Killarney Thu, 24th Aug, 2023  Space Age Space Age is a lovely horse who stepped forward from every run and from his win at Tipperary the last day. His only disappointing run was at the Curragh in June when all of ours we under the weather. There didn't seem to be anything amiss with the horses but they just weren't firing at the time. He was gutsy there and stayed at it well. We have no plan but he is a tall big, good-looking horse who could even go up in trip. Dad picked him up cheaply at the sales

Tipperary Fri, 11th Aug, 2023  Space Age He’d a good run at the Curragh his run before last. The next day then a few of ours were running a bit flat around that time so we freshened him up. That was a good performance and he’s done it well. He’s a nice horse.

Galway Tue, 1st Aug, 2023  Complete Fiction His owner Triona is from Portarlington, works in her parent's Burbages Pub and there are a big gang of friends here since early in the bar. We were hoping for the best, we were a bit worried whether he'd handle the track but obviously handled it well and came home well, as he usually does. Colin was brilliant and is champion jockey for a reason - he has had five rides for me and three have won. We needed that 123 extra yards beyond the mile-distance and as he excels over 1m1f. We were half confident he'd handle the ground and the draw worked out perfectly - he was able to keep in a straight line and the race fell apart around him as normal. It was a brilliant ride.

Leopardstown Thu, 20th Jul, 2023  Self Belief I'm delighted with that, Billy gave him a lovely patient ride. The last day he said he just didn't come down off the hill in the Curragh, the ground was too quick there and the first day it was probably too soft for him. It's soft but it's loose today,. He really battled today, he could have thrown in the towel half way up the straight but he didn't. He had the fighting qualities of the mare who was a good tough mare. I trained the mare for them, who got listed placed. He's a half-brother to a good filly Joseph O'Brien had, Statement, who won a Group 3 down in Tipperary at the end of last year. He's a right tough little fella. I thought he'd do this earlier in the year and I was so disgusted with his two runs, one was in too soft ground and one was a bit quick in the Curragh. He loved that loose ground. He's been working great and I'm delighted for John O'Connor (Ballylinch managing director) as they send me a few horses. We can go places now with him as he's shown he can battle, we just have to get the ground right.

Gowran Park Sun, 18th Jun, 2023  Chimeric A mile and one is probably his ideal trip, but we sacrifice that for Gowran because he loves it here. He is very rarely out of the first five here. Every time we see a meeting here, we always look for a race for him. I'm delighted for his owners, Mark and David Hopkins. They are a father and son from Cork and are big supporters of the yard. It's brilliant to give everyone a winner on father's day. . He won in Newcastle earlier this year. It's a good stiff track and when they get racing early there the pace collapses. He gives away ground at the start and is always a late closer. He is a prisoner to a fast pace, if he doesn't get a fast pace, he doesn't get there. Newcastle really suited him and this place does as well.

Leopardstown Thu, 15th Jun, 2023  Complete Fiction Colin was very patient on him, he said they went hard so he just sat. He did something similar when he won last year, he came from well back, flew up the outside and did it nicely. Obviously he likes being fresh and well in himself but, in fairness to him, last year he held his form for most of the year. We'll see where we go from here, but he's at a level and if we can keep him in that area he might pick up another race. A lot of times it's down to himself, what he decides during the race, whether he'll go for it or not.

Sligo Tue, 13th Jun, 2023  Bigz Belief James got his amateur license last year and has had two bumper winners. I wouldn't have enough opportunities for him as an amateur and don't have many bumper horses, so he decided to get his conditional license two or three months ago. He's a good young lad who's with me the whole time and works hard. this horse had been frustrating at times but has ability and he'd been running well on the Flat lately. James rode him the last day and felt he should have made more use of him, so he knew what he was going to do today.