Going - Straight - Good, good to yielding places Round - Good. Fine
Jackpot Pool - 14,084.51 Not Won. Carried forward to Thirsk on Monday 14th September. Placepot Pool - 70,473.30 Dividend - 1,067.50 Winning Units - 42.44. Quadpot Pool - 7,571.44 Dividend - 74.80 Winning Units - 74.87. Days Aggregate - 433,156.00 (8 races). Last Year 459,355.00 (9 races).
Favourite Mr Lupton wins 'Bold Lad'
Speaking to Richard this morning he said to keep it fairly simple, ideally get a lead, but wherever he is comfortable. He's a very straight-forward horse. On his last run he looked like a horse that was coming back to form. It couldn't have worked out any better. Billy (Lee on Royal Canford) went along our side and he had something to aim at the whole way. Between the two and the one he quickened away again and he won like a horse that was coming back to himself. Myself and Rory (Cleary on Lil Grey) quickened up well and he was getting the better of him. He's probably getting a little bit lonely towards the line.
"The real Cayenne Pepper" dominates the Blandford
That's the real Cayenne Pepper, I don't know what we were doing going a mile-and-a-half with her!. Shane said the way she won there you'd think she'd get a mile-and-a-half no problem but she just doesn't quite see it out. We had a lot of problems with her in the spring and I thought today was the first day she actually looked strong in the paddock. She didn't grow last year and did all her growing in the spring and we had problem after problem. It's sad that Jon Kelly wasn't around to see her but he'll be up there looking down on her. He passed away a week after the Oaks. It's lovely for her to win but it's a bit emotional. We might go to America with her for Sarah to see her, providing everything is okay. She is invited to the QE II in Keeneland three weeks prior to the Breeders Cup so she could go there and then stay over for the Breeders Cup. We'll let the dust settle and see how she is this week.
Glass Slippers lands a second Group One
She’s so tough and genuine but she has a lot of class. She loves it when they go really quick but the ground was tacky today so she’s done well to cope with that. I’m absolutely delighted. Darren Bunyan has done a marvellous job with her the last 48 hours, it’s not easy handing it over to someone else but he’s produced her in tip-top shape so I’m very thankful to the Curragh and Darren. It was Terry Holdcroft’s (owner of Bearstone Stud) decision to miss the Nunthorpe and give her a bit more time and he’s obviously been vindicated. She’s an amazing filly, so simple to train and makes my job very easy. She’ll go back for the Abbaye now.
O'Brien one two in the Moyglare as Donnacha beats Joseph
National Stakes goes to Thunder Moon in impressive style
Day of days for Weld completed by Search For A Song in the Leger
It's been a special day winning my ninth St Leger. I had one horse win it four times, back-to-back, Vintage Crop twice, and now this mare has won it twice,. I've trained her for the day for a long time. I also wanted to get that Group 1 over a mile-and-a-quarter into her in case people thought she was only a staying mare. You saw what the filly that beat her in the Group 1 did, Magical. I was quietly confident today. It was lovely for Oisin Orr, he was only 23 the other day. I thought he switched her off beautifully and I was confident turning for home that he would win. Oisin gets horses to relax very well. To be fair to Chris Hayes he rode her brilliantly here last year and rode a beautiful race on Amma Grace for me earlier on. They all have their own talents. I don't really have a number one but Oisin is riding most of them. I think he has wonderful hands, rides a very relaxed race and fills horses with confidence. You might be worried watching him as very often he hasn't moved on horses. I love horses getting into a rhythm, gradual progress and ride them to come and that's what he does very very well. When you win the Vermeille and Irish Leger on the same day and you're training 100 horses, which is no number of horses in Ireland nowadays, you get a very big kick. The autumn was always the plan for the Tarnawa. She came back to me from Gilltown Stud in great condition. She went to Cork and won the Group 3 from Cayenne Pepper. It was a real good performance and she put up
136/1 Curragh brace for Fahey and Keane
Sonnyboyliston tops off memorable weekend for Murtagh camp
That's a great way to end the weekend. Of the whole weekend he was probably the horse I was most excited about, I thought maybe he had the best chance,. When you look at his form, and what Joseph's filly had done (O’Brien’s Thundering Nights), the form was in the book. The cheek-pieces were on him just to help him concentrate because the last time Ben (Coen) thought he just ran a little bit green mid-race. There was a good pace on today and he settled really well. Billy said he got there well. He's a big baby that's learning on the job and he should have no problem stepping up to a mile-and-a-half. He's after getting a fair hike (in the handicap) the last few times. He's a horse I think we should have next year. We might give him one more run before the year is out, maybe the Trigo or one of those Listed races just to see where he fits in. One more this year and hopefully we'll have him for next year because I'd say he's above average.