Jumping Jet brought up a double for Gordon Elliott at Downpatrick when surging home to land the featured Randox Ulster National Handicap Steeplechase.
Having won the penultimate race of the evening for his uncle Kevin half-an-hour earlier, young James Smith partnered Another Choice to success for his father Matthew, in the concluding WKD Beginners Chase at Downpatrick.
Northern Ireland trainer Ross Tumilty recorded a landmark first winner under rules when his Custers Mistake stayed on best to land the Toals Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle at Downpatrick.
Thunder Roll (3/1f) registered a second Listed win today as the Joseph O'Brien-trained, Rosegreen Partnership-owned filly landed Cork's featured Irish Stallion Farms EBF Noblesse Stakes under Dylan Browne McMonagle.
Trainer Dermot Weld registered his first winner of the season with a brother to his classic winner Homeless Songs today, as well-backed Spoken Truth (13/8f) landed Cork's Buy Tickets At CorkRacecourse.ie Maiden.
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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.
Weather has always been the number one topic of conversation in Ireland which is most odd considering we don’t actually get extreme weather events like other countries and for the most part we don’t even have seasons.
Up to last Saturday it had rained almost every day since July, but that hasn’t stopped our population discussing the weather incessantly. Weddings, funerals, business meetings, casual encounters in the street, every conversation starter is invariably about the weather.
Sandown jumps finale preview with Stephen Harris | Formscan
Emma Nagle is joined by betting expert Stephen Harris to preview the jumps finale at Sandown. Will Willie Mullins be crowned champion trainer?
