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Jackpot Pool - 779.17 Dividend - 94.60 Winning Units - 9.99. Placepot Pool - 21,163.91 Dividend - 9.80 Winning Units - 1502.11. Days Aggregate - 124,064.99 Last Year 243,916.00
Okita a class act in Dundalk opener
Harry's has options after cosy success
He's a brilliant horse, a great horse to have. We have him down to go away to Saudi - he is first reserve and I don't know whether he is going to get in. We did enter him up in the sprints out in Dubai on the Super Saturday out there. He has the all-weather championships (in Britain) as well. Personally, I would rather go to Lingfield than Newcastle. The Lingfield track suits him around a bend, I think he is a far better horse around a bend. The horse (Real Appeal) went to Qatar today and we are heading out on Tuesday, looking forward to it.
Dream doubles up for MacRedmond and McGuinness
Cian has played a massive part in our stable the last two years since he came back from England. He would have ridden A Case Of You every single day of his life when he was in our place. It was a big factor to him as well. They (MacRedmond and Adam Caffrey) are two very important lads in my place and my place wouldn't function without them. They ride all the work and they are very good lads. Adam is away on holidays, I sent him on a holiday!. Cian is a very good kid. He was away before Christmas in America and it did him the power of good. He was out riding work in America and it was a big help to him. He drives up from Kildare every morning through the traffic and the same again in the evening. It is hard work, but it is paying off for him and that is the main thing. He's a high-class horse, he dropped a couple of pounds from the last day and a couple of the others that were in front of him in the betting had gone up. We had a good weight swing, but what we did need was a very fast pace and we got it.
Chevalier makes breakthrough in style
Stormy strikes again with last gasp win
I didn't think he was up now, to be honest. I'm pleased, but I wish it was a bit more clear-cut - a win is a win. He's tough and he stays well. He was up a furlong, but I think he will get further. I don't think they went that quick early on and maybe he didn't settle that good. He (Seamie) likes him, he always did. He likes him at home. He'll probably come back here for the Listed race next month - he's probably not good enough, but that will be the plan.
Arcanears stays out the mile well
He has been dropping down the handicap and isn't as young as he was. The blinkers sharpened him up. The real strong gallop sort of suited him and he is staying further now. He does (get that trip) on that surface. We always believed he was an out-and-out six-furlong horse and then he got seven but, as he is getting older he is staying better. He is easier on himself in the race. I just felt in that bracket, with the blinkers on him, that some night the race was going to fall right for him. Thankfully, it did tonight.
Horgan times it perfectly on Numidia
A great ride altogether that was! He just dropped him on the line there. He had him last in the leading pack. Even coming around the corner, he hadn't pressed the button on him. One mile one is his real trip. I have been running him over an extended one mile two and he has just been getting caught out. I decided to drop him down to a mile and see what happens. He hasn't run for over two months, he might even come on. I don't know what the handicapper is going to give him for that now. I'll look for something here in around a fortnight's time. He's after having a break and he'll be ready to go (on the turf). Any sign that he needs a rest, I let him out then. At the moment he is fresh and well. I've only the four in. I had Joupe entered in the first race today, but she is showing signs of being in season.
Mulgrave records back-to-back Friday wins at Dundalk
We have done a lot of work with him and when he does everything right, in settling and breathing, he has a fair amount of ability. I didn't like hearing the distance! He's going to get hit (by the handicapper). I would like to try him on the turf again. When he ran there before, he wasn't doing things right.