Punchestown Fri, 3rd May, 2024  Its On The Line Derek came back in and said there's not much point in instructions as he's a unique animal,. He doesn't make life easy but Derek has the trick to him. Early doors it wasn't great as Derek had to make a move to get him off the inside and get him travelling. I was very happy the whole way around until the third last and there was a bit of a panic when Lifetime Ambition went on. Once he got over the second last I was always fairly confident he was going to get him back. He's very well named, that's not the first occasion he's done that. He's just a horse that you have to hold his hand and bring him along, he's got a big engine. We were putting cheekpieces on trying to keep him in races and help him to travel but he needs to see everything, the more he sees the happier he is. We don't really need a bit in his mouth, it's just a bit of company and he'll keep going with them. As I said after Aintree to have a horse like him and be able to rock up to these festivals, Cheltenham, Aintree or Punchestown, with a horse with a chance of winning is very hard to come by. I don't think we'd ever replace him if we stepped him up to go back 'on the track' now.

Punchestown Fri, 3rd May, 2024  Private Ryan That's brilliant. We had him as a young horse and we sold him,. He appeared in Doncaster last year, he had never raced for Nicky Henderson as the syndicate fell out, and Henry (Chamney), a local farmer, was looking for something for this race. By luck we stumbled across this lad and he fitted the bill well so it all worked out. It's like a dream come true for this man, he'll absolutely love this. You even see it here yesterday, young Barry Walsh rides out for me and he won the La Touche. It's all about about getting a kick and it's absolutely brilliant when it works. He won the trial well here but he got a cut the next day he ran. There was a little bit of a rush on and I'd like to thank Michael Murphy, who we call Mouse. He looked after him every day, it's 47 days he was telling me, and we're over the moon to pull it off. It's absolutely magic. There is a big hunters chase in Downpatrick in a few weeks, with big prize-money. If he qualifies for that we'll go for that.

Tramore Sun, 21st Apr, 2024  Gaillimh A Run I love this place and it's great to have a winner here. She won on soft ground last year but she is by Presenting and you'd always imagine the nicer the ground, the better it would be for her. It was a slog in Clonmel the last day. We will put her foal at some stage and try to get some black-type at Killarney next month, that's the plan. I don't think two-and-a-half miles would be any problem for her either. She ran well at Aintree last year (when sixth in the Grade 2 bumper) after getting left a bit at the start. She wouldn't have beaten the winner but would have been a lot closer only for that. It's brilliant that she picked up another bonus today and believe it or not her dam Gaillimh A Chroi was the very first mare to win a bonus.

Aintree Thu, 11th Apr, 2024  Its On The Line He’s got ability and Derek is good and persistent on him and gets everything out of him. We were thankful for the loose horses today as it meant he had a bit of company and he was able to stretch out and go away, he’s done it well in the finish. He takes his races very well, last season he ran at Cheltenham, Aintree and Punchestown so he has a great constitution. I think he’ll stay hunter chasing as it’s great to be able to come to these meetings and have a horse with a big chance. Fingers crossed he keeps doing the business.

Naas Sat, 10th Feb, 2024  Its On The Line Its On The Line isn't good for the heart but there’s loads of ability in there, it's just a matter of coaxing it out of him. He looked a sitting duck for the fast-finishing horse (Billaway), but picked up and went again. He’s a tough cookie and hopefully cheek pieces might help for the big day (at Cheltenham) the next day. He was second there last year and will go there again.

Fairyhouse Wed, 24th Jan, 2024  Farmers Lodge I think we have him four years and he hasn’t been simple - he’s had lots of little niggles. We ran him in a maiden hurdle in Navan and then there was a two-year gap and he ran twice in Thurles in two good races as it turned out. He’s a natural to jump and the only question mark I had today was would he handle the heavy ground as he’d never run on it but our gallop is deep Wexford sand so he’d no trouble getting through it. It was a very ordinary race and he was entitled to do that on his hurdle form. We’ll get a mark and go for a handicap somewhere. He’ll pay his way and will be a fun horse. Michael said he could go up in trip. His jumping is good enough for two (miles) and he could go two and a half on better ground.