Going - Heavy. Overcast
Jackpot Pool - 1,384.55 Not Won. Carried forward to Tipperary on Friday 7th August. Placepot Pool - 25,339.92 Dividend - 54.60 Winning Units - 324.34. Days Aggregate - 88,322.00 Last Year 94,652.00
Jesmond makes all to foil gamble
Her full-brother (Humphrey Bogart) won a maiden at Doncaster recently and they are talking him as the real deal. Richard Hannon trains him. All eight horses out of the mare have won. I fancied her today and she will probably go for a four-year-old only handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe next week. She is a lovely filly and she almost won a flat race here before. We lost Foildubh (sustained a fatal injury in the Galway Plate) and we are heartbroken after him. Ryan got a horrible fall from him but thankfully he is on the mend.
Renneti overcomes long layoff in Sligo
Whisky gets his day after places Galore
Atya makes all under Ring for Rothwell
I was having a tough day. I thought the horse in the first race (Runyon Rattler) would win but I knew he would struggle on the ground a little. I asked Johnny (Kinsella) to jump him off at the back and to sneak away but sure then he got left at start. It was my own fault in ways because he had done that at Downpatrick before. When he caught up with the ones behind he probably should have pressed on a little bit. It looked like we were going to have a tough day but that was powerful. We ran him on ground that was too quick the last day and he just didn't handle it so we waited for soft ground again. He is owned by Sean Osborne who has been my best friend for years. He was training himself but he just didn't take out his licence this year. It's a great thrill to win a race for my best friend.
No stopping Ryan at Sligo
Westren Warrior looks promising
Mullins doubles-up with Miss Me Now
She is well-bred. The boss, my grandfather, had the dam Miss Toulon. She did that very well. I think she liked the bit of a cut in the ground and the bit of a trip. I knew she stays so I didn't hang around with her. I think the syndicate will have a lot of fun with her.