Going - Hurdle - Soft Chase - Soft to Heavy. Overcast
Jackpot Pool - 2,595.87 Dividend - 437.50 Winning Units - 4.15. Placepot Pool - 44,626.17 Dividend - 77.40 Winning Units - 403.51. Days Aggregate - 219,397.45 (7 races). Last Year 157,992.58 (8 races).
Path D'oroux a poignant winner for Donoghue
I know there were fallers but he won the race in a nice manner. He travels lovely every day, even in the Royal Bond he travelled very well but he cut out in a matter of 50 yards. He ran a lot better in Leopardstown the last day and hopefully he's on the way back. The ground is no bother to him as he's a big strong horse and he has plenty of gears too. I suppose the owners would like to go to Cheltenham for something so we might look at one of the handicaps.
Mullins and Gigginstown team up with Shanbally Kid
Hms Seahorse sails in for O'Keeffe
He gave him a brilliant ride. Sean said he came for him every time he asked him,. He needed to jump the last and he was long at it. He seems to be jumping far better since he was gelded. In Galway he jumped poorly when he was odds-on favourite and the jumping just didn't work. He's a bit more clinical now, he'd never go long before, and he was very good today. We might look at the Coral Cup with him. That's where the lads would love to go. We'd have to look at a Pertemps qualifier as well, it would be great to have more options, but that might be tight enough.
Cromwell and Donoghue double up with Pure Sirloin
He would want to learn to jump better, but he was good over the last two which got him out of jail,. He made plenty of mistakes and Keith gave him a smashing ride to land him there. He's a work in progress and we'll look for something similar again.
Impressive It's For Me seals Navan brace for Mullins
He's much better on the track than he is at home, at home he isn't flash. Looking at the price he went off in his point-to-point, it was obviously a similar story there. He's much better on grass. That was very impressive. He was a bit keen all the way but he quickened up very well. That was as good as anything that has been seen this year. When you don't have one of Gordon's (Elliott) in there to maybe have a measure it's a bit easier. The bumper horses seem to be hitting top gear now, they were a bit hit and miss before Christmas.
McConnell has options with 'relentless' Mahler Mission
He's progressing all the time. We tweaked his wind after Cheltenham and it's done a great job. He just loves it. He's very clever for a big horse, he can go in and fiddle. He just gallops and jumps and he's just decent. We put him in the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham this week and we'll certainly look at it, you wouldn't be averse to going after that. He's going to get a big enough mark so we're going to be restricted where we can go, but in a good way. He's won a lot of his races making the running and he loves doing it. He doesn't pull or anything, he just likes doing it and he's relentless. He's hard to peg back and he has a great attitude, he just likes to win. I was bottling it last night, thinking of taking him out, and looking at other alternatives. There is nothing in Ireland though bar a couple of Grade 2s. We could do that or could go straight to Cheltenham. All the big handicap chases are on the agenda as well, there are a lot in the UK worth a lot of money. There are loads of options with him, he's only a young horse.
Four Country Roads driven home by Moloney
I'm delighted, I thought he was going to be pulled up with a mile to run. He travelled away but, when he finds nothing, he finds absolutely nothing. For once in his life he dug in and Diarmuid has given him a savage ride. I'm delighted for Diarmuid as well. We'll enjoy this because it does be a long time between drinks with him.