Common Practice a very ready winner

Three Card Brag makes another winning move

He looked good, he jumped well apart from one,. I loved, from the last to the line, the way he put his head down and galloped. There is plenty of improvement in him. In fairness to Sean Doyle, he came well recommended. He has a very good association with the McNeills. He's a horse that doesn't show much at home but does it on the track. He might not be a horse for good ground but you'd like him, he has a great attitude. I thought it was a good performance because it wasn't a bad race.

Cromwell considers Royal Bond for Path D'oroux

He'll come on plenty from this and he's a nice one to look forward to for the winter. He's so switched off and he'll probably sharpen up a bit from that. Mentally, he's so laid-back, which is great. I'm not sure where we'll go, but I suppose maybe Fairyhouse for the Royal Bond. He has a good turn of foot and he has gears. We won't be too excited about today but we do like him.

Donoghue doubles up on Barnacullia

We were a bit disappointed the last day with the way he jumped and we've done a good bit of schooling since, Keith rode him the other day,. He's been a work in progress but we knew he was back in good form. He's learning on the job and hopefully it's onwards and upwards for him now. We haven't anything planned but the handicapper isn't going to give him too low a mark after that, hopefully he won't be too hard. Potentially he's a very nice horse, he's a big strong horse and he's only just coming to himself. He handles that bit of ease in the ground. He was third in a Grade 3 last year. I made a mistake of running him in heavy ground last year in Limerick and it bottomed him out. He's been a little bit slower than we thought getting a hang of the jumping.

Ballyadam Destiny another winner for in-form King

Plan comes together for Meehall

I'm delighted for (owner) Michael Dolan, who is from Galway. It was always the plan to try and come here, if possible,. To win in Galway was very special for Michael and I'm thrilled to be able to help him. Conor gave him a lovely ride, he kept it simple. He was nice and handy all the way and kept out to pick the best of the ground. The horse has come of age a bit, in fairness, and it's great to win. He won't run again for at least a month, we'll give him a chance as he's been running away during the summer. Maybe he won't even be seen until after Christmas.

Royal Rhythm ploughs through testing ground

John (Leckey) owns a couple horses with me and we've been lucky. James gave him a fantastic ride because they went way too fast. They jumped off, went too quick and then they started racing too early. He kept taking him back. If I had some of the other horses in the race I'd be furious. He won too well which means I'm right, they went too fast and he kept taking him back and he was the only one that finished. He has threatened to win a couple of handicap hurdles and has been placed in a heap of them. He loves the muck and he's always looked like he'd win a race on soft ground. He got a summer break and was fresh and well and the race fell apart. Hopefully because of his winning margin he doesn't get murdered (by the handicapper) but it's great to get the winner.

Elliott seals brace through Firm Footings

He's a nice horse. That's just the start now of our bumper horses getting fit. We knew they were all a couple of weeks off running for the last couple of weeks,. He's a galloper. He's a horse that could run in a graded hurdle in the spring and then we'll put him away until next year. He won't run in another bumper. I'd say he wants two-and-a-half miles.