Punchestown Wed, 13th Sep, 2023  Rising Sign She’s very much a work in progress and can be a bit buzzy. We knew she had that in her but it wasn’t all about today. We’ll discuss it with Barry (Mahon) and see how she comes out of it but there will be no rush back and you might not see her until a trial next year. All our fillies are ready like that. They have done their work and I just want to see them on the track. If they don’t win first time, they’ll win second time and I put them away. You would like what you’ve seen there. Like a lot of Irish maidens you don’t know what you’ve beaten but she was trained to enjoy the experience and it was all about tomorrow. She quickened away and I love how she ran from the winning post to the hill, that was the most impressive part I thought.

Punchestown Wed, 13th Sep, 2023  Rising Sign She’s very much a work in progress and can be a bit buzzy. We knew she had that in her, but it wasn’t all about today. We’ll discuss it with Barry (Mahon, Juddmonte racing manager) and see how she comes out of it, but there will be no rush back and you might not see her until a trial next year. All our fillies are ready like that. They have done their work and I just want to see them on the track. If they don’t win first time, they’ll win second time and I put them away. You would like what you’ve seen there. Like a lot of Irish maidens you don’t know what you’ve beaten, but she was trained to enjoy the experience and it was all about tomorrow. She quickened away and I love how she ran from the winning post to the hill, that was the most impressive part I thought.

Leopardstown Sat, 9th Sep, 2023  Diego Velazquez We're very happy. We liked the second horse a lot and we knew we needed something to take him and stretch him a little bit,. They didn't go very fast for the first half and turned it on from halfway, so he learned a lot. Ryan was delighted, he said he had to catch hold of him and make him learn. He's still a baby. We were surprised the first day that he ran in the Curragh how babyish he was, he never took a hold of the bridle. Today he was green as well, but a lot better. We think the race will leave him in a very good place. I'd imagine he'll go for the Racing Post Trophy, that's what we thought he would do. We think he's going to step up loads from it but we were very happy with what he did today. The plan was to come here and then go to the Racing Post. We did it with Auguste Rodin last year, but we knew this horse had to learn a lot more than Auguste did last year. He was extra green at the Curragh and we knew unless he was going to learn a lot this time it was going to be very hard to pitch him into a good race after that. We think he will.

Curragh Sat, 12th Aug, 2023  Diego Velazquez We had him ready to run about a month ago and he got a little injury so we had to stop and start again. He was just ready to come racing today,. We wanted to get him out. Ryan said he was very babyish but he obviously has a massive engine. He doesn't even know what he's at yet. He said he only came on the bridle with 50 yards to go, he said he only realised he was racing then. (The blustery weather) is not ideal for a first time out two-year-old. We felt with him at home he could go anywhere but looking at today you'd like to give him another run somewhere before he goes for a big one. He was absolutely half speeding with horses (at home) and came today and didn't take hold of the bridle. That can happen first time. It happened to Paddington first time in Ascot last year, he never took a hold of the bridle. He's probably going to come on and learn a lot from it.

Leopardstown Thu, 27th Jul, 2023  Ylang Ylang We're delighted. She had a good draw so obviously Ryan used it again. The next day we'll take our time with her,. Ryan was very happy with her, he said she ran straight through the line. He said he felt that the ground was a little bit deep for her, she's a very low mover, but he was very happy with her. He said she's ready to take her time and teach her now. We think if everything is well we'll go to the Debutante and take our time with her. The first day she ran she hit the gates and Ryan did the right thing. Today she had the draw and she did the same thing. Ryan said she was probably doing plenty for him in front but he was there and it was the right thing to do, he gave her a beautiful ride. Hopefully now it'll be the Debutante before, if she goes to, the Moyglare and we'll let her sit in and relax. She's very genuine, tried very hard and wears her heart on her sleeve. Natural is a good way to describe her.