Going - Yielding, yielding to soft in places. Overcast
Jackpot Pool - 1,098.69 Dividend - 1,018.30 Winning Units - .77. Partial Carry Over of 333.42 to Punchestown on Wednesday 22nd February. Placepot Pool - 57,177.68 Dividend - 127.90 Winning Units - 312.8. Days Aggregate - 282,732.76 (8 races). Last Year 174,786.03 (7 races).
Bolger lands PP Hogan Memorial again with Tom
Successful Punchestown raid for Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones jumped well. We'll try and find another race like that or go for a handicap.
National Trialists lead home a Gigginstown 1-2-3
we said we'd ride Coko Beach a little more restrained today, just take our time more as we've been making a lot of use of him lately. I thought he ran a good race, he jumped well and he (Harvey) said when he got to the front he didn't do a stroke and gave the last a big jump. there's not much at Cheltenham for him and I'd imagine they'll (Coko Beach, Death Duty and Defi Bleu) all be heading towards the Nationals - English and Irish. The winner runs his race all the time and is a grand horse. He finished eighth in the National last year and was right there until the third last. Death Duty ran well, he (jockey Michael O'Sullivan) said he would have been bang there only for missing the fourth and third last. He's a good horse but he's not easy to train.
Mullins lands big fish with enterprising ride
it was another fine tactical ride by Danny, I thought. They went off very fast and anything that was up there early on couldn't stay the pace. It took a lot of getting and she's shown us that she's a stayer. She was very keen early on in her career but now she's learning how to settle and how to race. She might get an entry in a handicap at Cheltenham or maybe wait for Fairyhouse. We'll see what rating she gets and you could look at the Martin Pipe or Coral Cup.
Senior Chief scores despite some late scares
I'm delighted with and he's a horse we like a lot and he was good there. He still looked a bit green but he jumped really well. I think his main aim is the auction final back here at the festival.
Punchestown doubles for Torrens and Verdant Place
the ground was a bit worse than I thought coming here and they are saying it's dead. He got through it but I still think he might be a better horse on nicer ground. We're delighted to get another win out of him and to go back-to-back. We'll see what the handicapper does now. I think that's his trip (2m7f) although maybe on nice ground you could drop him back a little bit. We'll keep him to 2m6f or three miles.
Winning pointer enters Cheltenham Bumper picture
it was a very good performance from the horse and jockey. He was too keen the whole way and to produce a run like that after running so keen for a mile-and-three-quarters showed that he has a lot left in the locker. It looked a fair race, in very tough ground. He's a horse that we're really looking forward to going over jumps. He looks a real chaser in the making, however he probably booked a ticket to Cheltenham (for the bumper) with that run. He looks an exciting recruit for Ronnie Bartlett and David Manasseh, who is a football agent.