Donnacha O’Brien will target the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot having seen Porta Fortuna go close to providing him with a first British Classic in the Qipco 1000 Guineas.
Elmalka flew home to break French hearts and give Roger Varian a first win in the Qipco 1000 Guineas Stakes at Newmarket.
No Niki No made a bold bid to pinch the fillies handicap in Sligo off the front, but she was gunned down late on as Joseph O'Brien's Belhaven pipped Whimsy.
Saffronandblue supplemented Leopardstown gains with victory in the Tote Fantasy Handicap at Sligo.
Dont Do Dramas (6/1) made most for Wesley Joyce to land the concluding handicap over an extended 1m2f in Sligo.
The British National Hunt season went out with a bang on Saturday at Sandown when Willie Mullins was crowned Champion British Trainer for the very first time.
His end of season assault on the British tracks was nothing short of epic with 36 runners at 6 different tracks in little over a week yielding 9 victories, including the Scottish Grand National, bet365 Gold Cup and the Grade Two Select Hurdle to seal the title.
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I'm from a place called Eadestown, just outside Naas, beside Punchestown racecourse. I had a pony when I was younger at home and I was kind of mad for a bit of speed! I got into Michael Halford's when I was 12 or 13. I rode out there on my school holidays and weekends for five years before I left school. There were some brilliant lads in Michael Halford's at the time like Sean Corby, who rode as an apprentice for a while, Shane Foley was stable jockey and Conor Hoban was apprentice there. You can see from Michael Halford's track record, he had some brilliant apprentices over the years including Gary Carroll. It was a great place to learn and I learned plenty. I was still very weak and green and I wasn't quite sure whether I was going to be good enough to be a jockey but, in fairness, it was the route for me. I had a crack at college in Carlow, but I didn't enjoy that - I only lasted about three weeks! I missed the horses a lot.
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- FALLEN ANGEL took on the Irish and comprehensively beat them in their own back yard when she emerged as an impressive winner of the Moyglare at the Curragh last September. That was an outstanding performance and, given the daughter of Too Darn Hot had previously blown away the opposition when landing last year's edition of the Sweet Solera on the July course, this highly progressive filly has a major chance of obtaining Karl Burke a first Classic success. Ylang Ylang was only third in the Moyglare but blew that out of the water when she landed the Fillies' Mile on her next start. That experience of the trip could give Aidan O'Brien's sole representative an edge if stamina becomes an issue for the selection. French Group 2 winner Ramatuelle, along with Nell Gywn principles, Pretty Crystal and Dance Sequence, are others with rock-solid credentials in a fascinating renewal.
