Dundalk Fri, 13th Dec, 2024  Daonethatgotaway It is a local syndicate, it is the local club Monasterevin. Mark Kelly runs it and all the boys used to play for Monasterevin - Keithen, who rode him today, and Ronan Whelan all used to play football for Monasterevin. It is a complete local success and it is like a county final!

Navan Sat, 7th Dec, 2024  Flicker Of Hope Aidan was brilliant on him. He knows him well. Fine margins and it is a great pot to win. A young horse and he is a chaser in the making. Where we go next, we don't know. He probably won't go at Christmas time, we will try and see what is after Christmas for him. If there is something there at the Dublin Racing Festival, we will go there. He had the lightest weight in the race and is an improving horse. The bob of the head worked for us. I've won a couple of Grade 3 races and Listed races, but pot-wise this is the biggest pot I have won.

Clonmel Tue, 3rd Dec, 2024  Kp's Ladyofknock I'm 18, from Dingle and have no background in racing although I'm 100 metres over the road from the Kennedys (champion jockey Jack and Paddy). Jack used to ride horses by my house every day of the week so got the bug from there and they have been very good to me. I spent a season flapping and another season point-to-pointing with Sam Curling, who was very good to me. She goes well at home and I thought she had a good chance running off a light weight. She did it well in the finish. It was a surprise although we don't have her very long. She was fit, healthy and well when she came, but came (with) it a bit of an attitude and didn't delay too long in getting her out (to run) as I didn't want her getting bored with the change of scenery. She worked very very well in two bits of work for me and Tom rides her out at home, so knows her well. To be fair to Peter, he said she has loads of ability but needed to be sweetened up. She might go back to '0's' and 'P's' now but, if we can keep her genuine, she might win again. She had a light weight and Tom is good value for the 7lb claim, so we tried to make things as easy as we could for her. He is a great lad, works hard and you couldn't get better than him and is a good rider too.