Going - Yielding, soft in places. Raining
Jackpot Pool - 11,437.00 Dividend - 2,001.00 Winning Units - 4. Placepot Pool - 33,834.20 Dividend - 28.80 Winning Units - 822.14. Pick Six Pool - 25,000.00 Dividend - 8,750.00 Winning Units - 2. Days Aggregate - 225,996.00 (8 races). Last Year 167,865.00 (7 races).
Bamako makes all in Bellewstown opener
Tesseract gets off the mark over flights
Cooper & Smith take the feature with Lion
I was surprised with how well he won it. I was a bit worried about the ground but Bryan knew where the best of it was and gave him a great ride. The plan was Killarney and this wasn't really the plan until the other day. It's been a lucky race for us as Rawnaq won it a few years ago and was beaten just a neck last year. I was expecting a big run today and would have been disappointed if he wasn't in the first two or three. He could possible still run at Killarney in two weeks time.
Well-backed Slade gets off the mark
He's been a bit disappointing and it's nice to see him winning a race. At the beginning we thought a lot of him. He started favourite at Naas but it was downhill after that and we nearly gave up on him. We decided to throw him out and try him on faster ground. Even though he's not the greatest mover he travelled better in Down Royal and I thought that was a better race than today's. These are the nicest lads I've ever trained for. Syndicates tend to get disgruntled but fair play to them they've stuck with it.
Red-hot Moore completes Bellewstown double
Sas completes doubles for Cooper & Mullins
Thornton & Meyler on the mark with Manuka
Takeittothelimits now two from two
She's a nice little filly, she's not over-big. She could run on the flat at some stage, she's quick. She did it well as she was keen the whole way. She's won two bumpers now so she could jump a hurdle sooner rather than later.