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Placepot Pool - 45,123.48 Dividend - 253.50 Winning Units - 124.58. Days Aggregate - 157,992.58 Last Year 150,934.00
Banbridge continues Bartlett's good run
"Very raw" Jaycean makes perfect start
Elliott and Russell double up with Ash Tree
The Very Man gets it done for high profile connections
Macs Charm has Thyestes Day option after Navan win
I'm delighted with that, he stays at it really well,. He's been hard on himself over further hence why we dropped him back to two-and-a-half. He's a three-mile horse in time and I suppose he proved that today. He's in again on Thursday but I'm not sure whether we'll go to war with him again so quick but it's an option. We'll look for something similar otherwise.
Bolger "chuffed" after Champagne Platinum win
The champagne is on me! He's a talented horse, it's just that he lost his way a bit. We are probably going to go to Punchestown for the cross-country and we'll see then after that what way we go. He was very cautious with his jumping but one thing about him is he has an engine and he stayed on. I was wondering whether we were up or not. On paper it looked a nice enough beginners and I'm chuffed with him. It's a nice surprise to get, at the start of the year and get it going.
Hot favourite Excellence delivers after big scare
It looked to be a fair mistake but he didn't lose a terrible lot of ground. I was standing at the last watching it on my phone,. He looked well handicapped on his hurdles form and ultimately he was. He's in on Tuesday at Down Royal but he might not get in as he's number eight in the ballot. If he comes out of that okay and he gets in he might run. I'm not sure, we'll see what the handicapper does.
Promising Joyeux Machin takes Navan finale
Barry said normally good horses get you out of trouble. The horse he was tracking didn't stop and then he was locked in a little bit and he said a couple of doors closed,. He said he's a good horse to get him out of trouble and he put it to bed in 100 yards. He's built on his first run, I hope. He didn't stop in Leopardstown, he was just beaten by a very good horse on the day and they were miles clear of the third. Hopefully he seems to be decent. He wouldn't show you a savage amount at home but when he went away to gallop on grass he improved every time he went away. Talking to lads that have Saddler Makers they say they are that way, show very little at home but are different when they get to the track. This fella is a very relaxed, very easy individual, nothing bothers him. Hopefully he stays in one piece. He's a well made sort of horse and he was well bought by James and Gerry Hogan, from Denis Murphy who recommended him to us. We'll have a talk now with the owners, he'll get an entry at Cheltenham and we'll see where we go from there.