Down Royal Fri, 8th Sep, 2023  Crassus Frankie actually made it for him as he set it up for us. He got them racing early and they followed him. He was able to come through which was great. It is fantastic for Seamus (Hunt, owner) and his wife and kids, one of his daughters works for Grant Thornton. They were all here. More of the same for this fella, he will probably go to the Curragh for a two-mile race on the day of the (Irish) Cesarewitch, it is a 0-90. He proved today that he stays 2m2f which I suppose will open a lot of doors. He has won over jumps, but he is just not the bravest over jumps.

Fairyhouse Wed, 12th Jul, 2023  Amanirenas She lost her way a bit and then things started to click again. She likes a bit of space in her races and switching wide. She got no luck in Naas the last day and then flew home the last 100 yards. I’ll see how she is but I’d be half-tempted to run her back quick at Leopardstown next week. There is a seven-furlong apprentice handicap and she’s won twice there before.

Leopardstown Thu, 15th Jun, 2023  Amanirenas She'd shown glimmers. She got left about 10 lengths in Fairyhouse the last day and I thought that was the first run where she was showing she was coming back to herself,. We brought her to Newcastle and there was a false start and they were waiting for about 15 minutes and she totally boiled over. Ever since she came home she's been a different filly, worrying about things and stressing out going racing. She was sweating on us and just wasn't relaxing. She's finally found her way back and she was well handicapped off her run last year. It's great for the owner (Mrs Renata Coleman) who has three or four with me, it's nice to get a winner for her again. When she missed the break, we had to ride her cold and I said to switch out wide and it seemed to work. She enjoyed it today, not getting her crowded and letting her enjoy it. She's in again on Thursday (here) and we might run her back again if the ground is okay.