Going - Good to Yielding. Dry and bright
Jackpot Pool - 121.90 Not Won. Carried forward to Wexford on Saturday 20th May. Placepot Pool - 15,646.10 Dividend - 12.50 Winning Units - 870.77. Days Aggregate - 137,763.64 Last Year 76,530.17
Williamstown leads rivals a merry Dance
She was (very good). She was very keen - in Aintree I dropped her in because she can be so keen and she didn't go at all, but today she was in my hands everywhere, even though we were going a super strong gallop. She hurdled fantastically, she is like a cat. She's not big, one of the smallest in the yard. Even the last hurdle where she was wrong, she was quick at it. She will probably be a better hurdle mare than she was a bumper mare. They are (owners having great fun), they are from Blackrock College which would have been my opponents when I was back in school. They are well able to celebrate!
Harvey on Point with another success at Downpatrick
Tick Along wins well off a long break
She has always been a nice enough mare for this type of race, but just plagued with niggly little problems. They were setting her back all the time. It is great for Peter McCaffrey who has been with me years and nothing ever went right for him - this is his first winner. A lovely family and it is great to see him finally getting the win. She's in a chase at Limerick next week. If she is none the worse, she will go there. She jumps very well. Tommy has a good record around here.
Lakefield a Flyer for Shark and McGarvey
Gorthill a local success for McCaldin
I train in Dromara and this is my local track. It is a lovely track, Richard Lyttle and his team are brilliant here. I think that is five winners under rules now. They are all special because it very rarely happens!. I train 16 and it is a labour of love, it is a hobby and a very expensive. It is a tough game, but it is well worth it. This was always the aim for him, but we will make a decision (on his next outing) when we get home.
Billaway too strong for Vaucelet in Downpatrick feature
He's a real three-mile chaser, very athletic. In Cheltenham and Punchestown, he had blinkers on and perhaps that was a contributing factor to me falling off him and him falling. Every jump you just have to be forward into it. A three-mile chaser you should be able to get into a rhythm and let them pop away. He was brilliant today and fantastic for Downpatrick to put on this prize. Billaway won here four years ago, his first hunters' chase and he has been to Cheltenham and Punchestown, and it is great to come back here again. He has been a super horse, he has been sound and on the go five or six years. He has gone to Cheltenham and he has gone to Aintree, which he didn't like, and he has been here and Down Royal. Any owner would be proud to have him and John Turner really enjoys him.
The Wallpark brings up Elliott double on stable debut