Meditate shows plenty of dash in Curragh

We're delighted with her. She did everything right,. We thought she would have no problem starting at five but Ryan said she got to the line very well. She was straightforward and has a lovely mind. It was first time and she came straight up there.

Tough Talk walks the walk in Curragh

We've run three and they've all run as expected. I said to Colin going out, take your time, go through the gears and hit the line strong. If you win you win but if you don't we'll win the next day, simple as. He's a horse we've always liked. He took it all in and was squealing and shouting in the ring beforehand, it's the first time I've heard him roar since he came to me. It's his first time away from home and first time on grass so there should be plenty of improvement. We'll keep it local and let him tell us when and where we'll start him back but it'll be in Ireland.

Well backed Joyous swoops late

Layfayette certainly progressive for Meade

The two of them did a little piece of work the other morning, Colin (Keane) rode the other fella and Oisin rode this fella. He worked so well I said I couldn't not run him,. I didn't ever want to run one against the other but I knew the other fella was going to need it and I was always afraid that the ground was going to be too quick for him and that I might have to take him out. This fella goes on any ground, maybe not heavy but he goes on most ground. He's just getting better and Oisin thinks he'll be better over a bit further. He thinks a mile-and-a-half will suit him better because he says he actually struggles early, maybe he's lazy though. Maybe a fast run mile-and-a-quarter suits him best. He's been in fantastic form all spring. In his work the other morning he went six furlongs and he couldn't get a hold of him at all. To have the two of them heading the same direction you don't like to be bumping heads. Chris (Hayes on Helvic Dream) said the ground was as quick as the other fella wanted it. He wants soft ground and he'll come back here for the Mooresbridge Stakes. The winner is in it as well and you'd have to think about that race for him as well. If he keeps climbing the way he's climbing you wouldn't know where he would end up. That was impressive.

Lyons and Keane double up with Markaz Paname

That was good. I'm happy now but beforehand I got very watery as I just thought it's impossible for a three-year-old to do that. He was a bit switched on and a bit buzzy but as Kerri said 'he's just a freak Dad' and I said 'you're right'. . I'm not thinking next, I don't go beyond today as I could be dead tomorrow!. That ground is as quick as he'd want. It's all about ground with him and he could have the summer off. We knew the record for three-year-olds was horrible in the Gladness but because the ground could dry and stay dry, we came here. You could be talking about the Ballycorus and races like that but he can't run on anything better than that ground. Seven is his trip, Colin knows he'll get further but not at the moment. I'm absolutely over the moon with Sh Boom. She's grown into a lovely stakes filly and Gary (Carroll) said there is one of them in her. That's brilliant, Gowran was only a piece of work for her the other day. We were only taking a pot as we own her ourselves, so to get black-type for these fillies is fantastic. It was a good race all around and I can go home now and watch the match in peace!

Stag Night delivers on handicap debut

He's a grand horse, he's still a big shell of a horse,. I thought the handicapper was hard enough on him for winning a maiden but that's all hindsight now. He just likes that better ground and if the rain had come I wouldn't have run him. There are a few nice handicaps during the summer and I think he'll rattle off faster ground again. He did everything lovely, he was just a bit keen early on but it was his first time in a handicap and he'll learn a terrible lot from that.

Glory Daze in Curragh for Oliver and Carroll

That was great. He's a very big horse and he showed a lot of promise last year. He was unlucky on his second start in Navan when he got trapped on the rail. He actually ran very well in the Eyrefield Stakes when he got badly hampered. That looked like it was going to be a good run. He's improved over the winter and we expected him to go well but we thought he might need the run. Everything went well for him and Gary gave him a lovely ride. He's still got a lot to learn, Gary said he still rode green. He loved him and we're delighted with that. We haven't any entries and we'll make a plan from here but he looks like a horse that will definitely have to step up in class.

337/1 double for Hayes and a first winner for O'Donoghue

That's great and it's very nice to do it on the Curragh, to get that box ticked,. The owners are from all over, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Cork. It's a syndicate that we had in England, that Jodi and I ran in England. When we knew we were coming home we started to get some home interest. She was in training here last year and she moved to us for this campaign. It was always something that we wanted to do, was to train in Ireland. I spent the last six years in England, the latter part with Roger Varian. The opportunity to move into Currabeg came up and we took it with both hands. We don't have a whole pile of older horses, it would be dominated by two-year-olds so we are looking forward to the summer. We've been blown away by the support that has come. We've got a very high quality of two-year-old so hopefully we can compete here in Ireland. John (Oxx) is incredible and he was the first man to congratulate me. His advice is incredible and to have him looking over your shoulder is a huge plus. We've got a couple of nice two-year-olds so we'll try and get them to win and see what they can do. I'm 29 and we've got 23 in training at the minute, with a couple more to come in. We bought one or two older horses to try and get the box ticked, knowing that we were going to be very reliant on two-year-olds.