Aspire Tower got a confidence boosting win to his name when making all in the feature at Punchestown this afternoon, the William Hill Committed To Top Prices Hurdle.
A half-sister to dual Grade 1 winner Spillane's Tower, Mummy Derry justified 1/2 favouritism (4/5 early) in the concluding Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares INH Flat Race, completing a double for Willie Mullins.
The British Horseracing Authority has announced that last Saturday's Cesarewitch winner Alphonse Le Grande has been disqualified from the race following a meeting of the Whip Review Committee.
Slieve Carran put in a career best performance as he easily accounted for 15 rivals in the William Hill Extra Places Daily Handicap Hurdle.
The meeting scheduled for Thurles on Thursday has been cancelled, with a replacement fixture to be announced in due course.
When I see soccer clubs spending hundreds of millions on players, the amounts can certainly seem obscene, but there is an underlying logic to it. If the clubs are to compete at the highest level both domestically and in Europe they need the best players and the rewards for success can far outweigh the costs.
Similarly, the sums of money spent at Tattersalls Book One sale last week were jaw dropping, but a similar logic does apply. If you unearth a Classic winner it has the potential to repay its initial purchase price many times over at stud.
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I'm from Kells, Co Meath. I started off life big into sport. I played gaelic football around north Meath, I played in Croke Park in the All-Ireland Colleges. I played rugby in the winter, but I got massive injuries. I was in America in Ann Arbor, University of Michigan and I did a thesis on concussion. It was to do with American Football really. When I came home, I discovered I couldn't play any sport and I was still crazy for sport. I decided I would start riding horses and I was useless at it! I got falls and everything, so eventually I bought a bit of land outside the town where I live, a good bit of land and I built boxes.
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Threat of whip disqualification spoils Cesarewitch | The Irish Angle
Vincent Finnegan, Emma Nagle & Johnny Ward are back with plenty to discuss from the past week of racing. The trio debate the seemingly pending disqualification for Saturday's Cesarewitch winner, the decision to keep City Of Troy in Ireland, Amo Racing's £25m spending spree and more. www.irishracing.com
- AFLOAT was an unfortunate third over 10 furlongs here last month when Callum Shepherd briefly lost an iron close home, but the daughter of Sea The Moon made no mistake over C&D next time. Rae Guest's filly remains unexposed over this trip and she can successfully shoulder a 5lb penalty. Better was clearly expected of Umbria last time, but she is expected to show more upped in distance, while Ghost Story is also interesting.
