Down Royal Fri, 31st May, 2024  She's Smart She's an English import and she had a very good run in Newmarket last year in a maiden. She got a very high rating. I ran her in a claimer because Jim (Fairhurst) was going to sell her, we just didn't think she was worth keeping because she was so high. The handicapper gave her a chance, he dropped her 7lb I think from her last run. She did surprise me today believe you me. She did show a good attitude and Adam gave her a good ride - they went very hard and he took his time with her and let her take her chance to come home. She came home well. She'll get another day somewhere along the line, fingers crossed.

Roscommon Mon, 13th May, 2024  Brains He's a grand horse, he's been a prolific winner all his life,. We were wondering would he go on soft but he ran well on it in Leopardstown the last day, you need a soft ground horse in this country nowadays!. (Front-running) is suitable around here all the time. He's always very straightforward, very quick out and always in front. It's a fair old advantage around here. He's a good fun horse and I'm delighted for the owner Paul Sweeney who is a good supporter of mine. I'm delighted to get the odd winner for him. Ground doesn't seem to matter now so we'll keep going with him while he's running well.

Leopardstown Wed, 10th Apr, 2024  Manhattan Dandy the boys (owners) are very good as we weren't thinking a lot when we got him, so to win three is great. It's great for a little yard like ours to have a horse like him, he's become very consistent for us and hopefully he can win again for the boys during the summer. he loves the ground and I was actually very confident. He probably needed it the last day as he is very hard to get fit. If you look through his runs for the last three seasons with me, it's been his third run that he's done something. As fit as I try to get him at home it seems to take him those couple of runs, he's a big gross horse. He probably should be jumping but last year went so well we decided to keep at this. If the rain keeps coming we'll keep going. It's not that he's ground dependent but he can just handle it better than other horses.