Listowel Fri, 22nd Sep, 2023  Another Nightmare Her previous owner in Wexford sent her up to me to see if I had anyone to buy her and I ended up buying her myself for 1,200 pounds. The syndicate (Meadows Racing Club) had a horse with me which got hurt so I gave them this filly. I told the lads she wouldn't be out of the first four as her runs were good enough the whole way and we knew she wanted a trip. The syndicate are all Tipperary lads and the first thing they did today was hand me a cheque for training fees. I'm delighted for them as they're with me a good while and are a very straight crowd.

Listowel Mon, 18th Sep, 2023  Extrapolation Extrapolation has been terrific in a relatively short period of time. I only have him since February and that's his third win and is a big deal for Michael and Joan (Toomey) who live in Adare. They were very anxious to have a runner this week and for this to work out as it has, is terrific. That 2m4f suited him well and he might have enough done for now as he has had a lot of running done. He is entitled to a break and will jump a fence in time.

Kilbeggan Fri, 8th Sep, 2023  Stellar Symphony I was confident enough that both of them seemed to be in good old form and they are both at the right end of the handicap,. We only have this mare a couple of months. We got her from Edmond Kent and in fairness to him he did say she should be able to win. He had a lot of horses and he gave us this one to lease and a local syndicate leased her. . It was a promising enough run the first day in Tramore and I was hoping that she might improve a bit here, she obviously did improve a good bit. 

Sligo Wed, 23rd Aug, 2023  Redwood Queen She jumped well and travelled the whole way. The early pace was generous enough and they seemed to just slow down then going to the second-last and she kept going well to the line. I was thinking of going down the inner, but I felt them coming back to me a small bit so I just kept it nice and simple and went on the outside and she did it grand.

Tramore Sun, 20th Aug, 2023  Friends They were going so fast over the first few hurdles and she wasn't used to that pace. The second horse had a lot more experience and Mikey O'Sullivan (on Hashtag Pretender) was going to test our one for experience and he did. . Paul got her warmed into it and I was very happy with her in the end. The second horse has a good pedigree by Great Pretender and had nice form in France. You wouldn't expect a maiden hurdle at Tramore to be that hot. . She will go novice hurdling and hopefully she will improve as the autumn comes in. We will look at mares' novice hurdles that are coming up.

Galway Mon, 31st Jul, 2023  Neveradullmoment He's been doing everything well and we were very happy with him. Danny did everything right and gave him a good ride. I’ve trained all this family including Teacher’s Pet and Whatareudoingtome, and they were decent horses. This fella should make a lovely chaser. I suppose he’ll go to Listowel and whether he’ll go chasing this year I don’t know. I’ll talk with Frank (Berry) and see what the plan is.

Bellewstown Sat, 8th Jul, 2023  Encanto Bruno He's a good horse, he did (come with a good price tag) and was very highly recommended by Warren Ewing. Anything he is doing now is only a bonus - when he matures and goes jumping, he should be another nice one. They are so young, it is very hard to know what to do with them. Do you keep them for another good bumper in the spring or do you go hurdling in September/October time? I'm not sure what we will do with him. We kept Encanto Bruno and Kinbara all this time for bumpers and it hasn't worked out too bad. We will talk to Derek and Caroline (Ahearn, owners) who are both over from America. I'm delighted for them, they put the money into the game so they deserve these days. He wants slower ground - Warren says soft ground, soft ground. That's a big bonus.

Bellewstown Sat, 8th Jul, 2023  Encanto Bruno He is good. He is running at the wrong trip there but Derek (Kierans, owner) is back from America for a couple of weeks and this is his local. It was the target for a long time and we thought his class would get him through even though he is going to be a two and a half to three mile horse. It was a long one or a short one (two out) and they went long, he was really, really good to do that first time up. We get these point-to-pointers and they are so well schooled - Colin Motherway today and the Crawfords with Kinbara yesterday - they are push button really. I just have to not mess it up!. We never had him right the whole winter/spring, he didn't eat well and it wasn't ulcers as we treated him for ulcers. I switched his stable and he was a different horse in three or four days, he was eating and was just a happier horse. He has got a lot more weight on him today - he's not a gross horse, he's quite a light-framed horse and a big, big engine. He'd be similar to my other ones, he will probably have another couple of runs before November. He's not a winter heavy- ground Navan horse, have a little break and hopefully come back for the festivals if he is good enough. You would be hopeful (he is good enough).

Wexford Fri, 7th Jul, 2023  Friends she was a little bit green when we quickened down the hill but once the penny dropped, she came back on the bridle turning in. She is by Mahler, she stays very well and loved that good ground. I'm not sure what the plan will be going forward but it's great for the Lion's Mouth Racing Club who've had other horses with us, like Rebel Og and Coole Og. She will stay going for the summer and I don't think she is a winter mare. I don't think heavy, wet ground would suit as she is not over big, but has an engine.

Wexford Fri, 7th Jul, 2023  Kinbara he's just getting faster as we go along and, as we know, this is a quick five. For his third run, it was a good performance. He's a lovely horse and there's more to come and Donagh said it took an age to pull him up. He's probably only coming to himself now and is also probably on the market. He'll stay six furlongs no problem, he's fast and will probably get faster.