Beckman gets Lyons and Keane off to winning start

He's a nice horse. I was a little bit taken aback when I saw the yearling allocation and I saw what he was by. I was disappointed I didn't geld the sire when I had him!.. The horse has always shown he was a nice horse and it just goes to prove to you that every horse gets a horse. He's been very slow in coming and he had a winter coat for a while. Then about three or four weeks ago I said that this horse wins a seven-furlong maiden and he's ready for a start. I thought he won nicely. They went a million and he hit the line strong, which was the way we wanted. I like starting them at the Curragh, I thought he'd run well and we'll win our seven-furlong maiden somewhere but he's after taking it all in well and we won't say no to a winner. I have to congratulate Maurice on breeding him, especially doing it with his own sire. No doubt he'll be getting a long string of mares to be covered by Beckford!. Sadly he's not here. He was there on Wednesday and had his winner and we've had another winner for him so we're delighted with that. We'll take this horse home and watch him. The colts are behind the fillies I'd say and we'll see where we go with them.

Lake Victoria does enough to make winning debut under Moore

We're delighted with her. She was showing lovely work at home. It was her first day out, first day at the track, so you'd have to be very happy with her. Ryan was very happy with her. She was green and Ryan said he didn't mean to send her on as early but when she went there she started pricking her ears and waiting. She was never away and hadn't been in front that much. He said he had to make her get down and do it but he said she still had her ears pricked going to the line, that's always a good sign. Obviously she'll go into one of the good fillies races. She has loads of speed, they didn't go very fast but she still travelled very well and quickened very well. I think probably on to the Silver Flash or something like that. Obviously depending on where some of the other fillies will go and see what the lads want to do.

Back Down Under holds on to win Curragh thriller

I'd like to thank Frank (Berry) and JP and Noreen (McManus) for giving her to us. We leased her out last year. She's been a bit unlucky and we had a bit of stalls work to do with her. Chris rode her yesterday morning and she jumped out well. We thought she'd run well if she jumped and she did, and the step up to seven really helped her I'd say. Chris gave her a great ride, she jumped well and relaxed well. He said at halfway he thought he was going to run well and she stuck it out well so we're delighted. We're going to enjoy today and there will be a lot of celebrations. This weekend means a lot to the town and the lads are all local. To have a winner here on Derby weekend is unbelievable.

Siege Of Troy gets job done at third time of asking

I was very disappointed walking out of Gowran the last time, we think a lot of this one. She's a good filly, big engine and a well-bred filly. I said to Ben last time to dolly around and give her a nice kick in the belly at the bottom of the straight but she was under pressure from a long way out. She was in between horses and Ben said maybe she didn't learn as much first time out as we thought she did and maybe I'd been minding her a bit since then. I put the cheekpieces on her today just to help her travel. She's a nice filly and she will keep improving, I think. She's big and she's raw, Ben says she should get a mile-and-a-half no problem. I'm a bit happier today. When she went to the front he said she pricked her ears. He was travelling really well and he didn't want to kick on two down but he said when he asked her to go she quickened up and stole a bit in front. He said when he pulled the stick through and asked her to go she won well at the line.

Golden Temple brings up hat-trick with first win on the level

When we started with him as a two-year-old we thought he was the best two-year-old we had. He's bred to be a sprinter. In fairness to Robbie Colgan he rode him one day in Fairyhouse over a mile-and-a-half and rode him like that and just got touched off. He probably was a bit weaker last year than he is now. He belonged to Paul and Patricia Hunt and at the end of the year a few of them had to go as Paul had passed on. Albert (Dravins) asked me if there was anything worth buying and we always felt he was some good and that he could win a race somewhere. He jumps very well and he has improved. He stays very well. He keeps at it and I told Jamie if he was going well he was going too slow because he'd need to get the rest of them off the bridle and at it because he just keeps galloping. If you waited for them they'd go past him. I watched the race with Paul Flynn (trainer of runner-up The Truant) and Paul beating me and I was beating him, it was very funny. His owner's partner passed away last year and they are having a charity golf day and they are all over at that. I'm sure they are watching on TV. He's probably a horse for the two-mile-five race on the Saturday at Galway. We'll have to stay at two miles whatever we do on the Flat.

Lord Church continues winning run to bring up hat-trick

Ryan doubles up with Apprentice Derby win on Courageous Strike