Excellency makes winning chase debut

He was getting the four-year-old allowance and was a Grade 2 winner (over hurdles),. He jumped great and Davy gave him a class ride. He'll mix it between hurdles and chases for the summer and will probably run next in a novice chase.

Lough lands touch for Archdeacon

He lost his confidence over fences and point-to-pointing did the trick with him,. He possibly wasn't staying three miles though. Andrew said that he'd get two-and-a-half no problem but probably not any further.

Carlito doubles up for Elliott & Russell

He was entitled to win that on his hurdle rating,. Nothing went right for him last season. He had a wind op after his first run and had to have stitches after Cheltenham. It's nice to get him back on track. He'll be kept going during the summer and then left off after the Cheltenham meeting in October.

Rooney scores late for Lordan

I thought he would need the run. I'd been waiting on goodish ground for him and he probably wasn't 100 per cent. Hopefully he'll improve away,.

Lordan and Stack land dramatic double

I'd have settled for a dead heat!. I didn't think Kedleston was second. He (Croi An Or) did well to win. We just took on Jessie's horse (Backbench Blues) too soon the last day. He won't go much further than this trip and is fairly effective at it. A bigger field and a better pace will suit him.

Mellow edges another Killarney thriller

She was very unlucky at Gowran as she almost got knocked over in the straight,. She had a great run over seven at Limerick. She's in again at Gowran on Thursday, over 1m1f and she'll stay further than today's trip. She'll also go back hurdling at some stage. We ended up with her when my errant son Robbie arrived home from the sales with her!

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