O'Sullivan scores with luckless Tell Me This

her form-figures would put off many a jockey from riding her but Tom knows her well, she is actually very good to jump and will jump a fence in time. She's a lovely big mare which we got from Nina Carberry and she had been unlucky until now, although had a very good first run for us in a competitive maiden hurdle at Downpatrick. There were plenty of fancied horses today and she has probably handled that ground better than the summer horses.

Pigeon House scores for Harrington and Walsh

Viv gets her turn for 'Trixie'

She deserved to get her turn. She was wrong earlier in the year, she was tying up, but she came back to herself in Killarney and improved a bit for that run. She's a genuine mare who'll probably go handicapping now.

Veteran runs rivals ragged in Ballinrobe hurdle

Santa is not bringing new toys, so I keep going with what I have.

Dancing On My Own lands the odds in workmanlike fashion

Son of Solerina gives the Bowes a first Ballinrobe winner

This means a lot. Brian actually spotted this race about two months ago and it seemed ideal for him. He said one of the biggest factors was that the ground wasn't too soft on the chase track and he had come on a lot, fitness-wise, for his run at Sligo. He only had one schooling session last weekend at the Curragh and seems to have taken well to fences. Brian did well to keep him away from the loose horse, and another horse running keen, and it all worked out. . There are chase winners in the family and he has that physique, so we thought he would, maybe, be better over fences. Solerina is gone two years now, but we have two half-brothers and a half-sister coming along, so we're looking forward to them. This is our first winner at Ballinrobe.

Barry wakes up Seo Linn and away she goes