Going - Standard. Dry
Jackpot Pool - 841.87 Not Won. Carried forward to Leopardstown on Monday 26th December. Placepot Pool - 30,047.46 Dividend - 39.10 Winning Units - 537.46.
No Speed Limit in shop window after Dundalk win
He's sort of five and six (furlongs), but you have to take what is coming up. Conor, the son, is just back from Australia yesterday so we wanted to get running with him here before he goes back. He has a fortnight at home. The horse will be sold, it is his horse and he's going back to Australia. If there is somebody out there who wants a horse for fun, this is him. He does (put it in every day), he got him for maybe 1500 and he has won maybe 40 grand these past two years. He has won over five, six and seven now. He holds his form so he is solid. He is game and so honest.
Dancing Tango puts her best foot forward
Martin's charge is First home again
He nearly got done there, the two of them were nearly in the car park!. He is what he is and it is grand that he did that. They (Keep Your Distance Syndicate) are a great bunch of local lads in the GAA club, neighbours of mine and I've known them a long time. They claimed him this time last year. I recommended them to claim him because the man that had him originally (Eric Carson) was a good owner of mine and he just had enough. It has worked out well, but it is just unfortunate as I would have loved to have seen him have a bit of success.
Browne's debutant shows plenty of sparkle
She's huge, she is 17.1 hh. He (sire Justify) is a very big horse himself. She is very well bred on the dam's side as well. She will get stronger, she is a bit weak at the moment. You can't beat class. She's very laid-back and we had a bit of a problem getting the stalls set for her, so I thought she would be badly away but she wasn't. I knew the way she travelled around into the straight she was going well, so I knew she would keep going at least. He (Seamie Heffernan) was (complimentary about her) - he thinks she has a bit of quality. I'd say so (put away now). We'll take tonight and see what happens.
Well-bred Vadiana gets a bracket for Collins
She really is a beautifully-bred filly, her breeding is phenomenal. I knew six furlongs was too short for her in Naas and when the fillies' maiden came up here, we said we would just give her one crack at it. I must say her owners, Sonia and Anthony Rogers of Celbridge Estates Ltd, have been unbelievable because she is not an easy filly. She has been very difficult and they have given me all the time that we want with her. I'm not surprised she has done that, she's a filly we have always thought an awful lot about. She ran very green in Bellewstown but we are delighted with her.
Dromantine victorious on nursery debut
She ran very well (the last day) and is a filly we always liked. We trained her dam (Via Ballycroy) and she won four for us, she had a lot of pace. I trained the dam for the owners as well. We always liked this filly and things didn't really go right - we went to the Curragh one day and the ground was terrible, and just different things the way they came. She has just come into her rating now and she had a lovely draw tonight, kept it simple and quickened up well. She is a filly with a lovely pedigree and she could have the potential to improve. It is lovely for the family to have got her to win as a two-year-old but I'd say there is more to come.
Fastnet Crown finishes with a wet sail
He's kind of a deceptively progressive horse. I've always thought he was maybe stakes class. He has just taken a lot of time and he is a half brother to I Am Superman who is six now and was second in a Group 1 on his last start in Australia. This family just get better and better with age. He is quite versatile trip-wise but i actually think he will appreciate a step up in trip - I think he might stretch out to a mile and a quarter. A third of the race I thought they were going a little steady and it might turn into a bit of a sprint. He stays at it well and finishes out his races well. Tonight was just a prep run for Dubai, he is flying out to Dubai on 28th or 29th of this month. He went home after his last run to his woner/breeder Michael Smith's farm to freshen him up with the intention of getting him back in and going to Dubai with I Am Superman as well. They worked here two weeks ago and this race just appeared on the calendar and we ran him for a bit of prize money instead of working him. This horse appreciates nice ground and a decent surface, he doesn't want soft ground so that will suit him. We are looking forward to bringing him and his half brother I Am Superman who we brought home from Australia. We still owned him when we sent him out there and he won six or seven hundred thousand dollars when he was out there. I am going to go over and back (to Dubai) a few times. I would hope by the time he comes back from Dubai he might be out of handicaps.
McDonogh lands the finale on Jered Maddox