Going - Soft to Heavy. Showery
Jackpot Pool - 5,000.00 Dividend - 437.50 Winning Units - 8. Placepot Pool - 24,800.21 Dividend - 191.80 Winning Units - 90.47. Pick Six Pool - 24,992.32 Not Won. Carried forward to Tipperary on Thursday 10th May. Days Aggregate - 131,824.00
Rising towards Listed class - that's Sagittarius
We've always thought the world of him but he's just taken a bit of time to come to himself. This year he's a different horse to last year, and I wouldn't be surprised if he could really step up and go into Listed company. That's all ahead of him but we'll take him home and see how he is in the morning. He's pretty smart.
Bolger's Dream strengthens "over the long winter"
She had a little bit of form last year and has strengthened up over the long winter. She handled the ground well,.
Favourite Bloomfield takes the feature at Gowran
We'll go back down for the Munster Oaks at Cork which closed today. I was hoping for a bit better ground to see what she's like as she's only ever run on soft ground. She has a big knee action and I'd like to see her on better ground to see how she gets on,. Billy wants to go further as all she does is gallop. She settled nicely there but he thought she could settle a bit more. She doesn't have that much experience and is learning the whole time.
38/1 Gowran double for Bolger and Manning
A switch to the turf the key for Irish Minister
I was a bit worried about the ground but he'd been running consistently on the all-weather and he deserved a win. He got a very good ride. Shane is a good rider - good value for the 7Ib claim.
Murtagh impressed by Davis as Wedding finishes off well
He's a good jockey and she was out of the handicap so his 5lb claim helped her. She is very tough, very consistent and her runs were good last year. Maybe she was over the top on her last run,. It's a nice pot to win and she's a nice filly to have. She was a three-year-old going in against the older horses but I thought it was worth a chance off a light weight. Hopefully she can improve through the year.
Camile gives Joseph O'Brien a 40/1 Gowran brace