Curragh Sat, 12th Apr, 2025  One Look I was hoping that she’d do something like that,. I told the lads last November that we’d aim for the Park Express. I looked for it in the calendar on the first day and it was missing! They moved it and it probably suited us. She’s a filly that didn’t blossom at the start of last year and we gave her a chance, then she did well in the Autumn. We decided when she was second in Gowran the last day not to race on at that stage with this year in mind. It’s great that the owners have been patient with me. She’s tough and I think a mile is the minimum for now. Ten furlongs will be well within her compass. She’ll have an entry in the Lanwades Stakes. She’s a Group winner now and we’ll try and go as far up the ladder as we can for the rest of the year. We’ll take our time. The ability was never in question it was just last spring she wasn’t ready to do what the world expected her to do. She’ll probably prove yet that she is that kind of filly.

Leopardstown Wed, 9th Apr, 2025  Catalina Delcarpio she’s a nice filly, she’s always trained well and I was looking forward to coming racing today. I told the owner last week I was putting her in the Epsom Oaks but then I decided not to, I don’t know whether that was a good or bad idea. I just thought Epsom might come a bit soon with her development starting today. He told me we could supplement, so I said we’ll see. She was just ready to start and mine usually get well beaten on debut, I think she’s nice. I haven’t thought about plans. I wanted to come here and start and see what happened. I’m happy with what happened and we’ll make a new plan now.

Cork Sun, 6th Apr, 2025  Bubble Gum Australian Bloodstock won the Melbourne Cup (in 2014) with Protectionist and Ronald Raucher is their racing manager and buys their horses. They have dreams of winning Melbourne Cups and such, so hopefully we can facilitate them in whatever they want to do. She is a lovely filly and Ronald, who lives in Doneraile, rang me in November and said he had a filly which might suit me. She hasn't missed a beat since she came to me in December, has trained well and I'm delighted to have her. I also had Purple Lily and Beechwood for this race but thought this filly would be the most adaptable as the others would like an ease. It is good to have a strong squad of fillies and this filly has a bit of class. She is a Stakes winner now and we'll find a Group race next.