Clonmel Tue, 3rd Dec, 2024  Eve's Hope We had her operated for her wind and (she) has improved a lot from it. We always thought a lot of her, but had been disappointing on her last couple of runs. She always worked well at home, but at Cork the last day she didn't get home over 2m4f. He (Smith) said she idled when she hit the front and hopefully she can improve from that. There's a race for her at Limerick over Christmas next. I bought her as a foal for two grand and has won a pot today. I'm a farmer, train for a few friends of mine and have 12 or 13 in.

Tipperary Fri, 22nd Nov, 2024  Irish Impulse It is coming together for him and he has got confidence after his win the last day. Driving through Mitchelstown today I was worried when I saw six inches of snow but when we got here, there wasn't as much and the ground was nice and wasn't deep. I thought he wouldn't have been good enough to win over hurdles with the way he had been running but, until this morning when the programme was updated, there was no chase race for him. I'll see what is coming up although the ground at Thurles might suit him for his next race.

Clonmel Thu, 7th Nov, 2024  Irish Impulse I had a huge advantage having Philip as he was worth a lot around there. He didn't miss a beat, got a great run and hardly left 'the paint'. He gave him a great ride,. In Tramore he didn't jump well and they probably went a bit fast early on and he got taken out of his comfort zone. We were hopeful going there as he was working nicely but he was never happy and he had to pull him up. We were surprised that he ran disappointingly. Like all the horses, we're hoping he'll improve so we'll see how he goes. I bought him off Jim Mernagh in Tattersalls and he is an active, loose horse.

Clonmel Thu, 3rd Oct, 2024  Cozone he loved that ground, jumped really well and in that company was well in at the weights. He jumped himself to the front going down the back straight and while I got there sooner than I wanted, he stuck at it well. I thought we were going plenty fast enough but he kept pulling out. This is the only good race he has run since winning at Listowel last September and he has been really disappointing this year but hopefully is on the up now.