After race at Listowel Wed, 20th Sep, 2023 (1st)  It was a late plan after he won in Kilbeggan and we saw he was gone to 135. He’s a novice that jumps like a handicapper and we just wanted to get more experience into him whatever the ground was like. There are plenty of races coming up like this — the Munster National, the Troytown at Navan and the Paddy Power - so there are lots of options for a horse that jumps like that. He got in as a reserve. Gordon (Elliott) rang me this morning and said you should put your horse in the box as I have one out and we will walk the track and if we’re not happy we’ll take a second one out. It was a real sporting gesture. He’s finished second but he’s won plenty of these races!. We’ve had some lovely winners with these colours and Numbersixvalverde is the one that sticks out. This fellow might start us dreaming again. He’s eight and has had a good time to mature. Denis Leahy won a point-to-point with him and I’d say did an awful lot of schooling because he was always good to jump. It makes the job easier for us. They went a bit steady and I said to Ricky if you are still travelling jumping the third last they are not after going fast enough. I said make sure you are in the van as they will quicken up from there but they are going to have to stay as well. He said it rode a bit slower than they were expecting but he handled it well. Martin Brassil

After race at Kilbeggan Fri, 25th Aug, 2023 (1st)  He's probably never run on ground that soft but I wasn't too worried. He's game, honest and loves a trip. He keeps galloping and he took the shortest way around. He got a grand split and he needed it because he doesn't do anything in a hurry. I'd say the run in the Blazers helped him for today because he never went as fast in his life, in a competitive handicap like that on better ground. It may have stood to him, we had to run to find out. If the ground doesn't get too bad we'll see what the handicapper does. He's a novice anyway so we have options. He's a nice horse to have and great for the owners. We're lucky that when John Reddington was finished riding him in bumpers that we found someone for him. Martin Brassil

After race at Kilbeggan Fri, 14th Jul, 2023 (1st)  It’s a grand place to start off with a bit of nice ground and not a big fence. I’m sure he’ll get a bit of confidence from it. He won a point-to-point for Denis Leahy first time out and when I started to school him I could see that he was well able to jump. We hadn’t to do too much in that department. He’ll be a spring, summer and autumn horse. Galway might come too soon and if it does we might pick out something in Listowel. He’s a grand, honest type and staying is his forte. He could go around there again! Martin Brassil