Going - Good To Yielding (Yielding in Places), changed to Soft after 3rd race. Overcast and windy with threat of showers
Jackpot Pool - 27,029.00 Dividend - 779.60 Winning Units - 26. Placepot Pool - 29,245.90 Dividend - 32.20 Winning Units - 679.62. Pick Six Pool - 10,000.00 Dividend - 7,500.00 Winning Units - .5. Partial Carry Over of 3,659.00 to Punchestown on Saturday 31st December. Days Aggregate - 271,734.72 Last Year 255,698.00
Glam Gerry lands a gamble
Hidden Cyclone blasts home
He wasn't 100% and will improve a good bit. His jumping was good but Andrew said it would have to improve to move up to graded class. He idled halfway up the straight and met the last wrong. There's a winners of one at Fairyhouse at the end of January and he'll go there. We haven't made our minds up about Cheltenham. That was a fair race and he did it well but he'll have to improve to be a Cheltenham horse. You're always a bit afraid first time over fences. Cheltenham is a long way away and we'll talk to the owners. He'll have three or four races this season.
Our Girl Salley toughs it out again
She took a little bit longer to get out this year. We want to finish the season with her so we didn't want her out too early. Prep races were hard to find. She ran over two miles twice which didn't suit. There aren't very many races for her. We'll look at the Limestone Lad Hurdle at Naas and there's a couple of nice mares races for her in England at Ascot and Doncaster. The mares race at Cheltenham is definitely an option for her. The good ground might suit.
Unaccompanied has real star quality
Jetson ends Harrington's cold spell
Connell, Hayes and the Shark at the double
I have to give Brian full praise. He gave him a savage ride. We knew nothing would make it so he set his own pace and jumped brilliantly in front. We'll try and find a winners of one for him in three weeks time. He might be a Cheltenham horse later on. He slipped in his first run at Naas. He had a hard race at Cheltenham and sometimes they don't come back from that. He's much better going left handed.
Treble for owner Barry Connell