Limerick Thu, 16th May, 2024  Alabama Calling she had a few runs in handicaps and is getting progressively better. She is still quite raw and I don't know whether she liked that ground (soft to heavy) or not but I doubt it. She should progress away as the summer goes along. When the race came up, it looked tailor made for her and her mares' allowance brought her up to 71. She is very genuine, will be better on better ground and I wouldn't be stepping her up too much in distance. my whole yard is pretty much all MRC International (Dubai-based owners) now and they are all running really well. I have had a good few nice two-year-olds this year and some of last year's three-year-olds are nice as well. We have a good few runners over the next week or so and Jakajaro runs in the Group 3 Lacken Stakes on Sunday. He came out of his recent run in Ascot really well and while taking on Con's (Marnane, brother) Givemethebeatboys will be difficult, he is a pretty good horse.

Dundalk Fri, 5th Apr, 2024  Miss Black Jack To be fair, I think Wesley spoke to Nathan (Crosse) on the way up and Nathan gave exactly the same ride but we got done by Johnny Feane's good improver (Ohailbhic). We were expecting at least a top three finish. I didn't expect her to do it that easily now - the five off her back and she is improving away. Her siblings have improved at three and hopefully she follows the same route. I thought I'd win with her as a two-year-old. We didn't - we went to Newcastle and we got beaten. I was keen that we got the job done here. I might take her to Wolverhampton for a fillies' handicap next Saturday. She has won well there, so we will see what we get in the weights. There is no let up in rain and I probably wouldn't even run her on yielding, she skips along. The future is bright, she is a good horse.