Shanroe and Meyler move clear in Fairyhouse

He's a classy horse. I'd say he is probably still learning his trade over hurdles. John (Barry) rode him the last day, he gave him a super ride and taught him plenty. He was always going to need the run in Down Royal [when fourth on St Patrick's Day] but I just thought it would suit him fine to go there and come here after. Off 97 I still think he's well handicapped on the Flat. We'll go back to the Flat now and we'll target a lot of those premier handicaps. We'll maybe target Ascot or one of those places and one of those two-mile races.

Jeff Kidder has last laugh on doubters

He actually doesn't jump fantastically but he gets from one side to the other and he does it his own way. He stuck his head down and galloped all the way to the line. He has actually jumped the last hurdles really well. He's improving all the time. We have him a little break at Christmas and I was worried that I had left him off too long. Obviously I just did it perfect. We let him in and out for a while and let him enjoy himself. I'd say he was very weak last year as a three-year-old and he is starting to get a bit stronger. If he ever learns how to jump the whole lot of them he'll be grand, he only jumped half of them. If he never does anymore he's done a lot but hopefully he will do more. I can't see any reason why he won't run in Punchestown now. The plan was to run on the Flat during the summer. Colin (Keane) said to me last year when you get him over two miles he'll win a Cesarewitch for you. Off 68 he should be able to win a Flat race somewhere you'd imagine. I'm delighted for the fellas who own him. They've bought a few horses but that's the first one they've had luck with. Eamonn (Scanlon) hasn't been too well so that's a boost for him.

Flamingo overcomes rough passage to score for Casey

He showed a lot of inexperience there. He has only six runs compared to all the others,. He was meant to run Saturday and I was delighted he was balloted out. It was the novice final and there were a heap of them in it. That was a grand small field there for an inexperienced horse. It worked out right and he loves the better ground. That's fantastic but I've no locals to cheer me on, that's the only thing.

Stormy Ireland back with a bang

It worked out well. It is the beast that is underneath you that does most of the work. This mare she is brilliant. To see her come home to Willie's I was delighted. She has shown good spark. You never know if they are going to show it on the track again but that was a fair performance. As fillies go she was a little bit temperamental at home and Willie decided today he wanted to take all the (head)gear off her. That's Willie Mullins, a genuis move! Lucky enough I was in the plate.

Grade 2 double for Mullins as Easy Game lands Devenish

Freewheelin Dylan rolls home in National at 150/1

It's great and it went to plan thankfully. I said to Ricky 'sure you know he likes to bowl along in front and jumping is his forte so use him up'. I was a bit concerned about not getting a run into him but it went to plan. I said to the lads 'we better starting shouting' turning into the straight. I knew he stayed going. When he came in off the grass last year in September time, we were late getting him in, and I said then we'd come straight here. It was a race I always wanted to have runners in, let alone try and win it. My father rode the winner of it in 1962 so I was always trying to follow suit. I was fairly relaxed about it until they turned in and then I got a bit excited. I was enjoying it up until then as it's nice to see a horse jumping fences like that and enjoying himself. We're about three miles down the road between Ratoath and Curragha. We have some nice horses, thankfully, and will try to keep progressing as best we can. We've good help, good lads, and it's all about the staff and also my wife at home and the kids. They all support us and it's very important. Ricky is a good lad and that's two good pots he's after getting out of him now. Coming here I thought we had a good chance with both horses [Opposites Attract 10th] and thankfully it worked out with one of them.

Uisce Beatha warms to his task in Fairyhouse

That was great. Simon (Torrens) said he battled it out well and the step up in trip seemed to suit him,. Simon said he was just about happy during the race, he's a kind of a lazy old horse and takes him time to get into it. He said with a mile to go he was happy enough and that he was always getting there. Things are going great and it's great to get a winner here.