Going - Heavy. Overcast
Jackpot Pool - 658.59 Not Won. Carried forward to No Course. Placepot Pool - 12,967.30 Dividend - 60.70 Winning Units - 149.53. Days Aggregate - 103,709.24 Last Year 163,937.00
Returning Gainford wins Limerick's opener
Henn See wins on Irish debut
Tiger triumphs on hurdles return
First win for Rebel Ivy
it was pretty straightforward and the ground wasn't soft enough for her the last day. She wants proper soft ground and I thought the ground today would be a massive help and I told Donie to keep it simple and follow the leaders. She is a nice filly, we own her ourselves and if we could nick a bit of black-type down the line it would be great. She is nicely bred and will jump a fence as well.
Fairytale Grade 1 win for Master McShee
I live in Dungarvan and ride out for local trainers and they are very good to support me. I also do the odd day schooling here and there and I had only every ridden in one or two Grade 1s. This is the horse of a lifetime. He was sold for eight hundred or a thousand pounds and was gone out of the game and I was the same!. it is a fantastic result and I'm thrilled. He burst a blood vessel in a Grade 1 hurdle last February but we knew he was a Grade 1 horse and to be honest, today we were confident we had a right chance. We took out the cotton wool, started nursing him and it didn't work so we started training him properly this year. I built a shed outdoors and he started working well from that. rumour has it we turned down good money but he wasn't for sale and you can't buy something that's not for sale. This is my enjoyment and my wife and kids will tell you it is a passion. I get up in the morning and ride him out every day. I started hunting at the age of forty and I'm enjoying it and that's the most important thing. I bought this horse from John and Morgan Sheehan and I bought another horse from them recently and would be very disappointed if he's not as good as this fella. I'm delighted to have given Ian his biggest winner - he is a nice fella, we get on well and he has been perfect on the horse. The horse is an absolute gentleman to his fingertips and is beautiful horse to have anything to do with. A glass of wine is the short term plan, and a few pints of Guinness if I c
Earths Furies scores for O'Sullivans & Canavan
he deserved that, he is a lovely horse who took a while to mature and he is owned by my main owners in England Alurie O'Sullivan. I'm delighted for them and Gerard always comes over but wasn't able to travel. He might turn up in Tramore on New Year's Day for the 2m5f handicap chase.
Well-supported Montiep wins Limerick's finale
she took a while to come to hand but I always liked her. She wasn't mature enough on her two runs at the start of the year and today she was good and strong and fit. Jack gave her a good ride and that's the way she wants to be ridden — she gets keen and worked up in amongst horses and he rode her beautifully. She'll probably go for the mares' Graded bumper at the Dublin Racing Festival next, that's the plan.