Going - Good. Bright and dry
Placepot Pool - 16,060.68 Dividend - 286.90 Winning Units - 39.18.
Dove over turns the well-backed favourite
Easy win for Joey on third start for Rothwell
Bose Ikard justifies Downpatrick favouritism
He's bred to be a stayer, his pedigree is all stamina. If the ground stays alright he'll run again. He wants good ground. He's very much a top of the ground horse. I thought a lot of him.
Some nice bets landed as Condon doubles up
He struggled over hurdles but he is better over fences. I told Davy to leave it late but not that late! He wants further, he was flat out and they came back to him. Not many would have won on him. Davy said he made a bad mistake three out and it knocked the stuffing out of him. It is a long way to come up here today but we kind of fancied him, his previous two runs over fence weren't bad. He got the job done and that is great. We will probably go for a handicap chase with him now but we will see what the handicapper does. His owner Damien Carroll is a great supporter of mine, he is from Dublin and he is getting married tomorrow.
Change of tactics helps Rattan score
Solwhit's lead horse gets his day in the sun
He is rated 77 and he is bottom of the pile so I was no more than hopeful today. He is Solwhit's lead horse.
Dara takes the bumper for Power & Purcell
The track suited him down to the ground. We fancied him in a big way coming up but he got upset in the traffic. He is a horse with scope and he will make a fine chaser. He will go for a maiden hurdle next and he will take a cut in the ground. The track did a good job with the ground today.