Cork Sat, 11th May, 2024  Churchfield Sunset She is a smart filly, has a great attitude and stays well. Her breeding is great and it was important to get that winners' tag on her at the first time of asking,. We have her a few months, she has been very straightforward and has taken it all well with no hiccups. We've mapped out this four-year-old fillies' race for six weeks and while she mightn't be the quickest in the world, she stays well and is one to look forward to. There is no immediate plan but we'll creep away during the summer and might go hurdling when there is more juice in the ground.

Tipperary Thu, 9th May, 2024  Jackstell They hadn't gone much of a gallop but John was alert to it and made sure he was bang there turning in. He said he was still green and from thinking he wasn't going to get there, he was then in front too soon as he almost pulled up. We got the rub of the green at the finish but he rallied and has a good attitude. I'd say he is a nice horse to keep going in staying races for the summer . I bought him and we bought Backmeorsackme (bumper winner) the same day so that wasn't a bad day's shopping.

Punchestown Fri, 3rd May, 2024  Its On The Line Derek came back in and said there's not much point in instructions as he's a unique animal,. He doesn't make life easy but Derek has the trick to him. Early doors it wasn't great as Derek had to make a move to get him off the inside and get him travelling. I was very happy the whole way around until the third last and there was a bit of a panic when Lifetime Ambition went on. Once he got over the second last I was always fairly confident he was going to get him back. He's very well named, that's not the first occasion he's done that. He's just a horse that you have to hold his hand and bring him along, he's got a big engine. We were putting cheekpieces on trying to keep him in races and help him to travel but he needs to see everything, the more he sees the happier he is. We don't really need a bit in his mouth, it's just a bit of company and he'll keep going with them. As I said after Aintree to have a horse like him and be able to rock up to these festivals, Cheltenham, Aintree or Punchestown, with a horse with a chance of winning is very hard to come by. I don't think we'd ever replace him if we stepped him up to go back 'on the track' now.