Fairyhouse Thu, 15th Jan, 2026  Welluknow he’s always been a nice horse but I was disappointed in Leopardstown the last day when the race didn’t work out for him on better ground over two miles. Danny (Mullins, jockey then) was very good and looked after him when he wasn’t happening. I’ve no real plan for him and we’ll look now to see where we go next. He’s crying out for a fence, he’s a beautiful jumper and has loads of scope. It’s great to start the year with a winner.

Gowran Park Sat, 8th Nov, 2025  Welluknow he’s a big baby and was a July foal. He got a setback last year so it’s just lovely to see him come around. He’s a homebred and it’s a great pleasure when you have been looking at them for a long time. I think he’s a nice horse in the making and he handled that ground. We might find something for him around Christmas.

Cork Sun, 2nd Nov, 2025  Ol Man Dingle we had really been looking forward to today and that is my first Graded win since 2011. It is a long time since we’ve had a horse like this and we’ve had a few false dawns, so it is brilliant to have one like him. I put the tongue-tie back on Ol Man Dingle today — he doesn’t need it but I wasn’t taking any chances. Ricky gave him a lovely ride, the horse has brilliant scope but can be a little brave. During his career prep, we thought an awful lot of him so went for a bumper, but he made a noise and choked. He had never given us that indication beforehand so he had a wind operation but it took him a run or two to get his confidence. He had a bad virus at the end of last season, my yard went down with something around April and May when we had few runners and he has done well to come back from it.

Galway Tue, 7th Oct, 2025  Ol Man Dingle I'm delighted with him and, to be honest, he will improve for the run, so we'd have been happy with a respectable performance coming here. He did very well for us up until last Christmas but I was a little bit disappointed with his run (finishing fourth) at the Dublin Racing Festival afterwards. Even though he ran well, I was a little disappointed and then he had a disappointing run at Navan a month later, but we found a little thing wrong with him. He seems over that little hiccup and hopefully now we can look forward to a nice novice chase campaign with him. I think 2m4f is his trip and while I haven't thought beyond today, for a trainer like me to have a horse to start thinking about running in good races is a real bonus. We will have a more than normal amount of horses in this winter but have a lot of young horses, so we won't be busy with runners until the spring time.