Going - Soft. Overcast
Jackpot Pool - 2,810.79 Dividend - 85.20 Winning Units - 23.09. Placepot Pool - 19,889.06 Dividend - 7.50 Winning Units - 1833.17. Days Aggregate - 138,574.54 Last Year 160,657.05
Grosvenor Square strides out well in Galway sunshine
Team Keane add to Weekend haul
Laughifuwant has been a great horse, a legend for us and loves this place. He has been a great horse for us and was unlucky not to win a Group race. He is ground dependent and the softer the better. He will go up again in the handicap now and we just can't get that type (rated 90 or less) of race.
Second win of the campaign for McCourt's Rampage
Matron winners score with odds-on Tannola
Purring Along strikes for Duffy & Crosse
that was super and she was working the best she ever has in the past week. We kept her fresh and sweet, brought her to the beach the other day and I don't think I ever saw a horse as fresh on the beach!. It was a good omen but she hadn't run for a few weeks as she gave herself a nick one day out in the paddock and it set us back a bit. On form she deserved it and easy ground and a good pace was a big help. Nathan also gave her a cracking ride. we only have five horses in and I've never had three runners on one day, never mind in one race! However they were all fresh and well so we said we'd run them. . I have great owners - Michelle (Shannon) and David (Mooney, partner) are fantastic and Garry Fleming is a dream to have. Garry is so big into racing, loves to see his horses running and his two ran well and it was good to see Phoenix Open coming back.
Thunder Roll off the mark in Galway Listed contest
Sandbanks scores, not at Laytown, but at Ballybrit
my horses haven't been running well due to a low-grade virus and it's only over the last seven or eight days that they have run well. This horse actually suffers from allergies, lives in the field and I think he got away with it. I think it could be dust-related - there was a lot of barley cut beside me recently and whether or not it's a coincidence or not I'm not sure. But a few ran better in the last few days.
Hennessy doubles up to maintain fine strike-rate for Ballydoyle