Going - Good, good to yielding in places CHANGED to Good after 1st race. Overcast and blustery
Jackpot Pool - 516.74 Not Won. Carried forward to Gowran Park on Monday 21st October. Placepot Pool - 30,321.38 Dividend - 27.30 Winning Units - 777.27. Days Aggregate - 106,564.33 Last Year 171,895.44
Dishy delivers in Limerick's opener
Hardy Eustace colours carried to victory at Limerick
These are very famous colours and I'm delighted to have Lar on board. He came to me last year looking for a nice winter horse so we bought this horse in Doncaster. I don't think he is a superstar but I hope he will be better over a fence. . We were opportunistic today as the race cut up significantly and we'll look for a handicap now, as I don't think he is up to novice company.
Spring Meadow registers first Irish win
I'm delighted for John Devane and his family (owners) as they have been great supporters since they joined the stable, are lovely people and deserved this as he is a very very tricky horse. You can't get up on the horse in the parade ring although he is getting better. He loves good ground so we'll run him again sooner rather than later but you won't see him back here during Christmas. There is no reason why he won't jump a fence in time.
Size Five still ahead of the handicapper
it wasn't a pretty watch and he gave us a scare but Oran thought they went awfully quick early on. He had intended to sit fifth or sixth but he didn't travel the best and the ground might have been too quick for him. He went on to do the job though and that's what you want. You'd think the handicapper was wrong by giving him 17lb for winning at Perth but looking at it today, he was probably right. I thought he had been harsh on him but at least he has come out and won again. Oran is in the yard all the time and is a top-class lad to ride. His instructions today were 'you know him better than me, so ride him the way you want!'
Real Steel gallops on gamely for Munster National triumph
We are just having a fantastic time of it and to win that race is very special,. I won it previously in 1999 when today’s clerk of the course Paul Moloney rode Kaselectric to win at Cork (with Limerick being developed), but that was a good while ago, so we were due another!
The Big Chap lands a big pot
It was a suitable race being for second-season novices and the ground was key,. We had aimed for a race at Killarney this summer but it turned up soft, although he still ran well. That is his trip as well. We'll go to the November meeting in Cheltenham with him for a 0-145 which I think he'll get into and I would also love to go to Aintree with him too.
Del makes the most of simple task
We were confident coming down! In fairness you can only beat what is there and he is a soft ground horse, rather than a good ground one and he also wants further. It is what is it but he is a really nice horse who wants three miles. We won't get carried away but it is lovely for his owner/breeder Jim Delaney from Wexford. That's my first runner from a new yard in Bennettsbridge, which I'm renting from George and Stuart Williams so that is a great result.