Going - Good (yielding in places). Overcast and breezy
Jackpot Pool - 3,000.00 Not Won. Carried forward to Down Royal on Friday 29th August. Placepot Pool - 18,182.79 Dividend - 70.10 Winning Units - 181.53. Pick Six Pool - 8,260.50 Not Won. Carried forward to Down Royal on Friday 29th August. Days Aggregate - 102,303.00 Last Year 64,006.92
Robin set for break after Bellewstown win
She's as tough as boots. We'll give her a break now and she'll probably come back in December or January. She's ground dependent so wouldn't run much over the winter.
Draco gets the job done
Ludds back on form at Bellewstown
It was a low grade race. He has disappointed on his last few runs so I'm glad for Tom (Howley). We'll look for a small selling hurdle or something in England,.
Shortall gets Rock up on the line
I'm delighted for the man that owns him, Donal Houlihan. We got him out of France this time last year but he had a few teething problems.
Shortall doubles up on Rescue
It wasn't the obvious race to run him in, a maiden hurdle, but it came along and we took our chance. He was getting a nice bit of weight from the top horse. His runs up the north (at Downpatrick) proved that he wants three miles . at least. He has been improving and we'll see if we can win another hurdle along the line. He's not very big but he jumps well and hopefully he'll jump a fence. That's my first winner for JP McManus so that's an important one.
Bose Ikard follows up on chase success
I thought he'd win as he was better in here than he was over fences and he won well the last day. He loves fast ground. I left him in tomorrow at Down Royal and we'll see what he's like in the morning.
Well-backed Boogie overcomes long layoff