Going - Round: Good to Yielding, yielding in places Straight: Yielding (After race 2 Straight - Yielding to Soft Round - Yielding). Raining
Placepot Pool - 18,236.60 Dividend - 214.20 Winning Units - 58.42. Quadpot Pool - 2,091.69 Dividend - 28.70 Winning Units - 53.9. Days Aggregate - 157,769.00
Cromwell's Suzy far too Quick for Curragh rivals
She was much more professional today. I couldn't believe that she was green the first day because we thought she was very professional at home. She obviously learned plenty from it. I suppose we might go to the six-furlong Group 3 in Naas for fillies on May 16th for a bit of black-type. I'd say she's very versatile ground-wise. We've worked her on heavy ground and she had no problem with it either. She's very straight-forward.
Stack's colt breaks maiden in Listed event
He did it well and he deserved it. He was a bit unlucky to run into a good horse in a maiden the last day. That's compensation today. I don't think five or six matters to him, I wouldn't say it was staying that was his problem the last day he probably just met a better colt. I suppose we could maybe look at the Norfolk for him now. It's six weeks to Ascot and he has plenty of experience now.
Broome lands hat-trick in Mooresbridge
One-two for Harrington in Athasi Stakes
Iris off the mark on handicap debut
She's a nice filly, a progressive filly, and we like her a lot,. Gary said she was half idling up the straight and then arrived there a bit soon. The ease in the ground helped as she's by Dragon Pulse. We might go back to six furlongs with her. She had good maiden form. I was a bit disappointed in Gowran as I thought she'd win there.
Guineas winners Bolger and Manning strike again
We're very pleased with him. The boss said he'll probably try and find another listed or Group 3 race for him if he doesn't go to Hong Kong in the meantime as there have been a few offers for him already.
Remarkable victory for slow-starting Pretty Rebel
It was a great performance. It was nervous stuff at the start and I thought she had blown it at the gates. She did very well to win. She's a progressive filly and was unlucky the last day when she got nailed late on in Gowran. She's going to progress through the ranks this year, I'd say, she's a nice filly. We'll look for something similar again. Her half-sister Newgirlintown progressed all last year and it's a good staying family so she should get a bit further as well. The ground is the key to her, she needs a little cut in it, and we were delighted to see the rain all morning.
First winner for Annalise Cullen on well-backed Zephron
I'm delighted. He's run two good races already this year and Annalise, in fairness, has been giving him a good old cheery ride. We're delighted with that.