Fairyhouse Sat, 25th Jan, 2025  I'll Sort That A lot of the credit has to go to Pat Crowley. He bought the horse for three grand at the July Sale, himself and David (Needham). He did all the work with him and he schooled him. John Barry rode him last year in a schooling race and said ‘this is a fair horse’. David sent him over to us three months ago. We gave him a run in Cork, he made a bit of a mistake in Cork, came home nicely. His work has improved and I said to David ‘this is a fairly good horse’. He worked with Mozzies Sister last week and we said we’d go back for a bumper. He’s 17 hands and his mother won nine on the Flat. He’s a nice horse.

Gowran Park Thu, 23rd Jan, 2025  Carrigmoorna Beech It’s a very prestigious day and I was dreaming about having a double, but it very rarely happens. She has a savage pedigree and is a (half) sister to Carrigmoornaspruce (who runs in the Grade 2 mares bumper at the Dublin Racing Festival), but is a different type of mare. She’s a bit more of a three-miler down the road. She could be left off now unless it keeps raining. The Listed bumper for four-year-olds in Limerick could be a race for her. She was fit coming here but had only one grass gallop, so she’ll improve.

Gowran Park Thu, 23rd Jan, 2025  Rocky's Diamond He’s only five, clear winded, great heart and stays forever — a brilliant horse. He has an entry in the Stayers Hurdle. He’s cool, doesn’t get overexcited so you wouldn’t rule it out. I think a better gallop would suit him, but he did well there off slow fractions. When he turned in I thought he would get swallowed up, but he’s not a slow horse either. He was a bit of a fool as a younger horse, but he’s grown and he’s matured. He does things easily at home, so it’s hard to know how good he’s going to be. He’s light-framed so we don’t kill him. Hopefully he’ll keep improving.