Going - Soft (Straight), Yielding (Round). Fine
Jackpot Pool - €7,208.75 Dividend - €458.70 Winning Units - 11. Placepot Pool - €33,553.74 Dividend - €188.90 Winning Units - 124.29. Pick Six Pool - €10,972.50 Not Won. Carried forward to Ballinrobe on Tuesday 3rd May. Days Aggregate - €274,891.00 (8 races). Last Year €546,326.93 (7 races).
King another winner for Electric Lyons
He's a good honest horse and we said we'd sacrifice him early doors to see if what we were seeing was right with the others. If he ran well we would know the ones that were beating him at home were okay and we had some smart sorts. It was a good pot and I thought it would take a stakes horse to beat him giving away weight. If he finished second it was no harm. We've been second to Aidan's horses plenty of times. Colin said the ground was riding proper soft. I don't think he's a Marble Hill horse and the first thing Colin said to me is that six furlongs would suit. He's a good horse with a good temperament and it's a bonus to start.
Sors scores for Slattery
“I had two in it and didn't know which to fancy,”
Progressive Awtaad wins the Tetrarch
He's a smart horse. He trained on well and came on a good bit from the handicap. That should put him right for three weeks time. I thought if he's not good enough to win the Tetrarch he had no business running in the Guineas. So far so good but he has to step up again now. I'd say he wants good ground but not brick hard as he's a big heavy horse. That was a bit steady for him today.
Strega lands the Athasi for McCreery & Lee
I'm a clever lad now! When I went up to Dundalk I thought she was thrown in so if she had been beat I would have looked a right eejit. But she was able to come on here and it all worked out. She's tough and strengthened up a lot of the winter, although she hasn't grown. Billy gave her a brave ride. He got caught in a pocket and I wasn't sure he would get there.
Found back to her best in the Mooresbridge
I didn't think she had come forward as much but she obviously did. She's still not there and hopefully something to look forward to. The Tattersalls Gold Cup remains the plan. Ryan was going to relax her today as she was a little bit keen the last day. The plan was the last day, this race and then the Tattersalls. Then we might look at the Coronation but that's not definite. She'd get a break and then have one or two runs before the Arc.
Pipes completes 116/1 double for Slattery
She was entered at Chester on Friday in a seven-furlong race but the vet said she might be in season by Friday so we came here. We didn't know if she would stay a mile as she's a free running sort. We said we would run and she either stays or she doesn't - she obviously stays. She was very unlucky in a big handicap here on Champions Weekend when she got knocked down. She looked like she would be involved that day. We might look at the big handicap at Galway. The owner is looking to get black-type but she's only rated 75 so I'll try and hold him off and be realistic for a while. She won on good ground at Leopardstown but I think she does like a dig. We'll try and win again with her and then go for a nice handicap. If she could get third in a little Listed race on bottomless ground somewhere it would be great.
Pierre just prevails on debut
“She just tired in the closing stages, it's as simple as that,”
Prendergast & Hayes double-up with Mizzah
It's been a good day. He's a nice horse. He had a bit of an issue last year as he fractured his pelvis on his last run at Naas. He had run very well before that when he was third. He came on well and wintered well. He got over his complaint and hopefully can continue. He was working well and had it on paper.
