Dundalk Wed, 14th Feb, 2024  Andalusian Star she was very green as you can see - I just had to keep her up to her work the whole way. It is not ideal sometimes when they are that green and you have to make the running. I felt like she was the best in the race and she went on in the final furlong, and was only just doing what she had to do. I always felt I had them covered, but it was just a case of keeping her up to her work and keeping her straight. She has galloped out through the line well and she is definitely a filly that is going to progress a lot from that. It has been a while, so it is nearly like her first time up again.

Dundalk Fri, 9th Feb, 2024  Arbaawi I fancied him, I thought he was staying on very well the last day and just got murdered a furlong down. I'd say he is an honest enough horse and I think he wants every bit of the mile myself. It was seven the last day. To me, all he does is keep galloping. James gave him a great ride, he was very calm on him. He gave him a chance to find his feet and lucky enough he got the bit of a gap and picked up. I bought him at the Horses in Training Sale at the end of October. He handled the all-weather and he handled soft on grass. He looks very versatile and I just said at three and a half (thousand) I had to take the chance at that kind of money. I got a few lads together for him and I still own half of him. As I say, he has form on soft ground so we have options now.

Dundalk Wed, 31st Jan, 2024  Mount Ruapehu On his form with John (Grogan) earlier on, he was entitled to do that. He's down a long way in the weights. It was nice to get a win and it is his first run in the lads' colours, they have leased him off John. They are from Thurles and Limerick. He did that well and settled very well. The race worked out perfectly, there were two horses in front of him and Cian was able to slot in behind them.