Listowel Wed, 23rd Sep, 2020  N'golo We left Kilbeggan scratching our heads a bit but that was a bit more like it today. He'll have to build on it but at least he left the run behind him the last day. I was very happy with him, he put his bad run behind him. He'll stay further and to do that on that ground I was very happy that he might be making a bit of progress.

Tipperary Mon, 14th Sep, 2020  Lugnaquilla She is a gorgeous big mare and she is over 16.2hh. We are allowed to keep her next year which will be great as she'll be much better next year as a 1m4f filly,. She is just so big and is still a bit weak. I was giving her time and a chance to strengthen into herself and even now she is weak. It'll be all about next year with her and I don't know if she'll run again, she could possibly try for black-type but I wouldn't be surprised if she is put away to come back next year. I think she is a smart filly and I think she is going to be stakes class.

Curragh Sun, 13th Sep, 2020  Search For A Song It's been a special day winning my ninth St Leger. I had one horse win it four times, back-to-back, Vintage Crop twice, and now this mare has won it twice,. I've trained her for the day for a long time. I also wanted to get that Group 1 over a mile-and-a-quarter into her in case people thought she was only a staying mare. You saw what the filly that beat her in the Group 1 did, Magical. I was quietly confident today. It was lovely for Oisin Orr, he was only 23 the other day. I thought he switched her off beautifully and I was confident turning for home that he would win. Oisin gets horses to relax very well. To be fair to Chris Hayes he rode her brilliantly here last year and rode a beautiful race on Amma Grace for me earlier on. They all have their own talents. I don't really have a number one but Oisin is riding most of them. I think he has wonderful hands, rides a very relaxed race and fills horses with confidence. You might be worried watching him as very often he hasn't moved on horses. I love horses getting into a rhythm, gradual progress and ride them to come and that's what he does very very well. When you win the Vermeille and Irish Leger on the same day and you're training 100 horses, which is no number of horses in Ireland nowadays, you get a very big kick. The autumn was always the plan for the Tarnawa. She came back to me from Gilltown Stud in great condition. She went to Cork and won the Group 3 from Cayenne Pepper. It was a real good performance and she put up

Leopardstown Sat, 12th Sep, 2020  Tiger Moth He's a lovely horse. Obviously his last run was in the Irish Derby,. We gave him a break, said we'd come back here and maybe have a look at the Melbourne Cup but he probably won't get in where he is. He's 8lbs below Santiago. I wasn't sure a mile-and-a-half was his thing and we would have been very happy going back to a mile-and-a-quarter. It was a strong run mile-and-a-half and we were going to find out today whether he stayed or not.

Leopardstown Sat, 12th Sep, 2020  Magical We were very happy after York, we saw what she was able to do. When she went by herself in York she just lost interest a little bit and then the others came around her and she started staying on after the race was over,. What she always wants is to eyeball a horse and battle. Seamus (Heffernan) was happy to make the running today if William wanted to get a lead and if William (Buick, on Ghaiyyath) was going to go on Seamus was going to go with him to keep her interested and he gave her a brilliant ride. She's one serious mare when you get into a battle with her and when you really get into a battle with her that's when you really see what she can do as you saw there today.

Gowran Park Wed, 12th Aug, 2020  Springbank I told the owners that I’d be very disappointed if he wasn’t fighting out the finish today. I felt he’d come on from his run in Down Royal.

Sligo Wed, 5th Aug, 2020  Royal Aide it's a big blow, but life goes on. It happens and it was just a pity that this time it was a superstar. It'll happen again and we just have to live with it.

Leopardstown Fri, 31st Jul, 2020  Federica Sophia She progressed from her Cork run. She was drawn 18 then and it's nearly impossible to win from there. Hopefully she'll develop into a stakes filly later in the year. She came home really strongly there and I'd say a mile-and-a-quarter looks good for her at the moment.

Galway Mon, 27th Jul, 2020  Flying Scotsman He is by Galileo so the step up in trip suited and the bit of juice also helped; the ground was on the quick side over seven (furlongs) the last day. It wasn't the greatest race in the world but has got his head in front now; he is in tomorrow so we'll leave that to Joseph and see what he is like (in the morning). He is back over a mile tomorrow (entered in the 6.15 on Tuesday). Brendan Powell, representing

Gowran Park Sat, 25th Jul, 2020  Never Forgotten It was a nice performance and she has improved. She's laid back, such a relaxed filly, and typical of a Galileo. Brendan Powell, representing

Cork Fri, 24th Jul, 2020  Galuppi He's like a lucky bag as you never know what you'll get!. Michael Kavanagh, who owns him, hasn't been well so he'll be over the moon and really stuck with him and there were days when the horse didn't want to start. We take it every day at a time and I'm particularly delighted for the owner.

Gowran Park Wed, 8th Jul, 2020  Southern Cape Fancy Blue has come out of her race well. We’re still not sure where she will go next but the Nassau at Goodwood is a strong possibility at the minute.

Limerick Mon, 29th Jun, 2020  Great House He did it well and looked entitled to do that after his run at Gowran. It is nice to get a winner on turf. It is not easy for three year olds, especially if they are running from level weights against geldings, some which are ten. I think he is a decent horse. I might see that the handicapper does but I don't really want to run him in handicaps and could step him into Stakes class. Whether or not he can compete at Stakes level we will find out, but if he did turn out to be that level, he could go to Australia. I think if he could run as a three year old out there. He'd be on level weights with other three year olds and if he turned out to be that class, I'd think about something like that. I have never come across a horse born at that time of year and it's one of those things that he isn't a three year old, but he is a fun horse.

Curragh Sun, 28th Jun, 2020  Hudson River All the (Irish) Derby horses were led out this morning and seem fine after their runs yesterday.

Curragh Sat, 13th Jun, 2020  Peaceful Donnacha (O'Brien) loved her when he won on her in Thurles last year and then she went to Newmarket and couldn't walk a yard in the heavy ground but still kept fighting and wasn't beaten far at the line. That's the sign of a really good filly, she just wouldn't lie down. She's obviously very good. She loves the ground, skipped along, and is very uncomplicated. We always thought she'd stay a lot further than a mile. Epsom has to be a possible, the lads will decide, but it has to be a possible for all those fillies. We knew he had nice fillies. They are Galileo fillies and we are just so lucky to have them. They are beautifully-bred, big, rangy, scopey fillies and they get better and better.

Curragh Sat, 13th Jun, 2020  Lancaster House she's a lovely mare; we had her in at Ascot but we were afraid of the ground getting soft and didn't want to wait. It was a lovely race for her here and it's nice to get her started back. She could go to the Eclipse or the Pretty Polly. She's an unbelievable mare. She hadn't run over a mile since her debut. She has a lot of class, she's a great mare and I'm delighted with her. Up to now she has travelled a lot but that was all cancelled so she's been kind of waiting there a while so that's why we just wanted to get her out. She loves that nice fast ground, she doesn't like soft ground.

Curragh Sat, 13th Jun, 2020  Snow she's tough and hardy. She stays well and she's a sister to Kew Gardens. We thought that these were going to be Oaks fillies and they'll probably turn up in a trial next. They will love going a mile-and-a-half.