Call Her Now rewards patience of connections

That is one of my most satisfying winners as she has loads of ability and is gorgeous but has had a lot of little problems, which can add up to a big problem. It has taken a lot of time to get everything right, but she is in a good place. She has had me tearing my hair out and I'm very lucky that Peter (Davies) is such a patient owner. We could have run when she was only half-ready, but thought we'd get her fully right and I hope now that Peter's patience will be fully rewarded. . She won't be going away for a holiday that's for sure and we'll keep her going. I don't think the race has taken a huge amount out of her and of course she will come on from the race. . The ground is beautiful.

Flat winner Wilson scores over hurdles

I'd say the flat track was a big help to him as he needs an easy two miles. I couldn't see him staying two-miles on heavy ground during the winter and they got racing early enough today which wasn't ideal, but he had been banging on the door and was due a win. His hurdle experience stood to him but is still learning. He wears a hood, is a keen-going sort but he's getting there.

McDonagh rides an enterprising race on Taylors Three Rock

She was second here in a bumper three years ago and we sold her and she went to England where it didn't work out for her. We got her back for nothing, I have her four months so it was her first run back and I'm over the moon. She has ability but is very, very temperamental and we had to walk her around before the start to keep her calm. We went left-handed today as her last good run was here but after watching her today, she'll definitely go back right-handed next time.

Gilligan drives Glan home

Easy Game wins again

There definitely was greater strength in depth this year than last and it was tight enough on ratings. I jumped into the race probably sooner than I wanted to but I wasn’t disappointing him at that stage, and once he got on top, all I had to do was keep him up to his work. He doesn’t need a lot of encouragement to jump but you can trust him with your life now. It was a different story when he was a novice and was letting fly. You’d put anyone up on him now, he’s a great spin, and a joy to have anything to do with. he loves that ground and credit to the Listowel staff, it’s 25 degrees today and the ground is still safe at this time of the day. They’ve done a lot of work on it.

Nice To Meet builds upon promise shown in Killarney

I bought him from Harley Dunne and Tiernan (Power Roche) had ridden him in the past. Harley said he was a nice horse and said if we gave him time, he was a good horse. He was 100 per cent on the ball. I bided my time last year with him and, the last day at Killarney, he was beaten a short-head by a master trainer and jockey (Willie and Patrick Mullins) with Annamix, who had been rated 148. He has a bright future over fences and the only doubt I had was he had been at Doncaster Sales last week when he didn't make his reserve. . I'm delighted for his owner Greg Coleman and his parents who are great supporters of mine and great people - win, lose or draw they are always smiling and they'll enjoy this.

High Class Hero seals Listowel double for Mullins