Going - Standard. Overcast
Jackpot Pool - €2,420.19 Dividend - €1,694.20 Winning Units - .09. Placepot Pool - €27,402.13 Dividend - €281.90 Winning Units - 68.07. Days Aggregate - €181,105.59 Last Year €186,379.00
Adapt To Dan leads clean sweep of claimed horses
I wasn't expecting it, at the weights, but a couple of the fancied ones didn't run to their marks. He's a good consistent horse and if someone gets him, he'll be a right good fun horse for them. If not, we'll be happy to bring him home. Jack is very good for his 10lb claim.
Sister Bridget gains belated success
we had high hopes because she had improved plenty from the last day. She's homebred and the man that owns her is delighted. I trained the dam who was third three times as a two-year-old but got injured at three. This is her first foal so it's brilliant. We'll have to go home and make a plan, as the plan was today!
Photo success for Punk Poet
I wasn't sure he'd won but someone told me he was odds-on in the photo. I've had so many seconds since January - I've had two winners and four seconds and thought 'here's another one!'. he's solid here, he's won here a few times (three) now and Declan was good on him today.
Murphy aiming for black-type with Dundalk winner
she's a nice filly and we knew at home she was very nice but we thought she'd be green the first day. She did very well today because the race didn't go great for her - she got a bump, ran a bit keen then, and got caught out wide. Things didn't go right and she still came home very strong. We knew tonight she'd be bang on there. He took his time, he said they went a lot faster tonight so it's a bit of a wake up call because sometimes races are run differently so you can't be too presumptuous. She did it well and the penny was still dropping as she was coming home. I think she'll stay a mile, it looked like that there. I'd say we might wait for the turf with her and see what's around. We think she might be able to get black-type so that's what we'll be aiming for.
King collects with first flat runner
Jessica started off with us riding ponies and that's how her father Anthony got friendly with me. She used to come and ride her pony every day and then she wanted to go and progress, but we have all national hunt horses so they weren't really suitable. We got her in R.A.C.E. and then she got into Kevin's (Prendergast) and she loves it. I'm so delighted for her now. Anthony helps me out in the stables and we were looking for a horse for Jessica to ride. we went looking to find something that would suit to get her on the road again and we were very lucky as this mare didn't sell at the sales recently and we bought her afterwards. She had won off a higher mark before, Kevin thought she was a bit short and in fairness I would have no experience on the Flat, so we have to thank Kevin. If we never have another result we'll remember this one. It was just nice the way it turned out.
Fifth success for Alax Tavern
he'd really been going well and we were humming and hawing about running him over seven furlongs and five furlongs on his last start. Sam (Ewing) thought he'd won over seven so it might be best going with the tried and tested but he didn't stay. He seemed to stay it in claimers but didn't in the handicap. Foolishly when we were at the sales over in Tattersalls we took a chance in the five furlong race two days later as he was already entered in it. He was completely flat. He looks completely ungenuine, every time I see him he looks to have a horrible head carriage but he's fully genuine and never seems to shirk it. he has no choice but to go for premier handicaps now. Those type of races that he's running in up here, if they were on grass they'd be premier handicaps. Short of dropping back into claimers there aren't many other races for him. We're not going to find any easy races for him now but he's more than paid for himself. He owes us nothing so we'll tip away and see how he goes.
El C Wells gains maiden win
Dylan is a great talent and it was a very astute ride. He felt they went very hard, we were a long way back early on but it was essential that we got her to switch off tonight going a mile-and-a-half for the first time. She can be hard on herself. She threatened to do that a few times last year and then she kind of lost her way so it's great to get her back. She has a lovely pedigree, her second dam (Ameerat) won the 1,000 Guineas, so it's important to get that. I was afraid the loose horse would see the gate here, turn to the right and take us out. It would be just our luck! He probably gave us something to race with. She won well enough and we won't be in a hurry with her as she needs three or four weeks between our races.
