Year Of The Tiger impresses in Naas opener

Harrington juvenile fillies continue to dominate

She ran well in a barrier trial here and Niall said she knew what she was doing. The barrier trials are a great help, and the little bit of rain just took the sting out of the ground which probably helped the two of them. In the spring we thought we had a nice bunch, and then they took a bit of a dip when the weather was bad at the beginning of May. We had to sit and wait with them and now they have come back. The colts need to pull their socks up now! I’ve only had a few of them placed and they need to start to win.

Power too strong for Naas rivals

I was a bit disappointed the last day when she had nothing to take her along. Today the plan was to drop her in and he gave her an absolute peach of a ride. She travelled the whole way and just found the gaps. She just has to be produced late.

Deserved success for easy-to-back Bailly

She's been running consistently. I think she deserved that and it's a nice pot to win with her. They came out to her on the worn ground which I found strange. We rode to our draw (drawn 7) and I was worried the way the draw bias is here. She needs six (furlongs) and is very genuine. She's just caught a bit in-between as she's not quite up to black type level.

Condon & Lee on the mark with Aleef

He won a lovely pot at Navan for us and he goes on most ground including the all-weather but he would have appreciated that little bit of rain we got this morning.

Claim The Lady completes 39/1 double for Harrington

I'm delighted to get his head in front. He's been knocking on the door and his maiden form when third to Anthony Van Dyck last year, and this year behind Buckhurst, was good. Now that he's got there I think he'll come on from that. He seems to have got a lot stronger in the last month which has helped him a lot.

Ryan doubles-up on 'gallant' Millford