Going - Hurdle - Soft, Yielding in places. Chase - Yielding. Fine
Jackpot Pool - 2,790.30 Not Won. Carried forward to Tipperary on Tuesday 18th April. Placepot Pool - 21,492.28 Dividend - 16.30 Winning Units - 917.68. Days Aggregate - 135,151.15 Last Year 146,308.99
O'Sullivan on the mark again aboard Calico
Aslukwoodhavit comes good in style
I'm delighted with that. The first time tongue strap might have helped him. He was a bit disappointing on his first run for us at Thurles where he ran a bit free. He was keen there and just emptied out. I'm delighted with him today, they went a real good gallop and that seemed to suit him. He has got plenty of pace and he stayed well off of a fast pace. I think he wants a bit of soft ground and we just had to back off of him after his first run, but he is good now and we will see what to do with him. I'm delighted for Roger (Brookhouse) and Rachael was brilliant on him.
De Bromhead doubles up with Pidoyne
I'm delighted for the lads in the syndicate who are locals and they are great supporters of ours. I'm really happy to get a win for them here. They've been a little bit unlucky with her on her last couple of runs so it's nice to see her winning, Hugh gave her a super ride. He rode her the last twice and had done really well on her. I've no plan for her now, we'll enjoy today and see what's coming up. She seems to appreciate an ease in the ground but she might go on better ground too, we'll see.
Pat Coyne again shows his liking for Tramore
That's his third win here and he'll continue to mix it between hurdles and fences. We were going to give him one or two runs over hurdles and then go back over fences but we might keep him over hurdles for a while now if we can find another few races for him. He is a brilliant servant. I've no immediate plan for him but he'll just go the summer route and hopefully come back here in August.
Another Million makes successful switch to fences
To be fair this was the plan. Vicky (Markowiak), who owns and bred him, said he is a big chaser and that there was a race for horses rated less than 102. She said if we win it we won't be mullered in the handicap, so we took a punt and it was good. You should never give a jockey instructions because I said to Ricky, 'whatever you do, don't hit the front until after the last on this fella!'. He came to win his point-to-point but just unseated, being lairy. He is a grand big horse and has a nice future hopefully. He'll probably get a summer break now because this ground would be plenty quick enough for him. Vicky is English and from Kent. She has quite a lot of horses with me. We send most of them to Rae Guest but she let me keep this fella.
Gilligan partners first jumps winner on Likable 33/1 shot
Lord Schnitzel lands the odds in Tramore finale
He deserved it and we will try to find something similar for him. He is a ten-year-old now and has a lot of racing done.