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Going - Good, Good To Firm In Places. Fine
Jackpot Pool - €5,120.12 Winning Units - 113.03 Dividend - €31.70. Placepot Pool - €32,590.74 Winning Units - 208.21 Dividend - €109.50. Pick Six Pool - €35,000.00 Winning Units - .5 Dividend - €17,500.00. Tote Aggregate - €171167.00.
Fair play to Punchestown, they have done a tremendous job on the ground. We have been waiting on this day all summer to start the season off. Bryan said he took a blow after the fifth last but he's never come off the bridle. We'll look forward to the rest of the season. There are a lot of big races to look at and there is the million pounds bonus in England that we will have to discuss. He's in the JNWine Champion Chase at Down Royal but Road To Riches will probably go there. I'm sure Eddie and Michael (O'Leary) and Noel (Meade) and myself, and Willie (Mullins) also has a few Gold Cup horses (for Gigginstown) will all have a chat and we'll make a plan. The Cheltenham Gold Cup is my long term plan. Eddie got his way last year and he went for the Ryanair but he'll definitely go for the Gold Cup this year. I still believe he's not a horse for real heavy ground. I think he's better on a nicer surface. All his big wins bar one there was a bit of good in it. We said today that we would get him settled. He was a bit buzzy in this race last year. Roi Du Mee has lost his Grade 1 penalty this season which is a massive help and we will look at all those Grade 2 and 3 races. He's been a great servant, and the softer the ground the better.
Gordon Elliott, trainer
(6:04.2 5.66 secs slower on today's going ) ts+ Rated 175
Sholokhov (IRE) - Depeche Toi (GER)(Konigsstuhl (GER))
Breeder - Gestut Etzean
(Morning price: 1/4 2/9)
SP 1/4fav
(6:06.4) ts+ Rated 153
Lavirco (GER) - British Nellerie (FR)(Le Pontet (FR))
Breeder - Jacques Hersent & Mme Jacqueline Hersent
(Morning price: 8/1 9/1 10/1 12/1 14/1)
SP 14/1
(6:10.5) ts+cp2 Rated 145
Definite Article (GB) - Prairie Bell (IRE)(Sadler's Wells (USA))
Breeder - A J Nevin
(Morning price: 8/1 9/1 8/1)
SP 7/1
(6:22.4) ts+ Rated 125
Blueprint (IRE) - Aran Jewel (IRE)(Brief Truce (USA))
Breeder - Patrick Kelly
(Morning price: 66/1)
SP 66/1
ts1 Rated 148
Presenting (GB) - Shuil Dorcha (IRE)(Bob Back (USA))
Breeder - Mrs Marilyn Syme
(Morning price: 12/1 11/1)
(Ring price: 8/1 7/1)
SP 7/1
Time 6m. 4.20 secs, which is 5.66 secs slower than the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- €5.70
Tote Trifecta- €13.20
CSF- €5.30.
2014 Don Cossack 7 11-10 B J Cooper 11/10Fav (Gordon Elliott)
2013 Toner D'Oudairies 6 11-6 B J Cooper 8/1 (Gordon Elliott)
2012 Roi Du Mee 7 11-8 P Carberry 6/1 (Gordon Elliott)
2011 Roi Du Mee 6 11-8 D N Russell 11/4 (Gordon Elliott)
2010 China Rock 7 11-8 R Walsh 6/4 (M F Morris)
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