Going - Soft, Soft To Heavy In Places. Fine
Jackpot Pool - 9,068.00 Not Won. Carried forward to Naas on Sunday 6th January. Placepot Pool - 29,284.90 Dividend - 870.80 Winning Units - 25.07. Pick Six Pool - 143,520.00 Days Aggregate - 91,191.00 Last Year 99,395.00
Larkin and Mullins' continue on winning ways
She was in the two and a half mile handicap today but I said this race would suit better as it wasn't as competitive. She won a two mile bumper in Galway and it looked an easier route and it paid off,. She is definitely better over further and I said to David would two two suit her and he said it would, so I'd say my father's handicap (Paddy Mullins Mares Handicap Hurdle during the Dublin racing festival) is probably where she should go next. It is worth E80,000 so it would be nice to win that!
Well-backed reserve Fakir wins for O'Brien and Slevin
Eurobot makes perfect start in Ireland
I'm going to get slagged by the Gigginstown manager (Eddie O'Leary) now as I had him down six weeks ago and said he was useless and was too slow. He said the last fella that told us that, it turned out to be a good horse and to run him! That other horse turned out to be a real good horse (Quito De La Roque),. He wouldn't actually show you an awful lot at home but he stays really well. He jumps really well and is really a chaser in the making. I'd say he is still immature and he probably will keep improving but he will be a nice staying chaser. It was a surprise and Willie's (Mullins, Clinton Hill) probably would have won but they have to stand up to win.
Keogh enjoys another big win - this time on the horse racing front
The plan was to go over fences and he was entered at Naas tomorrow because we couldn't run him with the ground and we came here as an alternative for suitable ground. He is a big strong heavy horse and I was afraid to risk him in Naas even though there was only three in the race. It's a different climate up there,. He has a lot of class but is hard to settle and tanks a bit and needs a bit of minding. He's a buzzy type of horse and we tried a hood on him today and it helped as well. We'll go back over fences now but it is a very short season now.
Another Cork 1-2 as Bridies wins 1st race in over 3 and a half years
186/1 Cork double for Tyner
He has been in all year but we were just waiting for suitable ground and his work-rider, my wife Mary, was very bullish about him,. He was going for the veterans' chase at Limerick over Christmas but got an infection in his foot two days before it. He only missed a couple of days with it and we had the shoe back on after three days and we came here instead. He was travelling well all the way and they were apart jumping the final fence and I just thought he'd need company but they came together coming up to the line and it helped, as he idles a bit. We'll got for more of the same next.
Meade pleases local owners to complete Cork brace