Going - Good to Yielding. Overcast
Jackpot Pool - 828.25 Not Won. Carried forward to Leopardstown on Sunday 5th March. Placepot Pool - 27,167.55 Dividend - 165.90 Winning Units - 114.59. Days Aggregate - 142,457.62 (7 races). Last Year 180,325.41 (8 races).
Weld strikes over hurdles with Grappa Nonino
We Got This a 100/1 shocker for local trainer
I really fancied her, all her work has been really good. I'm absolutely delighted for the owner/breeder Maura (McGuinness), who is a long-time friend of mine. She's a lovely mare, every piece of work she's done she's finished it off well. I've a nice grey horse (Walter Grey) who finished fourth last week at Fairyhouse and she finished upside him in a piece of work just before that. Paddy was saying she'd even be better again over further. She met a lot of traffic there. We might look at something at Fairyhouse over Easter for her, over maybe two-and-a-half. Paddy said not to go two again, they went plenty fast enough early there. We might go the novice route, there is a lot of improvement in this mare. I wouldn't be happy with her coat today, with a bit of heat coming she'll turn inside out. I've just four in training but they are four nice horses.
Price Zaltar swoops late for Rothwell and O'Hanlon
He won in Tramore last year and I thought we'd be on an upward curve. The lads in the syndicate are amazing because anything that could go wrong did go wrong. He ended up getting very keen and they let me do my own thing with him. I thought he ran a blinder in Fairyhouse the last day, where he met plenty of traffic and finished fourth. He was 25/1 today and I said to the lads that I couldn't see him not being in the first four. It's been a great day. He met traffic problems again today and Paddy was very strong. I thought I had a nice little horse last year and the wheels fell off. The lads have been hugely supportive. Ian Marmion heads the syndicate, I kept saying sorry to him but told him this would come right but that he may leave it with me. Other people would have gotten hugely frustrated. We'll take our time with him. He can mix it over fences as well, he's only a young horse.
Sweeney scores with Churchstonewarrior's brother
Indiana Jones takes Grade 3 Flyingbolt feature
He's a huge horse. I'm not sure where he goes now, the race at Thurles (Grade 3 Pierce Molony Memorial Novice Chase) would be an option and is probably more than likely where he'll go. He took some pearlers of falls last season and 'Puppy' (Robbie Power) did a great job with him, he went up to his for a while. The girls in the yard also did a lot of ground work at home with him. It's an unbelievable family and there are still two young ones running around. It was hard to work out Mullins' horses today as they ran so bad the last day. I thought if they mightn't be on song we might have a squeak. I know we had a bit to find on ratings but a graded race is a graded race and it was a nice pot.
Shinnick opens his account over fences on Kalli's Quest
Motown Maggie takes a thriller in the Navan finale