Naas Sat, 6th Jul, 2024  National Lady Maybe I ran her back a bit quick (last time),. She's a big honest filly and Kerri reminded me that I was hard on her at two. You can see the size of her and she's grown into herself. James (Ryan) said she got a bit hot down at the start the last day so I put the hood on her just to do something different. The first thing Colin said was that she didn't need a hood, it's the last thing she needs. She's as quiet as a lamb, is very honest and six or seven are no problem. I'd have no problem stepping her back up to seven at this stage if we need to. More of the same I'd say. Black-type is always on the agenda, but is she good enough? It's one thing doing this but another stepping into that grade. They've to earn it but with a filly it's very important. It's nice for Mark having a double today, he deserves it as he puts a lot into the game so I'm delighted for him having a winner in the first with Johnny even though it beat us!. The horses are running well so I'm delighted. We'll make hay while the sun shines because it won't last forever.

Fairyhouse Thu, 30th May, 2024  National Lady It's been a great night's work, I'm absolutely delighted,. She did that well and well done to the lads, they called it right (with the trip). Kerri bought her for Mark Dobbin and I'm delighted for him as he's become a big supporter of the yard. He's got horses with Joseph (O'Brien) and Johnny (Murtagh) and myself and he deserves a lot of luck because he's putting plenty in. Obviously we'll start thinking about black-type but she's a long way off that at the minute. We'll bring her home and make a plan and see how she progresses. She shows me nothing at home though so it's hard to read.