Punchestown Sun, 26th Nov, 2023  Birchdale He was enjoying it anyway which with those horses is the main thing and the third horse ran well too. Vital Island is a good old yardstick to know where you are going. We might have a look at Cheltenham in December but he likes it anyway which is the main thing and he’d like a bit of nicer ground in the spring. We couldn’t even dream of going to Cheltenham for the last two years taking on them other horses which were in a different ballpark. It was Mica Malpic’s first time around here and Darragh (O’Keeffe) said he finished it out well and was warming up to it. He’d also like good ground but he enjoyed it and will be back again. He’d 12 stone as well and had to give 10lb to Birchdale. The new layout seemed to ride well. There are no sharp bends and everyone got around safely which is the main thing.

Punchestown Wed, 11th Oct, 2023  Dancing Jeremy we were hoping he'd do something like that last time at Listowel but he made a mistake at the first and it was game over. It was his first run over fences for a while and he probably just took a chance at it, being a bit gassy. I'm delighted he finally got his head in front for us. We had him ready for the wrong time of the year as he wants soft ground - we tried to pick our races with him for that reason. Hopefully he'll kick on now over the winter and give a good account again. We'll see what the handicapper does with him over hurdles but his main aim will probably be back chasing.