Going - Heavy, Soft in places. Fine and sunny
Jackpot Pool - 273.84 Not Won. Carried forward to Curragh on Tuesday 26th October. Placepot Pool - 13,533.86 Dividend - 19.70 Winning Units - 479.46. Days Aggregate - 63,153.84 Last Year 59,423.00
Cold collects on hurdling debut
I think a lot of this horse. He came out of the race on Saturday well and he is a good, tough horse,. We are hoping that he will turn into a top novice. He is rated well into the 90s on the flat and has been running in Listed and Group races all year. We are hoping that he will keep improving. We will see what is available for him now and probably give him another race or two before Christmas, then we will give him a break and see where we are going. He handles most ground and won on good at Leopardstown on Saturday.
Mulvany doubles up with Barnacullia
Clarens follows-up on Listowel success
He won nicely at Listowel but there was five last time out winners in this so I wasn't sure how he'd get on. I wasn't sure after all the rain too because he is only a handy little horse. I was just hopeful that he would handle the ground. Jack gave him a good ride, he went wide and kept holding on to him. They didn't go quick and he was sort of in the best spot then, he got to go at the right time. He missed the second last and my heart was in my mouth but thankfully he stayed going well. Today was the plan, so I'll have to go home and look to see what is there for him. He stayed battling the whole way to the line today and he might get a bit further. There is a lot of people with shares in the syndicate and they are from the UK, Waterford and Kilkenny. Decky McKenna and Johnny Ryan got the group set up.
Fangio shows his true worth under Morgan
Blackmore back in winners enclosure on Eklat
It's great to be back and it's lovely to ride a winner on that horse. He is a really, really nice horse and I think he is going to have a big future. I was disappointed with myself after what happened with him in Cheltenham, so it was nice to get him back on track today. I'm happy with that, he is a grand horse. We were a bit unlucky at Cheltenham, how it would have fared, who knows. I'm delighted for Peter Davies, he is a great supporter of ours and it's nice to win this race. Today was to get him started and try to get him some confidence back. We have entered him in the race at Newbury, the Ladbroke Trophy, we just entered him in that this morning. He could possibly go for that, I'm not sure. We will take it one day at a time with him. Rachael said he was pretty straight today and we had him ready for it.
28/1 shot Take All continues Fahey's fine run
That's three winners in-a-row and it's unreal,. We have eight horses to run and if we had eighty, we'd be after winning thirty races over the weekend! The horses are all in great form and any of them that have ability are running up to that. . He was a nice horse last year and was unlucky not to win over hurdles here, he tipped up at the last, but you'd know by looking at him that he was always going to be a chaser. When I saw the quality of this race, I was half thinking of side stepping it. A lot of chases are restricted though, and correctly so, so when this opportunity came, we kind of had to run. It worked out great for us, he jumped well and handled the ground. He made one bad mistake but other than that he done it very well. I'm delighted for Jimmy. Jimmy's father was champion point-to-point rider in the midlands in the 40s and 50s, so Jimmy would know a bit about the game. He bred him as well and so it'll be a huge boost to him. We don't have a plan but we will have great sport making it now. I didn't look beyond today and I thought if we ran well I'd start planning then. I think there might be a novice in Fairyhouse or Navan in three weeks time that might suit him. I'm not sure if he'll qualify for it or not, I'll have to see. I think we will keep him over two miles for the moment anyway.
Fame claims bumper with minimum of fuss