It was a memorable night for Dan King at Limerick tonight as he secured a treble aboard Drumgill in the feature event.
Birdsandthebees knuckled down gamely to stick her head in front late on in the two-mile-three handicap chase at Limerick, giving Aidan Kelly a double on the card.
Dani Donadoni stretched clear in fine style in the closing stages to make an impressive winning debut in the concluding bumper at Limerick tonight for Willie Mullins.
Promontory made it third time lucky in the three-mile maiden hurdle at Limerick, giving Tallow trainer Sarah Connell her first winner.
Silent Selector stuck on gamely in front in the closing stages to spring a 22/1 shock in the second division of the 0-100 handicap hurdle at Limerick.
Events of recent weeks have once again shown how precarious ante post betting can be.
Galopin Des Champs getting beaten by a horse that hadn’t even been among the original entries for the Gold Cup must have been a sore loss to take for his ante post supporters.
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I'm from a place called Ballymore just outside Mullingar and am from a farming background. We were always farming when we were young, and playing football and hurling. An English lady called Clarissa Crowl came over to live near us at home and she would hunt horses. We started to help her out and she taught us how to ride in return. My twin brother, Joseph, and I both started riding and hunting there, and we enjoyed it. It all sort of built from there. It was a great grounding as she was an English lady that came over to hunt and she did things properly. Everything stood to us from dress code to producing the horses properly, and doing everything right in relation to stable management. That has stood to us the whole way through.
Prize money concerns and Michael O'Sullivan critical incident review
Vincent Finegan, Emma Nagle and Johnny Ward discuss all the big topics from the past week and look ahead to the Aintree Festival which begins on Thursday
