Mullins & Townend complete 0.19/1 Sligo double

Erskine back in action with win over hurdles

He was my last winner and it's nice to get one on the board again. There was probably only the two of them in it (the race),. He might run on Thursday at Tipperary if he gets in. He's first reserve at Naas tomorrow but we'll probably leave him alone. He's 18 in the ballot at Tipperary but that might bring him up a bit. We'll see what the handicapper does. He'll probably stay over hurdles for a while. He wants a dig in the ground and he wouldn't want it any quicker than that. Hopefully he might end up in Galway if all goes well, that's the main plan. Ideally if he could scrape into the amateur race.

Mullins & Townend complete treble at Sligo

Flynn's dual bumper winner gets off the mark over hurdles

we gave him a break because we felt that he didn't cope with the heavy ground. He didn't jumped great today and he suffered a bit with his palate. He's probably going to have that done and then come back for something. He has a few issues. He won't stay hurdling for long as he'll go chasing. You wouldn't go chasing on the back of some of those jumps but he does jump fences well and maybe it was the track because he does jump well and he actually jumped well when he asked him.

Welcome winner for Hourigan

I'm glad she won. She belongs to three Irish/English people,. It's just great that she won again. The nice bit of ground makes the difference. She hadn't much to spare. We'll look for something similar. I had her in a Flat race at Clonmel the other and was anxious but I was a shade afraid of the ground. She won on heavy in Listowel but she's not a big mare and you have to make it as easy as you can. She's a bit like myself, she's short. Times are not good and it's just the way things are. In my early days there was Jim Dreaper, Edward O'Grady and a bunch of them there. It's just that there is more money about now than there was then. I'm at the end of it. I'm 56 years in this game. I went to the Curragh when I was 14 years of age and I'm 70 now. I know nothing else. I had a great time and I've had some great horses. You don't stay going forever. You can be a top athlete but you don't stay going forever and there's always a new kid coming along. Owners needs youngsters and trainers needs young people coming in. If you're young you get a bit of craic out of it. We had great craic and there were days we never went home from racing. We had great times and I still love what I do. I've no problem doing what I'm doing. It's just great to train a winner. They won't be as plentiful as there were but sure..

Meade newcomer wins Sligo bumper

the further he went he seemed to get more comfortable. They just had him on his head for the first mile. It was all new to him, and the lively ground too, but as the race went on he just got better and better.