Going - Round course: Yielding, Good to Yielding in places; Straight: Good, Good to Yielding in places. Dry
Jackpot Pool - 486.55 Dividend - 198.00 Winning Units - 1.72. Placepot Pool - 18,441.74 Dividend - 111.30 Winning Units - 115.89. Days Aggregate - 150,174.00 Last Year 138,258.00
Murtagh's filly has their Measure
It was a very good race she won at Tipperary - she beat the horse that won the Group 2 the other day (Aloha Star). We always thought a lot of her. We were going to run her before then but we had a bit of a hold up with a dirty scope. There's a Listed race in a couple of weeks in Naas and we'll go for that. We think she's a smart filly and please God she has a big future ahead of her. She is quick, she is fast and she is very professional and hardy, which is ideal for what you need for a fast two-year-old. That ground is beautiful out there, so you couldn't fault it. I'd say it was good for her and she went on it. There was a bit more of an ease in Tipperary, so ground is not an issue. It was a good race. I thought she would win but there were lots of winners in it. The form was in the book.
McCreery's filly makes winning handicap debut
The (first-time) visor helped, and the fast five furlongs allowed Nathan (Crosse) to get her into stride early. Hopefully the handicapper isn't too hard on her. She'll be out again soon on good ground or faster, she'd be in trouble on slow ground.
She's Our Queen gives Murtagh a double
Improving all the time - as you can see she's a very big filly. I'm delighted for the owner (Hassan Alabdulmalik), it's his first winner for us - Debbie Mountain is the manager and she has done a great job with sending us over some nice horses. We won't do too much with this one this year because she is big and she is raw, and I think she will improve plenty. Whatever she does this year will be a bonus, I think she will be a real nice four-year-old when she develops up into the size because she is a big lady. That's one thing about our horses - when they get challenged they know how to get to the line. That's one thing we pride ourselves on. We have them fit, we run them over the right distances, and I knew she was going to finish the last 100 yards strong and thankfully she did. Ben Coen did a great job. I'm not sure this year, but maybe next year she could get a mile and a half. I think a mile and two is probably a good distance for her at the moment.
Elizabeth prevails in Ulster Oaks
In-form Shumaker could be set for Galway raid
Chiricahua appreciates drop in class
He's still immature, he's a baby and we asked him a massive ask to run him in the Derby, and it was unfair of us to do that on him with the year it was and without a run. In fairness to Colin (Keane) he looked after him (in the Derby). This is more like it - we'll take baby steps after today and climb up the ranks. He's a horse going forward that we will geld. Being by Camelot we will look forward to him as he's a big, gorgeous, handsome horse that can have a nice campaign next year. He can go on any ground to be fair. He travelled there and he has a touch of class hence why we ran him in the Derby. There are big races to be won with this lad over trips next year.