Going - Good. Fine
Placepot Pool - €38,696.04 Dividend - €69.70 Winning Units - 388.37. Days Aggregate - €205,042.23 (8 races). Last Year €152,100.39 (7 races).
Elzem off the mark at the third attempt
Expensive juvenile wins on Listowel debut
I wanted to go to the Curragh last week but didn't feel we were ready to start racing and that race came a bit soon for her. I was a bit nervous coming here with a debutante but the next fillies' maiden was here. When you miss the break here it is usually game over but she was able to overcome it. We haven't done loads with her but she has trained well all spring and I felt she was nice. She has learned a lot this week, jumped out of the stalls three times and I hope with that under her belt she is a good filly to go forwards. She is in the Airlie Stud Stakes on Derby weekend and I was hoping she'd do something like this today, with a view to going there.
Coumshingaun loves Listowel
Derby winner O'Brien lands Listowel's Pat Smullen Race
it was lovely to win this race run in memory of Pat Smullen, who was an unbelievable rider and unbelievable person. Aidan saw this race on the calendar and targeted The Liffey at it. It is a lovely memento to win a race run in Pat's memory. it was a good weekend and this horse won nicely on his only run at two (years old) last year. I think the heavy ground at Leopardstown last month caught him out. His ideal trip is between seven furlongs and a mile on quick ground and this race fit in nicely for him and was a nice confidence booster. He might now step back up into stakes company.
No getting away from Fahey's four-year-old this time
The Blue Panther bounds clear under Roche
Sign From Above ready to head into the west
He is a real family horse, runs in Ber's colours and Kate (daughter) rides him out so it is great,. He'll mix away between flat and hurdles and last year he ran two races in Galway so we'll work back from that now. Dylan said he appreciated the step up in distance on that quicker ground although when he won at Galway last year, it was soft enough towards the end of the week so I don't think he is ground-dependent. He is a lovely horse who will continue to pay his way and Dylan is riding brilliantly.
Enniskerry outclasses rivals under Maguire
He is 10 but has low mileage on the clock, is a serious work-horse and has a great appetite for the job. I don't know how many people asked me was he going to win today and I just said 'yes' - I've never been more confident about a horse winning than I was today. I made a mistake last year by running him in the Galway Plate as he is a two-miler. He was bang there jumping the last fence but is so genuine that he emptied the tank and we had to leave him until this year. . He will now get a mark and needs one more run to qualify to run in one of the better handicaps. He might go to Galway for the amateur race as he and Finny (Maguire) get on great. I have the Cesarewitch in the back of my head as well and the further he goes the better, as he is a galloper. . It was a good performance and without saying he is a superstar, he will definitely pay his way. We'll keep him for the flat, there is plenty of life in the old dog yet.
