Going - Good - changed to Good, Good to Firm in places after R3. Warm
Jackpot Pool - 1,034.58 Not Won. Carried forward to Sligo. Placepot Pool - 19,193.13 Dividend - 127.90 Winning Units - 105.02. Days Aggregate - 124,426.30 Last Year 125,057.80
Charlie Luciano completes hat-trick over hurdles for Meade
Bruno delivers knockout blow on hurdling debut
He is good. He is running at the wrong trip there but Derek (Kierans, owner) is back from America for a couple of weeks and this is his local. It was the target for a long time and we thought his class would get him through even though he is going to be a two and a half to three mile horse. It was a long one or a short one (two out) and they went long, he was really, really good to do that first time up. We get these point-to-pointers and they are so well schooled - Colin Motherway today and the Crawfords with Kinbara yesterday - they are push button really. I just have to not mess it up!. We never had him right the whole winter/spring, he didn't eat well and it wasn't ulcers as we treated him for ulcers. I switched his stable and he was a different horse in three or four days, he was eating and was just a happier horse. He has got a lot more weight on him today - he's not a gross horse, he's quite a light-framed horse and a big, big engine. He'd be similar to my other ones, he will probably have another couple of runs before November. He's not a winter heavy- ground Navan horse, have a little break and hopefully come back for the festivals if he is good enough. You would be hopeful (he is good enough).
Wouldn't You Agree grabs a big pot in Bellewstown
I was confident enough with the way the weather was going that something would pull out. He was in good order at home. I know he was on the back of a bad run over fences, but he doesn't jump fences as well (as hurdles), he's just a bit deliberate at them and he's losing ground at every fence. We just made the decision we would stick to the hurdles going forward. We put the blinkers on him and applied more positive tactics, and Mark gave him a lovely ride there. He got a nice run up the inner and it was probably the winning of the race. We were at the right end of the handicap and took the five off him. We will see what the handicapper does, he was up around the 123/124 before and kind of struggled a little bit. When you win that kind of a pot, you will take your penalty.
Miss Fourie lands game front running success under Flanagan
She had a lovely run in Wexford and she came on a bit from it. It is great she got that out of the way and more than likely she will head on to Galway now for something. She loves the quick ground and, in fairness, it was probably a help that Willie's (Mullins, Tina Meehan) came out of it. I was smiling then!. It is great to get a winner for the owners coming into the yard. We will have a few going to Galway - I suppose anything that runs well between now and the next few days will be lined up for Galway. We had a great Galway last year with four winners and it would be great to be going back with a few that have chances.
Hand Over Fist a winner for De Bromhead and O'Connor
Our Bobby and Walsh team up well
Dartan follows up Curragh win with hurdles success
He gave him a good ride, he went steady and he knew what he was at. He's a good young lad. He had his homework done there and he knew what he was going to do, He sent him on and he went on for him. Possibly (consider Ballybrit), I've no set plans with him yet. He had a good run last year when he won three on the trot. He had a bit of a setback so we let him off and he came back and needed the run in Punchestown. I was disappointed with him on the Flat in Fairyhouse, but it wasn't run to suit him. Obviously, he is back on track with his last two runs. I think he is a decent horse. He's a very laid-back horse even at home and it is hard to get a good read on him.