Favourite backers off the mark with Ciel De Neige

Red Ball Of Fire blasts home in Sligo again

She was tough. She didn’t really like the ground but she just toughed it out. She stayed going well. Hugh was very good on her. He gave her a chance when things weren’t working and she ran on for him then. I thought he excelled on her.

Perfect start over hurdles for Charlie Mullins

Schooling pays off for Crackaway

We schooled him last week on the Curragh and Kevin (Sexton) was there schooling another horse for us. I asked him would he ride this one for us today and he said, after seeing him jump, that he would. It was a very moderate race but you take what you can. He's been running well on the Flat and he handled the surface when he ran at Dundalk so that's an option, but we might look for another one of these over hurdles first.

Walsh doubles up on A Different World

Churchstonewarrior masters his rivals

He's an improving horse. He's still immature but he'll be a lovely horse over a fence next year,. We'll tip away over hurdles for the time being and see how he gets on. We were hoping to go to Cork last week but the ground was too quick. He's a winter-ground horse. Even yesterday I was worried the ground here mightn't be soft enough and I spoke to Tracey O'Meara (clerk of the course) and she told me to ring her in the morning. She had it walked at seven o'clock and, in fairness to her, she gave me a good description of it and I was happy to travel here then.

Minella Crooner makes plenty of noise on track debut