Going - Heavy. Raining
Jackpot Pool - 881.75 Dividend - 156.90 Winning Units - 3.94. Placepot Pool - 30,774.69 Dividend - 185.00 Winning Units - 116.43. Days Aggregate - 142,489.03 Last Year 109,587.88
Plenty of power under Anotherway's bonnet
He stayed well and galloped well the whole way to the line, but his jumping left a lot to be desired and he has to improve on that. Maybe it was the heavy ground today because he jumped much better in Leopardstown the last day. I'm disappointed with his jumping, but at least he did what he was showing us at home today. Looking at that performance, he might be more of a Ballymore horse.
Eagles Reign makes breakthrough over flights
I'm delighted, he's been consistent. We had him in the maiden yesterday (at Naas), it looked competitive enough and this was probably the better option. He's honest and is after winning in his own bracket there, which is great. He's a horse that didn't show a whole lot on the Flat, but jumping has brought him out of himself. He's only rated in the 50s on the Flat. It couldn't happen for a better owner. Tommy Ward is as good a man as you'll get and it's great to get a winner for him at his local track. He'll probably get a little bit further in time. He wasn't a superstar on the Flat, but he seems a more consistent, and a better horse, jumping. He might win another little handicap somewhere along the way.
Bioluminescence shines up in trip
She's a three-mile chaser in the making, she ploughed through that ground and it's nice to get her head in front.
Mullins and Townend at double with Billericay Dickie
I was delighted with that. I didn't think he'd go on that ground, but Paul said he handled it well. For a maiden, I thought he jumped very well and he could go wherever he wants. We'll look at a novice hurdle somewhere and we'll see if Paul thinks he's good enough for a race across the water. I'd like to get another run into him before we go there, if we go there. That was two-and-a-half, he's by New Bay and his dam won on the Flat over a mile-and-a-quarter. I wouldn't be going three miles with him, but he could stick around that trip or two-six. I might get another novice in him and then decide if he's good enough to go.
Built By Ballymore strong in the closing stages again
When I saw the way the ground was I said we might get 'Limerick' ground again. He just handles the muck. He mightn't quicken up, but he just keeps going in it. I felt he might have been put in high enough, but in those conditions he handles it better than most.
Silent Flight swoops to conquer in Punchestown
Folly Master wins as he pleases under Donoghue
He's a fine horse. He won his point-to-point around Bartlemy, which is one of the stiffest and best tracks in the country. It says in the form it was yielding, but it was heavy ground on the day so we had no fear about trip. We actually ran him over shorter to try and sharpen him up. He'd turned into a three-mile chaser before he was a three-mile chaser, so we tried to run him in good two-mile maiden hurdles and I think it's made a man of him. Three miles in those conditions suited and good owners make all the difference as well. You always hear 'he's going to be a chaser', but I'll chat to Keith and we won't rush with him. We'll look for another hurdle over three miles on heavy ground again somewhere.