Going - Good to Yielding. Overcast, threat of showers
Jackpot Pool - €209.16 Not Won. Carried forward to Downpatrick. Placepot Pool - €16,462.08 Dividend - €54.70 Winning Units - 210.61. Days Aggregate - €107,870.24 (8 races). Last Year €116,347.51 (7 races).
Aime Desjy lands short odds on fourth start over flights
Charlies Pride comes on from handicap debut to win for Paul Power
Globetrottersivola keeps Rothwell on a roll
I was hoping to have him for this race as Oliver (Barden, owner) and John (Mahon, sponsor) are very good friends and we won this race before with Berliet Express. My staff at home have worked tirelessly with this horse for the last three or four days. He had a little drop in a foot and my farrier has put in huge work. Many thanks to them all and it’s paid off. He always travels well and doesn’t find a huge amount. He’d a very good run in Cork the last day and if we hadn’t missed a day or two earlier in the week we’d have been a little bit more confident. He might run again at Tramore on Sunday week.
Mighty Mo Missouri gains well deserved breakthrough over flights
Macgiloney provides connections with win number 11
He’s a ten-year-old now and that’s 11 races that he’s won, he’s a brilliant servant. He’s been a bit in and out this year but would have won here two runs ago when he stumbled at the back of the last so he deserved that. Looking at the race he was meeting them all wrong at the weights but they are all old horses and have two ways of running at this stage so we said we’d take our chance. Hopefully the handicapper won’t react too harshly. They are hard horses to place. We pulled him out of Galway because of the ground and then we ran on similar ground here. It’s loose here so we got away with it. Extreme trips suit him and if we could get three and a half miles that would be great. Daniel gave him a lovely ride and had him in all the right places.
Menindee gains compensation on return to chasing
She’s stronger this year. These homebred horses often take time to come to themselves and she’s just taken time. We’ve been patient with her. Last week the way the ground was at the end (of Galway) and Darragh said she felt a bit dead as if she was coming out of season. She wasn’t herself at all and didn’t take a cut at her hurdles. She seemed good through the week and we said we’d have a go.
Mica Malpic a Kilbeggan winner for Bolger and McManus
Sage Conseil makes a winning bumper debut for McConnell
