Eurobot picks up pieces in eventful opener

Percy back to winning ways in style at Thurles

Gold game winner for Curran and Power

I'm delighted. He had a good run at Cork and we freshened him up since,. Ian said he got hampered at a few hurdles but it all worked out in the end. He stayed on and is tough. He is very consistent and is a nice horse to have. We only have him and another young horse in training. Ian is local and helps us out.

Simple for Sayce on hurdling bow

She is fierce fast to jump and is a chaser in the making,. I had cold feet coming up to the race and I rang Damian Murphy (handler) because he had our mare and De Bromhead's (Sovereign Gold) in point to points. He said the other mare has more stamina and that the 8lbs (weight concession) might make the difference. We'd love to go chasing with her but Brian was saying we'd nearly have to give her a shot at a novice hurdle now. Before today I was heading for a beginners chase but we'll have to see now. I'll have to look and see what's coming up. I'm delighted for Brian as he is riding with confidence and is such a great worker.

Sullane strikes again at Thurles

Capture collects for Mangan and O'Keeffe

She usually doesn't handle that ground but he kept her good and wide early on and it paid dividends when he went for her,. She jumped great for him and he gets on great with her. I thought when she went out of the 0-95 bracket she would be labouring but I'm delighted. She won a point to point so there is a chance she will jump fences around Tramore or some place easy.

Fragile El Barra impresses on return

It was a long wait for Richie as he was fragile and when I was going out I was at pains not to come off the bridle which wasn't very difficult!. We thought he was a very good horse pre-Christmas 2018 and we haven't been able to keep him right since but we got him here having minded him at home so I think there is a lot more improvement in him, if he can keep in one piece. To me whatever he did, there is huge improvement.