Quotes on Dunum (IRE)

Wayne gave him a brilliant ride as always,. He was in good form so we decided to enter him. It's great to have a runner here let alone a winner. I'm delighted for Maurice (Burns) as he bred him as well. He had two wide draws on his last two starts. He had improved at home and we thought we had a bit more in hand today with the good draw. We can drop him back to seven furlongs or a mile, maybe on softer ground. The good ground helped him a bit as well today to stretch out over a mile-and-one.
After Dunum (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Fri, 24th Jun 2022 1m 1f Flat Hcap Good

Quotes on I Am Superman (IRE)

I'm delighted with that, it's his eighth career win,. Colin said he hated the ground but being big and strong he managed to get through it and get home. He's a very good horse on his day. From the back end of last year I've had the Buckingham Palace Stakes in my head for him. It's seven furlongs at Royal Ascot where they'll go a lick. He is a group horse and I don't imagine he'll go up for that as he was 3 or 4lb well in anyway. I'll probably keep him fresh between now and then, he runs very well fresh. He owes us absolutely nothing, he's had us all the way around the world. He's eight years of age but he's only had 37 runs. Jim's horse kept him honest there. Colin was delighted with him, he said he just took a little blow coming to the line. Today was the plan, ground or not. It's the same as a bit of work at home and we're running for a bit of prize-money. We think seven furlongs is probably his optimum trip, he gets a mile as well but more so around a bend. He can go left and right-handed. The only question I have is up a straight but he was placed at the Curragh over seven as a two-year-old. Seven furlongs on a straight would be his ideal trip, a mile at Ascot would stretch him. He's in the Summer Mile at the Curragh but he'll probably skip that and we'll keep him fresh.
After I Am Superman (IRE) finished 1st at Gowran Park on Thu, 9th May 2024 7f Flat Soft

Quotes on Booyea (IRE)

The easiest part was looking at him out there. He's a real handful as you can see with him coming in there now. We had some job tacking him up. I wasn't on the ball today, I should have had earplugs or something on him. He got really upset before the race and I honestly thought that was it, race over. Fair play to him he's a good horse., he's tough. He's very revved, that's the way he is. He actually hasn't been that revved in a long time, last year he was very difficult but he settled down a lot and we thought we were past all that. He got very revved up today but I suppose it is Derby Day. Like I say I just wasn't thinking ahead. It fantastic, we had a winner at this meeting on the Saturday last year. To have a winner at the Curragh is fantastic anyway and on Derby Day is even extra.
After Booyea (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Sun, 30th Jun 2024 1m Flat Hcap Good

Quotes on Dance Night Andday (IRE)

It's great to have Colin Keane on your side, he was brilliant on her. I didn't realise that it was only a nose,. It was a good performance carrying top-weight. She came out of Naas really well and she's a lovely filly to have. She's an improver and has a good temperament. She's lovely and relaxed. I walked through the barn last night and she was lying panned out, there wasn't a budge out of her. Colin said when he got to the front she pricked her ears and parked, she got idle. He knows her well, the three times she's won he's been on her. She'll probably dip her toe in a Listed race now and see where we are from there. There are a couple of different options for her. I stuck her in the Ballycorus at Leopardstown to have a look, as she's won around there before, but I'd say that will be tasty. I'd nearly go Listed before that. She has a good mind and definitely wants good ground, that's the key to her. It's lovely to have a really nice filly like her.
After Dance Night Andday (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Fri, 24th May 2024 6f Flat Hcap Good

Quotes on Hurricane Ivor (IRE)

He's a cool horse, he comes out every year and wins one,.
After Hurricane Ivor (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Fri, 24th May 2024 7f Flat Hcap Good

Quotes on Blues Emperor (IRE)

The horses are all going well. We worked them all on Tuesday and their scopes were clean and bloods were good. We had two fancied horses coming here today. On home work Rahmi (fourth) is a flashy worker but this horse when you get him to the races, and he gets into that rhythm, he’s hard to pass. That bit of rain we’ve had the last few days suited him. A stiff mile here is good for him, he’s very brave and when he gets to the front he doesn’t like being passed. He’s entered in Leopardstown for the mile and one (Nasrullah Handicap) and will probably go there and Rahmi might go to Galway.
After Blues Emperor (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Sun, 2nd Jul 2023 1m Flat Hcap Good

