Going - Hurdle - Soft Chase - Yielding to Soft (After R1 Hurdle - Soft to Heavy Chase - Soft) (After R5 Chase - Soft to Heavy Bumper - Heavy). Overcast and showery
Jackpot Pool - 3,508.35 Dividend - 2,455.80 Winning Units - .46. Partial Carry Over of 1,906.00 to Thurles on Tuesday 5th March. Placepot Pool - 32,574.37 Dividend - 1,747.90 Winning Units - 13.05. Days Aggregate - 157,578.34 Last Year 177,736.07
Twoohthree cruises right away from the opposition
He's only a baby, there is loads of improvement. We thought he was only ready for a run, but he ran really well. He'll stay very well.
Notkeepinyagoing dominant off the front for Harvey
She deserves it as she's consistent. Although it's soft ground here today, it was just too soft in Tramore last time. Her form before that was pretty solid. Hopefully the handicapper doesn't take it too literally, it probably wasn't the greatest of maiden hurdles. She should be competitive off the mark she has now in a handicap or maybe a little winners' race somewhere. She doesn't owe them (Planetary Orbit Syndicate) anything as she's won a bumper in Galway and now a maiden hurdle here. She wasn't expensive. We'll keep going for another while. Now that she's got her head in front we'll have another crack at something.
Lovely Reaction doubles her career total in Foxrock
She's been a nice mare all the time and I thought she couldn't get beat the last day,. For some reason she hung the whole way with Simon Torrens last time, he said he had two hands on one rein. We just gave her a bit of time off, a couple of easy weeks, and started off again. She's done it like I thought she would have done it in Fairyhouse the last day. She's a lovely mare by Walk In The Park. We'll keep her to two-and-a-half or three miles and probably looks for another handicap before going chasing after that. She has a mark over fences, she ran over fences in Clonmel.
Jerk gains his first success at Leopardstown
Old adage of 'fences are there to be jumped' rings true for Horantzau D'airy
It was a bit fortuitous, but if you're not in you can't win. I'm delighted with him and he'll continue chasing until the summer. Paul Marvel will do his best while the ground stays right.
Soloman Lane rewards his backers
The last day was just a disaster with the ground. I was kind of worried when all the rain came today, but it was loose. He's actually better than what he's shown, but he wants everything to go right for him. I said to David 'if you jump the first three here, you'll win'. The last day he didn't jump and he's dynamite to jump. David gave him a grand ride, he's a good young lad and is well able to ride. It's great to win here, he battled away. He's probably as good a jumper as we've ever had. He's lightly raced, he gave a few problems, and he's a big raw horse. He just needed a bit of time. He has little mileage and we'll keep going, we could even drive on during the summer if it keeps raining.
Mullins at double with Magic McColgan
It was a nice performance and she's improved nicely from Christmas,. I'd imagine we'll probably keep her for Punchestown, for the listed mares bumpers, unless there is another one in between. She's a full-sister to Tornado Flyer.