Punchestown Mon, 3rd Feb, 2025  Ethical Diamond it looked an ideal opportunity for Ethical Diamond: he got a freebee in front and jumped well. Paul (Townend) said he’s learning the whole time jumping-wise: that was a bit of an issue for him last year, so he seems to be enjoying it a bit more. Hopefully he can build on it. Better ground would definitely help him, but Paul said it’s not as bad as you would think.

Dundalk Wed, 11th Dec, 2024  The Real Screamer The last day, unfortunately for Leigh Roche, he couldn't do the weight just because it was winter time - he can normally do it. He was going to be over and we didn't want to carry overweight. I wouldn't take away a winning partnership and he (Hayes) is a very good jockey. He is just very hard to get at times. I like trying to use jockeys that I can use on a regular basis. I'm not a bad judge - they normally turn out good jockeys! (Robert) Whearty was the last one, but Noel Meade has latched on there!. He might not come back here - he is just a bit immature. I'd love to give him a break, but it is up to the owner really. I think a break will mature his mind. I don't think he will have any problem with the turf. I think he was just immature last year. You can see him being a bit bold in the stalls there, he's a bit of a baby now. That is all it is.

Dundalk Fri, 15th Nov, 2024  The Real Screamer I think that is Chris' first winner for me - he hasn't ridden too much for me as he is always booked and he's too good to ride for me! . They went a savage pace and he picked it up and did it well. . We thought he was well handicapped on his homework, but he has been really disappointing. . He ran well in Navan actually and just maybe did too much on possibly too stiff a track. Then we thought on Navan to drop him back to a mile and that didn't work either. . Basically, we were going to give up. I said I thought he would like the surface and we took a chance and it really worked.