Going - Good. Overcast and dry.
Jackpot Pool - €1,316.21 Not Won. Carried forward to Naas on Wednesday 20th July. Placepot Pool - €52,279.57 Dividend - €263.70 Winning Units - 138.76. Days Aggregate - €189,097.67 Last Year €84,051.72
Easy for Telecon in Ballinrobe opener
First double for Fahey as Rose blooms
She did it well and Jack gave her a great ride. She was knocking on the door and was always going to win a maiden hurdle. She has a future over fences too. We might go to Galway with her. We’ll see how she is in the morning but that's not ruled out yet. It's my first double on the track and I'm delighted to get it. I don't often have two runners, never mind two winners!
Tullypole wins comfortably as Kennedy doubles-up
She'd been busy and had a couple of hard races before her last run at Kilbeggan. We gave her a break, put a set of cheekpieces on today and she was back on form. She had been working well. Jack has been through the wars lately but he gave her a great ride. Some of the owners (Jolly Boys Syndicate) are down here on holiday and they're getting great fun out of her. She likes a bit of room so I don't think Galway would suit her. I'd say she'll go to Cork on Bank Holiday Monday.
Three for Kennedy & Lieutenant Highway
Foley gets Galon up on the line
We've had six or seven seconds in the last four or five weeks. The horses are running well but we'd a great run last year in handicaps but they all went up as a result, so we've been struggling a little bit to get anything over the line. Tom Doran (winning owner) has been a huge supporter of mine for the last 18 months and this horse won for him here last year. He's bought one or two new horses for the winter which is a huge help to me going forward. To get a winner for him here today is hugely important. We might come back here next month and, ultimately, he'll go jumping a fence. He slipped up here on the flat at the last meeting and probably got a harder fall than I thought at the time. He didn't really fire at Listowel a few days later. That's why I put cheekpieces on him today, just to help him get a bit of confidence back, and they'll probably come off in the future. Jack (Foley) comes into me a day a week and that's our first winner together. Himself and James O'Sullivan will ride most of mine and it's great to have them on my side.
87/1 double for Foley as The Holmeister just holds on
Seattle prevails under power-packed Mullins ride
Enterprising Mullins ride see Brave home in front
