Going - Good, Good to Firm in places. Dry and warm
Jackpot Pool - €414.05 Not Won. Carried forward to Curragh on Saturday 31st August. Placepot Pool - €17,439.97 Dividend - €29.70 Winning Units - 410.92. Days Aggregate - €141,520.59 Last Year €96,858.64
Teriferma handles dry ground well at Down Royal
Yokkell shines on hurdles debut
When we actually bought her, we bought her to go jumping. Things went so well on the Flat, we have nearly waited a year to do it. . She has still a bit to learn, but she has the aptitude and the guts and the will to do it. She's a really, really nice filly. She attacks her hurdles. . I don't know the strength in depth of it, but she could only do what she did. She has a bit of class there and that will certainly take her a good bit in the jumps racing. . Even though she was a little bit green, Alex said there was plenty of room for improvement jumping-wise. I'm delighted and very relieved.
JJ doubles up on Jinxs Link
He's game alright. It took us a longtime to get him back on track, but hopefully we have him now. There's always something wrong with him. . We knew we had him right and there is still a wee bit of improvement in him. Hopefully, he comes out of it okay. I was in two minds whether we would pull him (due to the ground), but the owner said to run him. I'd say he will be a bit stiff in the morning and, if that is all it is, we can deal with it. . He has one burst of speed and it only lasts for maybe a furlong. . JJ is great, he put him to sleep just like when he won his first race in Kilbeggan and that was on soft ground.
Boston Jury lays down the law in Down Royal
Tag Man seals across-the-card treble for de Bromhead
McConnell & Harvey double up at Down Royal
I just told Alex to maybe take his time a little bit, I think the horse doesn't like to be out of his comfort zone.
Second bumper win for Mozzies Sister
She's a good filly, she works very well. Ihaven't ridden one like her in Curraghmore where we work the horses. We haveonly had maybe one or two or three like her. She's very decent. . We'll go to Gowran for the Listed Mucklemeg bumper. . We gave her a month out after Punchestown and I just said maybe a race before Gowran wouldn't be a bad thing, so it has worked out. . She was probably only maybe 85 per cent (fit) coming here, but she's a fair mare to gallop and she is great to have. . Brilliant for the syndicate. I think they are going to keep her.
