Red Ball Of Fire a local winner in Sligo

She’s improving all the time. Phillip (Enright) got off her the first day in Tipperary (finished third) and said she’d improve 20lb for the experience and I’d say she did improve that amount when she went to Roscommon (runner-up). She improved again here and I thought she looked the winner all the way around. She’s a big strong mare who’ll stay a bit further. She might go to Galway for the four-year-old winners’ race and Phillip said he’d like to ride her on the Flat around Tramore so that’s another option.

Go Gill Go vindicates Grace's faith

It wasn’t that much of a surprise. We fancied her because she ran very well in Wexford the other day. We picked the wrong race for her there - 2m5f was too far for her and we brought her back to 2m1f today. In Wexford at today’s distance she was cruising but she didn’t see out the trip. She handled the ease in the ground but we were hoping it wouldn’t get too soft because she’ll go on better ground as well. She’s the only one I have in training at the moment. We’ll try and find a handicap for her and hopefully he (the handicapper) won’t give her too much for that. It was a very ordinary race.

Call Me Dolly ignores market drift

Third win of the year for veteran Goulane Chosen

He’s a mighty horse. He’s running like a four or five-year-old at the moment. We were a little afraid when the rain arrived but it’s not deep out there and he got through it. He might get an entry for Killarney on Friday, we’ll see how he is in the morning. He’s an unreal horse for a small yard like us. He’s a star and it’s great for his owner/breeder Mary O’Donnell as well.

All Class transfers Flat form to gain first hurdles win

She liked the ground and travelled well. I was a little bit worried early as she was jumping big after a couple of runs over fences. In fairness to her it was her first run in a handicap hurdle for a while. She’s gone away and done it well but she’s beaten nothing.

McDonagh negotiates best way home on Silver Planeur

A first winner for Harney & a first ride in over three decades for Burke

It’s young Tom Harney’s first track winner. He’s from near me in Punchestown and he’s ridden three point-to-point winners. The dam of this one, Nirphania, had lots of potential as a racehorse but has been a bit unlucky as a broodmare, so it’s lovely to get a winner out of her. This horse had a good first run (fourth at Thurles) and then lost his way a little bit, maybe through a little bit of weakness, through the winter. In the last couple of weeks he has strengthened up really well. We were a bit worried about all the rain but he handled the ground well. He’ll probably get three miles over hurdles. I love coming to Sligo and it’s a lucky track for me.