Homme off the mark over timber in Down Royal opener

Thanks left to come home easy winner

Foster and O'Regan double up with Lodge

Drop in trip works a treat for Cracker

Staying at home with Goose Man reaps rewards

That's very good for the Hays (owners). This fellow was in at Cheltenham yesterday but I said 'he'll be placed in Cheltenham but he'll win here'. The other horse is rated 151 (Tout Est Permis) but I didn't worry about his rating the way he had been running. We were on 135 but I still believe he is on the way up and we took the 7lb off. I'm delighted for Pat - it is his first ride over fences. He has done loads of hunter trials and loads of schooling. It is good that he has that monkey off his back. He's not really in anything as it is too close to the Irish National. I didn't enter him for that reason as it was just going to be too close from St Patrick's Day. He's not in at Aintree but he will be in Aintree next year, he's that type of horse. I think that is only his 16th run. We were happy with today.

Some Man shines on better ground

All the time we have had him we have never got him running on the ground he loves. He's a very good horse but at anything from two miles to two-miles-six he is just different gravy to everything else. I'll chat it over with Ray (Nicholas) - I'd nearly love to have a go at Aintree this year with him. We have to consider it. It warrants him getting an entry. Barry got off him and said 'I really enjoyed that, that has given me some buzz!'. He ran in Thurles there and ran a helluva race over just far enough for him, but the ground was desperate for him as he is just such a sweet mover. He hates going through glue. We were just waiting and hoping he would get a chance to run on the ground he loves. He has such a cruising speed and takes quite a hold. I think if you let him roll on nice ground, he shows what he is. I always felt the championship races over three mile one are just too far for him. He has too much class and speed for that. Two and a half miles is his ideal trip.

Moore's confidence in Please well founded

I would have been disappointed if she had been beaten now. She has a gorgeous attitude, so it is nice to get that. It was a terrible messy race, so it doesn't tell us very much. We will probably go for black-type after this as I think she will be better suited by a fast pace. Noel said it was the slowest race he ever rode in around here, so he hit the front sooner than he wanted to. She was looking around a bit. I wouldn't write off putting her in a maiden flat race, in a two-mile one somewhere like Killarney before the ground goes. We'll see from there but it is nice to have that under her belt. She just didn't get the run of the race (on debut at Thurles). She could have won that race in hindsight. Then the lockdown came and she just got a little setback earlier in the season. She has had a great prep since and never did a bad bit of work. She has a lovely attitude and eats up, she is a happy mare. She has a nice pedigree and could go to Punchestown.