Going - Good. Cloudy
Jackpot Pool - 5,131.00 Not Won. Carried forward to Galway on Monday 29th August. Placepot Pool - 15,622.72 Dividend - 2,003.10 Winning Units - 5.84. Days Aggregate - 74,696.00 Last Year 87,729.65
Shadow runs away with it, as Worldly falls
We weren't really expecting her to win today but we knew she'd run well. She was seven, eights fit. The plan is to go to Listowel now for a Mares Hurdle. A lot of the credit goes to her owner Sean Reilly, who is from Mullingar. He walked the track twice to make sure it was ok for her. Shay (Barry) gave her some ride.
Aragon provides Landers with first winner
We had no great plan with him. There was very few declarations and entries for this race so we said we would take our chance. We thought he would run well on Monday on the level (at Cork) but he disappointed. His owners (the Holly's Buddies Syndicate) were in Cork on Monday but they didn't come here today.
Silk Hall springs another surprise
My horses have been under a cloud. They haven't been running well since the Galway Festival. Hopefully they are turning a corner now. He was a Saturday horse when he was in England, running against the likes of Riverside Theatre and Somersby. On his day he is not a bad horse. Hopefully there is big pot in him and he should improve even more. His owner James Callow is from Cumbria and this is my tenth winner for him this season.
First double for Nash as Busy finally wins over fences
Ronan (O'Gara) is in mighty form after that. He couldn't be here today as he is at a birthday. He was disappointing considering we thought he had good potential. He wants quick ground and I can't think of anything else to blame for his poor runs other than the ground. Alan Crowe rode him the last day and he didn't handle the ground at Ballinrobe even thought it wasn't that soft. He jumped fantastic today because of the ground. The plan in the early days was the four miler at the Cheltenham Festival and that could still be a possibility. That was Davy's (Russell) first winner for me.
Eagle's quickly follows up in Galway feature
Pistol follows up as Cooper loses his claim
He did it well, he's improving. He likes this ground and jumped well. He will probably go to Kilbeggan on Friday now. Bryan (Cooper) gave him a good ride, as he needed a lead because he tends to idle in front.
Benny scores on first start for new connections