Point to Point Trainer Recommendations?

What area?.

Thomas J Taafe a great trainer of jumpers.Won the gold cup with kicking king,and i'd say he wouldnt charge more than 5 or 600 a week.All Tom needs is the raw material,won the Galway plate last year as well so his record is second to none.Very unassuming down to earth kind of fellow,a real salt of the earth kind of guy

Is he still training?

Think Taaffe has about half a dozen in training these days.

I wouldn't be one for wishing bad luck in someone but if ever a fella deserved it . . .

If your in the eastern part of the country then Liam Kenny could be worth a look. He had sixteen p2p winners last year from only 51 runners which is very impressive (stats skewed by a few multiple winners but impressive nonetheless). The standard in the east would typically be a touch lower than the south plus Jamie Codd is his regular pilot. I don't know much about him personally but he seems to place them well and keep them in form for a string of runs anyway so i'd imagine you cold do a whole lot worse.

If your a Munster man then theres obviously any number of potential options with Edmond Kent an interesting, emerging trainer. He has had a few nice young types through his hands that have been sold to England in recent years.

Jesus, someone explain to me why Taafe is so detested, general comportment,or something specific he did?

Thanks lads. I have looked up stats on last seasons top handlers and note that certain trainers had very good strike rates, I will further examine these stats to see whether they contained multiple winners. Keen Leader I chatted Willie Murphy at the August Sales at Tatts two years ago and found him to be a decent sort, not full of the usual BS that you get sometimes. He will definitely come into our considerations.
Allduckornodinner, thanks for your suggestions also, I will look into Liam Kenny and Edmond Kent, while I am from the Midlands so ideally somewhere within a reasonable commute would be great,finding the right trainer would be more important.
The horse himself is a late maturing type (still only 4) so for the first year if the trainer can get him to jump properly, I would be satisfied as he mightnt be strong enough to do himself justice until he is 6.

Shark Hanlon is your only man !

If your in the midlands then actually a decent pick could be Dot Love who handles all the Gigginstown breakers and is set up somewhere in Westmeath or at least not too far from it I believe.

She produced a good winner off a break in Galway today and knows a thing or two about teaching horses how to jump. I wouldn't imagine she would be interested in keeping a yoke around the place either so you will probably be told fairly sharpish if it's not worth having in training.

"while I am from the Midlands"



If Tipp is not too far for you.....
then O'Mara has all the best 'points' ticked - made his 'point' well today 2 winners.

What about Tyner in Cork boyos ?

Tom keating

I see Taaffe is going training one for Lee Westwood. 2 bogeys there.

I believe that Tom and Lee get their neckties made at the same place and the association sprang from there.