner has been very patient. He gave her all the time in the world. She'll keep hurdling now and we'll look for a race in three or four weeks. We've nothing mapped out, we said we'd get today out of the way first and see how it went.
After World Of Fortunes (IRE) finished 1st at Wexford on Fri, 30th Aug 2024 3m Maiden Hurdle Yielding

Quotes on French Dynamite (FR)

What's seldom is wonderful! It is nice to see him back and that ground suits him. He jumped well. I have no plans and will speak with the owners and see what they want to do.
After French Dynamite (FR) finished 1st at Thurles on Sat, 19th Mar 2022 2m 2f Novice Chase Good to Yielding

Quotes on Hewick (IRE)

He is a great horse, is very easy to train and it is great for the team at home as he is our star. Our game has gone very tough with the price of feed and everything, and we are a small yard. It is getting harder every day and to win this is unreal. My mother and father haven't been racing for three years, I am coming here all my life so it is great for everyone. This and the Kerry National, I have both won and we'll head back to Kerry with him now. He came from the sales in Goresbridge for €800. I met this horse coming in the back gate with a lovely walk and Paddy Mullins had said to me years ago 'if a horse can't walk, he can't run'. I went there to buy another horse and live only five minutes from the sales company, so went home for grub but was thinking about him and went back down and bought him. It has been a dream since there as he was unlucky to fall in his point-to-points, and otherwise would have been sold. He gave him a great ride, knew the horse and fair dues to Gordon (Elliott) who allowed me use the chap - he could have told him to ride one of his but said 'your horse has a chance', so allowed me use him. He was the first man to shake my hand coming back in.
After Hewick (IRE) finished 1st at Galway on Wed, 27th Jul 2022 2m 6f Hcap Chase Good

Quotes on Mahler Mission (IRE)

He's progressing all the time. We tweaked his wind after Cheltenham and it's done a great job. He just loves it. He's very clever for a big horse, he can go in and fiddle. He just gallops and jumps and he's just decent. We put him in the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham this week and we'll certainly look at it, you wouldn't be averse to going after that. He's going to get a big enough mark so we're going to be restricted where we can go, but in a good way. He's won a lot of his races making the running and he loves doing it. He doesn't pull or anything, he just likes doing it and he's relentless. He's hard to peg back and he has a great attitude, he just likes to win. I was bottling it last night, thinking of taking him out, and looking at other alternatives. There is nothing in Ireland though bar a couple of Grade 2s. We could do that or could go straight to Cheltenham. All the big handicap chases are on the agenda as well, there are a lot in the UK worth a lot of money. There are loads of options with him, he's only a young horse.
After Mahler Mission (IRE) finished 1st at Navan on Sat, 21st Jan 2023 3m Chase Soft

Quotes on Maxxum (IRE)

I was really looking forward to getting back on board him anyways. I tried to ride him very similar to when I won at Leopardstown on him, just keeping it simple on him,. he just got into a lovely rhythm and wasn't for catching. Carl seems to only win 100 grand handicaps!. He's a great fella, he's working full time in the yard and he deserves every bit of success he's getting. He doesn't do anything wrong and keeps it very simple. He was running a great race the last day in Fairyhouse and took a false step after the second last and fell. We came here fresh today, took a chance, and it worked out great.
After Maxxum (IRE) finished 1st at Punchestown on Thu, 2nd May 2024 2m 7f Hcap Hurdle Yielding

Quotes on Senecia (IRE)

That was wonderful and we have him since he was a foal. As a three-year-old we failed to sell him and he became a covid carry over so today was a big day,. We reverted back to this distance, he has a good cruising speed and Philip gave him a great ride. He was near enough at the last (when Icare Desbois exited) and got there so that's the main thing. He might go to Galway now and good ground suits him. It has been bottomless during the winter and no matter where we went, there was rain coming. Vincent has five horses and we have a small operation. The competition is strong where ever you go and this is great. The last big pot I won was the Fortria Chase with Arctic Skipper.
After Senecia (IRE) finished 1st at Killarney on Sun, 12th May 2024 2m 1f Hcap Hurdle Good to Yielding