MASTER Speaker’s success on his debut for Shamrock Thoroughbreds at Dundalk last Friday night ensured the syndicate maintained a perfect winners to runners record. Both horses we have raced under that banner have now visited the winners enclosure, a noteworthy start for our new venture.

Although I set up the syndicate and take great pleasure from the success it has achieved, my primary role is as assistant trainer to Ado McGuinness. The latter is a cousin of mine and we work particularly well together. Strangely enough, I never met Ado until I was in my early teens, when my interest in horses first came to light.