Going - Good. Dry and bright
Jackpot Pool - 471.07 Dividend - 329.80 Winning Units - .06. Partial Carry Over of 309.98 to Killarney on Tuesday 16th July. Placepot Pool - 26,532.15 Dividend - 500.00 Winning Units - 37.18. Days Aggregate - 125,416.80 Last Year 92,555.09
Ewing keeps drilling home the winners
Shinnhill a ready winner for McKnight
Collins' mare on an upward curve
I thought if she handled the track the hill finish would play to her strengths. She's a strong finisher. Very versatile, Flat or jumps. She tries which is a big thing with a horse. When you have a horse that tries, you have a big chance with one. Good ground and the stiff finish definitely helped as well. I think over further she will be better again. She'll get a rest now after that. I have five or six in Killarney this week - a few nice ones hopefully. When they are running well, we will keep them going and hopefully get another winner or two out of it.
Limerick raider Ollie strikes up north
Doyle doubles up at Downpatrick
He's been running on soft ground and probably wants a bit of better ground. He travelled well here the last day and fell at the third-last - Finny Maguire rode him and he thought he had plenty of horse left. Banking on that, we were hoping for a good run but he stayed at it well, in fairness. We did think he would run a nice race. Tramore or something like that next, maybe keep it local. It is a long way up here today, he's in Killarney on Thursday and I don't think he'll run - it's a long way from here to Killarney!. We'll see how he is and make a plan from there. I think he is a horse that will improve.
Maguire gets a spark out of Blacksmiths Forge
She was difficult to break, she was broken when we got her. She was hard to handle when we got her first. She has settled down a lot in the last few weeks. We were expecting a nice run, but we didn't expect her to be there. She doesn't show that at home, she is very slow in her work. We knew she wanted a trip. We would be working them over six and seven furlongs on the gallops we use - she wouldn't show you a lot on that. It shows you can't go by homework!. We brought her to a schooling day over a mile and a-half in Navan and she did show a nice bit. We thought she would be alright. She just gallops and gallops, and the further she goes the better. That is actually Finny's first ride for me. Joey Dunne normally rides ours and he is away on holidays. Finny rang me looking for the ride. When you get the chance to use him, you might as well use him.