Going - Heavy. Fine
Jackpot Pool - 1,152.36 Not Won. Carried forward to Fairyhouse on Sunday 31st March. Placepot Pool - 42,300.68 Dividend - 1,171.50 Winning Units - 25.31. Days Aggregate - 259,001.04 Last Year 191,970.66
Don Chalant scores with nonchalant ease
He's been very consistent in fairness to him.
Boss battles gamely to land hunters chase
O'Callaghan gets good tune from Ardera
Butler wins Ladies National on So Des Flos
She gave him a great ride and he jumped like a buck for him the whole way,. She's a daughter of Johnny Butler who trains in England. She won on him in December and started to come in and ride out a morning a week with me. I'm delighted for her. It's great to win Fred Kenny's race as well.
Mousey Brown springs another surprise at Fairyhouse
Everyone said she was lucky the last day in Down Royal but she was nearly knocked down and still won,. As Conor said, she’s very tough. She wasn’t enjoying the ground but from the back of the last she came home well. He said she started pricking her ears and looking around her. It was a good performance in a good race. I thought it might be a bit soon bringing her back after Down Royal, as it was only 13 days. She’s hardy, Conor said it’s hard work out there but she’s game. I like her, she had to do a lot of work from where she was there, but kept going. She’s a big, strong mare.
Teak-tough Effernock Fizz another long-priced winner at Fairyhouse
That's unbelievable, she has the heart of a lion. She's a mare that wants good to firm ground-wise. On the ground I didn't think it would happen today at all, I thought she might even pull up on heavy ground. She gave me my first two winners and that's my 20th today. I thought she was gone turning in but she just doesn't know when to quit. It's crazy. I was very lucky to get her. She just suits the way we train them, I keep her fresh. I actually ride her out every day myself, she's always in great form and is a pleasure to have. She tries her heart out everyday and just loves racing. I think we might go for the Scottish Champion Hurdle now. That's the plan and we'll probably go straight there as it's in a couple of weeks time. That's her 96th run today and her tenth win.
Listed success for McCann with bargain buy Familiar Dreams
I was very impressed with her the last day, the way she kicked on from them, and she was giving a lot of weight to the second horse. I'm very surprised she's still running in these same colours, I thought she would have been picked up the last day. My only fear going out was that someone said that Willie Mullins had been hitting the crossbar all day and he had two in this race. I said 'he's definitely going to do us here'!. She was very good, she loves being out in front. She doesn't have to be out in front but she has a big stride and she just loves using it. I walked the track and was very afraid of the ground, I thought it was horrible tacky ground. As Oliver Brady used to say to me 'good horses go on any ground'. She's my first Listed winner and she's very good, she's special. I sourced her myself, I drove to Newmarket and picked her out. I own 20 percent of her as well. I'm getting the boat at 10.30 to go to Wolverhampton now as I have six runners on Monday and Tuesday.