Gilligan living the Dream at Down Royal

Pro prevails in dramatic event

Ochocinco shows plenty of engine on debut

Coonan off the mark on King

Building Bridges delights Taphouse Syndicate

There's a big syndicate of boys that own this horse. They are all Bellaghy men from Co Derry. DJ O'Kane owns the Taphouse Restaurant in Bellaghy and he is raising funds for Leukemia. He was running a day at the races today. We pencilled this race in about two months ago and lucky enough it came off. The fourth in Leopardstown was a good run on ground I'd say didn't suit him. He's a summer horse. He's an ex-Flat horse and a good ground horse. We were a wee bit afraid that the ground was maybe too good, we didn't want to do him any harm. We'll see what the handicapper does. We've already schooled him over fences and he jumps well. He's a lovely horse and he's easy to work with.

Judgement comes good for McConnell

He's slow but he keeps galloping! He likes that ground and won his point-to-point on quick ground. To be honest, it is kind of a reward for perseverance by the owner (Derek Kierans). He was giving us a lot of worry for a long time, but he probably only got his conditions today. We thought he would run well; it probably wasn't the greatest of races. It is nice to get his head in front and hopefully he can go on and win another one. Sedgefield has a 3m3f I think and Cartmel has a 3m1f, and we might travel. He'll jump a fence as well. He's not one of the superstars but it is nice to win with the small fry sometimes, it can be harder to win with them. Happy for the owner, that is his third winner of the week.

Roedora makes winning start for O'Briens