Going - Good. Overcast and showery
Placepot Pool - 10,084.88
Trebizond gets up late under Robinson
Change of luck for McCurtin as Romella wins again
Well-backed Lady In Red in number one spot again
It's nice to get that done, I thought she was going to do it a bit easier. I don't know whether she idled or pulled herself up in front but she galloped away halfway down the back (before pulling up) like she did in Galway so she's going to step up in trip in time. That was her first go over the Easyfix hurdles. I thought her run at Navan in March (second to Bigbadandbeautiful) was good enough to win that. She keeps improving and she's tough. When these mares start improving you have a chance. Barry said she jumps like a handicapper. I don't know why she pulled herself up in front but that's another day's work. She'll probably go for a winners of one and there is a listed two-and-a-half mile mares novice in Punchestown, the Voler La Vedette, in early December. She might get one more run and if we're still going forward we'll go down that route and if not we'll go handicapping.
First Touch scores for Commins & McInerney
Harrington's Exit Poll lands Roscommon feature
Majestic Maid keeps the ball rolling for Fitzgerald
The race cut up. We had the cheekpieces on her today as she's gone lazy in her races and she seemed to travel sweeter today. I'm delighted with her, that was badly wanted. She always promised to be a good mare but she just hasn't been firing the last couple of months. Hopefully that will give her a bit of confidence now. She's not a big mare, she's only handy, but she's very clever and doesn't waste any energy, she just pops away. She's rated 102 over fences and hopefully the handicapper won't be too hard on her, he couldn't really with the way the race cut up. She has black-type from bumpers already, we wouldn't rule out looking for some over fences in time but she'll have to step up another bit.
Barry O'Neill completes double on The Big Doyen
He's a nice horse. He does everything fairly right at home. Hopefully he got away with that ground today as he's definitely a horse that will go with a bit of ease in the ground. We won't over-face him, we'll probably give him a little bit of time and go for a winners bumper in a few months time. We'll keep him to bumpers for the minute. He's bred by Padraic Ryan who has a good few horses in the yard. This (Money For Jam) syndicate bought him and hopefully he'll be a nice horse in time.