Going - Soft, Yielding In Places. Overcast
Jackpot Pool - 10,790.48 Dividend - 1,510.60 Winning Units - 5. Placepot Pool - 78,766.28 Dividend - 1,793.20 Winning Units - 30.74. Pick Six Pool - 64,943.07 Not Won. Carried forward to Naas on Sunday 6th March. Days Aggregate - 382,310.00 Last Year 207,227.00
Jett relishes switch to jumping
169/1 Leopardstown double for Power
She had a nice run the last day when she came there after sitting out the back. We were probably too easy on her as she wasn't fit enough then,. Robbie gave her a lovely ride. I thought she was stuck for room turning in but Robbie said on that ground he could use her turn of foot. She had a fall over fences at Fairyhouse and then virtually refused to race in Navan. We decided to go back over hurdles to get her confidence back and hopefully that's worked. She'll switch back to fences now and could go for the mares chase at Fairyhouse.
Great start from Field
He looked like a nice recruit to us. We couldn't get him out earlier as he had a setback or two,. He's entered in the handicaps at Cheltenham and we'll see what he gets in to. I wasn't sure if he was going to run here but he worked well during the week and we said we'd take our chance. He was very keen and that wouldn't be good going to Cheltenham but they will be going a bit faster over there. He's really a chaser as he's a fine big strong horse. I thought he jumped fantastically and he's a horse for the future I think.
Paul Nolan fined over saddle cloth mistake
Colms is back on track
He done it well and he seems to be improving all the time. In Musselburgh he just got gee'd up and it was just one of those things,. Jumping is his biggest asset and when we school him at home nothing can jump with him. He's put horses on the ground. He had to improve after winning his three races as the handicapper put him up plenty but we thought he had coming up to Christmas. Going to Musselburgh I thought he was a certainty. I had looked at the handicap chase at Cheltenham on the Tuesday but he's not a horse that would carry a lot of weights and he'd nearly be top weight in that. We'll look at Fairyhouse and Punchestown with him and try to get into a better race with a light weight.
Still Goodenough at twelve
He runs well for Rachael. He's always been like that. If he likes a jockey he goes well for them,. I think the drying ground was a help. When he was young he was able to handle heavy but as he's got older he's not able for it. I put the blinkers on him to help him focus. We'll see what the handicapper does and we might go back to Fairyhouse for the race on Easter Tuesday that he won last year. He's better on the bigger tracks.
Aspen earns an entry for Champion
He won nicely,. He idled in front. It's nice to get that out of the way. J P and Frank (Berry) will decide next week. He'll get an entry for it tomorrow (the Champion Bumper). We'll see how he comes out of the race and we'll go from there. I'd be very happy to go but I'd also be happy to wait and go for something else.