Gowran Park Wed, 3rd May, 2023  Save Your Love He’s learning all the time and had a nice run at Navan. Ben said when he hit the front today he still had a little look around. He’s a nice horse and is coming along slowly. It would be nice to give him a little break between his races and he probably appreciated the better ground today. I’d say he’d definitely get another furlong or two.

Navan Sat, 22nd Apr, 2023  Tawaazon He goes well, he's just a good horse. He got bogged down in the Curragh last week (when sixth) and ran into a bit of traffic and then that was it. To be honest, if it was that ground at declarations I wouldn't have bothered declaring him. Jamie just let him roll on and didn't break his stride. I have to give Kevin O'Ryan credit, there wasn't many apprentices left by the time that we decided that we were going to declare him. He said if I gave Jamie the ride on Tawaazon, he would go here. He was supposed to go to Limerick.

Dundalk Tue, 11th Apr, 2023  Boola Boola He had a good run here the last day, he was a bit rusty out of the stalls that day. Up to a mile and a half today suited him really, really well. He's back in over a mile and a quarter on Friday because that's a 45-65. I was a bit concerned today against the higher quality horses, but he did it really nicely and he is definitely well handicapped. Geoffrey will have plenty of fun with him when the ground dries up back over hurdles.

Dundalk Fri, 24th Mar, 2023  Tawaazon He has surprised us. I mean, to be fair, we had got our eye on him and I said that the last time he won, but not to that extent. We literally just dropped him back to five furlongs because he travelled so easily over six the last day. Colin had said he would be worth a shot at five. They went a fair pace and it looked a hot race on paper. He surprised me. Denis (Hogan) and I get on really well and I asked Denis a couple of days after I got him about him feeling like a proper horse and did he do that down there. He said sure that's why they kept him so long. He always promised it and just didn't deliver. It is just possible that sprinting might be his gig.

Dundalk Fri, 10th Mar, 2023  Tawaazon it wasn't even the intention to be so handy and I had my script ready for Colin when he came in, saying 'the apprentices can hold him and there you are getting run away with!' . We are on a run at present as we claimed Inflection Point last week and he won on his next start and we have had our eye on this lad for a while before claiming him last week. He beat one of mine and was also second to Tai Sing Yeh and is a grand horse. Today was similar to Inflection Point's win last week as we only have him and he has only hacked away at home so we haven't done a whole lot with him. It is great to get the double and while Pub Talk was claimed, we ran 12 horses today and ten picked up money. We will have plenty up here next Thursday - the staff are moaning about Cheltenham but sure they nearly live here!

Dundalk Fri, 3rd Mar, 2023  Inflection Point To be honest, I actually thought that he might have been able to beat Tai (Sing Yeh) last week so if you are wary of them beating you, you might as well take them! John had him fit last week and he only rode out Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We don't know much about him. I'd say probably going good and hard in front, with Tai and that, probably helped him. No (probably wouldn't want to lose him), but I've had worse weeks - six grand in a week. Nobody went for him last week, if someone wants to go for him this week so be it. He looked a little bit like me, he looked a little bit ungenuine up the straight! If someone wants to roll the dice, it has been a good week. There are more races to be won with Tai Sing Yeh, we've been busy with him and it's probably telling now. We tend to know when they cry enough and they get a couple of weeks off so we won't panic about him.

Dundalk Wed, 15th Feb, 2023  Satono Chevalier He has absolutely turned inside out. I don't feel entirely certain as to why he has turned the corner to the extent that he has, but the trip seems to be suiting him really well and he is loving the surface. Physically, without doing anything, he seems to be much happier in himself. He would always have been a horse that tended to be a little bit on the stiff and the sore side. Everything seems to have come together for him in the last four or five weeks. He is making hay and we are delighted with him. He is a terrific young rider and I'm delighted to have made the connection with him. Hopefully, we will have another day or two. We'll see about turf, but there might be an interesting prize in England to maybe look at because travel and things like that wouldn't be any bother to this fella. Exactly (Lingfield or Newcastle), the surface is probably important to him. He has a pedigree that would suggest he could jump a hurdle, he has the size to do it but I'm not entirely certain it is the job for him.