Going - Good, Good-Firm in Pls (Round Crse), Good, Good-Yielding in Pls (Str Crse). Showers and windy
Trifecta Not Won. Pool of 3,860.77 carried forward to Listowel on Monday 16th September. Jackpot Pool - 26,701.60 Dividend - 18,691.10 Winning Units - 1. Placepot Pool - 36,521.33 Dividend - 109.10 Winning Units - 234.24. Pick Six Pool - 53,915.20 Not Won. Carried forward to Listowel on Monday 16th September. Days Aggregate - 296,108.00 Last Year 446,088.51
Guerre another promising O'Brien juvenile
Avenue Gabriel very game in Flame Of Tara
She's improving all the time. What was to be her last piece of work was done so easily that we had to work her again earlier this week with older horses. She's a big, tall, scopey filly. It got rough out there, but she has the heart of a lion and is as tough as they come. She has two nice entries in the Fillies' Mile [at Newmarket] and the Prix Marcel Boussac [at Longchamp]. She'll probably go for the Fillies' Mile all being well. I knew the step up in trip today was always going to help her and she's from a good staying family. We always thought she would be best suited by soft ground, but the best bit of work she did was on fast ground.
Tylery is a Wonderful result for layers
I told Billy to take him down nice and slow and come back fast. He kept picking up the whole way. Billy said he was hanging quite a bit but straightened up when another horse came to him. I'm delighted for the owners, the Kavanagh brothers from Co. Laois. They bred him and also raced the dam who ran well here in the past.
Brendan Brackan gives Keane his biggest win
He grinds them out and stays on well. Thanks to Brendan (Brackan) he got me a new car after the Galway win. He's responsible for my two biggest wins. I rode over 100 pony winners. I was either going to go to England or go to Ger (Lyons). I haven't looked back since going to him. Colin came to me in January. He's a great lad and is really hard-working. We trained Brendan for the festival race [at Galway]. Going up to that sort of rating without winning a stakes races was unbelievable. I'd say we'll put him away and go to Dubai.
What a Classic week for jockey Hayes
She's a smart filly and a model of consistency. She ran a cracking trial behind Royal Diamond and I knew she would improve for that. She's a joy to train and is very straightforward. I've been very fortunate to win Legers with Vinnie Roe and Vintage Crop. She's a high-class mare and I will try and encourage Lady O'Reilly to keep her in training as I think she will be a high-class mare at five in cup races.
Commanding performance from Toormore
Lady Ultra tops off Lavery's weekend
That caps off a fantastic weekend [owns Viztoria who was trained by Eddie Lynam to win the Group 2 Park Stakes at the Curragh yesterday]. She's always shown speed, but was just a bit hot. Will Hayes has done a great job in the stalls with her. We have lots of the family. I mustn't be good at selling as like Viztoria she went to the sales and didn't sell. We may look at a campaign at Dundalk as she likes top of the ground.
There's a Wandering Star at the Curragh