Punchestown Sun, 24th Nov, 2024  Lot of Joy I think she enjoyed being left alone in front and Paul was happy with her. She took her breathers and jumped better. She’s settling better. We didn’t think she would handle that sort of ground but it’s good to know that she’s able to handle it and we can continue with her. We were half thinking of putting her away. She could go to Leopardstown, and I wouldn’t mind stepping up to two and a half. She has to improve a bit but we’ll give her the opportunity.

Gowran Park Fri, 4th Oct, 2024  Lot of Joy That was nice. Paul was keen to make a lot more use of her and make use of her jumping,. He schooled her during the week and she was very good. The ground is fairly lively, a bit more than anticipated, so he wasn't afraid to make the running and have a good go with her. It paid off. The other mare seemed to change tactics, she jumped off behind us. We were assuming they would go on. I think she's improving and we'll try and find another race like that and keep her on the mares route. She might be ground dependent, better off on nicer ground and hopefully we'll get another month or six weeks. I think it's as strong as I ever had her going to the races and that was a little bit of a worry, that she looked too strong but she's obviously better being like that.

Listowel Fri, 27th Sep, 2024  Frankendael That was magic and he is a lovely lovely horse who has improved all the time since we got him. I thought he won his maiden hurdle very nicely at Ballinrobe and when we were entering for this, I thought it was a longshot although top weight Daddy Long Legs came out, so we snuck in at the bottom. He is a particularly good jumper, loves soft ground and has won a beautiful pot for fantastic owners. The syndicate is headed by Vincent Casey, they are very loyal and fantastic people. They love Listowel so will enjoy this moment.

Killarney Fri, 23rd Aug, 2024  Prydwen it was my first runner in Ireland but one of his part-owners Keith Breen is an Irishman and has a house in Cork, so has been pestering me to have a runner. The world is a small place now and it is very important to travel horses and find the most appropriate races. To come to a beautiful track like this is a privilege although it was a mission to get here!. The lads came over with the horse a couple of days ago and did a great job, as he is a nervous horse so settling into life here has helped him. He has trained on the track both days and has enjoyed it. It took 18 hours for the horse to get here and for a nervous horse, he was great. We want to travel him during the winter so it was a good test. I got in at lunchtime so I've done nothing but my lads have had two nights here already. I'm going back and going straight to York (races) tomorrow. the horse had been running in very strong races but it was looking like he was an all-weather specialist, although got a beautiful, unbelievable, perfect ride today. I thought the easy ground was a negative but it worked really well for him. The owners are great supporters of mine so to give something back is important and he is a special horse who has won a lot of prizemoney.

Galway Sat, 3rd Aug, 2024  Cameletta Vega She was a little bit worked up, but very professional once the race started. The plan wasn’t particularly to make the running, but nobody wanted to make it and I said we’d bowl along. We got to set our own fractions and kick off the bend. With her pedigree she was entitled to win.