Quotes on Kortez Bay (IRE)

I'm delighted, I've always loved him,. I was surprised I was able to buy him because he's a half-brother to Lady Kaya (runner-up in the 1,000 Guineas for Lavery). I met (breeder) John O'Connor and I laughed and said to him there's not a chance I'm going to able to buy a New Bay out of Kayak. . He said he wouldn't be anyone's cup of tea but when I saw him all I could see was athlete. He was a raw horse. . I feel that's a bit of a monkey off my back getting him to win but he's actually needed all the time. He's just strengthened and strengthened mentally. . Robbie said he loved that ground. I don't know how much he'll go up, or if he'd get in, but I'm going to put him in the Jersey. If he gets in brilliant, if not it's no biggy and we'll find something else. . It might have been stupid running him at two but he learned. . I think the way he's hitting the line, now that he's strengthened up, he'll get a mile but at the moment we'll keep him at seven as he's relaxing through his races beautifully.
After Kortez Bay (IRE) finished 1st at Fairyhouse on Fri, 7th Jun 2024 7f Flat Maiden Good

Quotes on Daamberdiplomat (IRE)

That was pretty impressive. I did think that he had come on at home. I thought he was a little bit keen the first day and Ben said he didn't get home. Today dropping him back to six he settled really well and he said he picked them up in a couple of strides. It was visually very impressive, there were a lot of fancied horses in that race today. I don't know what to do with him next to tell you the truth. He's still a bit immature and he should improve so I don't think I'll rush him. I might give him four or five weeks and we might look at the Killavullan towards the end of the year, maybe stepping him back up to seven because I always thought he was a seven-furlong horse.
After Daamberdiplomat (IRE) finished 1st at Curragh on Sat, 13th Aug 2022 6f Flat Maiden Good

Quotes on Verhoyen (GB)

The rain was needed. I was going to declare him again for Sunday, but I walked it this morning and it was only just good. With the dry forecast for the weekend I thought it wouldn't be slow enough for him on Sunday but there was enough for today. I'm delighted, with 10st2lb you couldn't be over confident in that type of handicap. He loves it here, he's a different horse when he's here — close to home. We'll see what the handicapper does now. There are a few 60-90 handicaps that he's probably not going to get into now. We'll have to go premier handicaps now, but he's not going to go to the likes of Galway as it doesn't seem to suit him. We'll maybe go to Britain and find a handicap for him over there.
After Verhoyen (GB) finished 1st at Curragh on Fri, 30th Jun 2023 7f Flat Hcap Good

Quotes on Current Option (IRE)

Class is permanent and form is temporary! It's been a while since he won but he ran a great race in the premier handicap at Cork (last month), where he finished fourth,. We ran him in the Curragh the last day where he was drawn right out on the wing and he got very upset in the stalls and he ran very freely. He was in good form and we just felt that Fairyhouse would suit him, around a bend, that he'd be able to relax and drop it, which he did. Adam gave him a good ride, he was very cool on him. The plans for the boys are that they're always over for the end of July and that's where he'll go. I'll see what the handicapper gives him and we'll try and get him into those two big handicaps in Galway. If he's going to get in off his current mark I'll leave him but if not I might have to run him again. He's a horse of a lifetime and you just don't get many horses like him.
After Current Option (IRE) finished 1st at Fairyhouse on Fri, 7th Jun 2024 7f Flat Hcap Good

Quotes on Exquisite Acclaim (IRE)

the boys have good fun with Exquisite Acclaim and fair play to Tom O'Connor. He has horses with Henry (De Bromhead) as well and it's great to get a winner for them. I think his mother isn't well so that will be a bit of a tonic for him and I wish her well. he battled well, I think the horse on the inside (Bellaphina) helped him along and he's a tough ole soul. We were going to go to Leopardstown but I thought this track, a front-runners track, would suit him well and the horse needs fast ground. Adam know him well.
After Exquisite Acclaim (IRE) finished 1st at Gowran Park on Wed, 14th Aug 2024 7f Flat Hcap Good to Firm