Going - Heavy - changed to Soft, Soft to Heavy in places after R4. Dry and breezy
Jackpot Pool - 15,961.74 Dividend - 294.20 Winning Units - 54.24. Placepot Pool - 9,867.87 Dividend - 194.30 Winning Units - 50.78. Days Aggregate - 145,279.87 (7 races). Last Year 129,084.21 (8 races).
Seven Eleven makes winning handicap debut for Levins
We've always liked this filly at home but, unfortunately, on all of her runs nothing went right for her. The first day in Cork they split into two groups and Seamie was left to come up on his own, and she just ran with the choke out that day. She kind of came home thinking that was what racing was all about, which was jumping and ripping. She came up here for another maiden, and I thought she would win, and she was too keen and ran with the choke out and did it again in Naas. We changed her training at home and put a tongue-bit in her to keep her tongue down. I think her tongue was getting over the bit. She is a nice filly and through no fault of her own she has ended up very well handicapped. I think we haven't seen the best of her because of those reasons. Ronnie was absolutely superb on her today.
Murtagh's Machine makes Waves at Down Royal
Sluice well named to handle testing ground in Down Royal
Go Sioux Me makes it third time lucky under Coen
Delighted!. I suppose the ground was an 'if', he was a fair drifter (in the market) now. We were very happy with him at home, I'd say when horses go on good to firm they don't always go on heavy. It is not (a negative for progeny of his sire) and in the spring, when we were working him with the jumpers on real soft ground, we were never going to be worried about it. I had that bit of confidence anyway. He's still learning, he's still a big, green lad - a big unit. Hopefully (plenty more in him), Ben loves him anyway and he's learning on his job. He's still very, very green, so I'm expecting him to improve.
O'Brien doubles up through Cavallo Pazzo
Red Trail doubles up for McNamara in Pravha Handicap
Brogue delivers for Weld and Hayes in Down Royal finale