Going - Standard. Sunny
Jackpot Pool - €638.12 Dividend - €446.70 Winning Units - .19. Partial Carry Over of €361.83 to Punchestown on Wednesday 13th September. Placepot Pool - €21,530.76 Dividend - €9.40 Winning Units - 1599.31. Days Aggregate - €132,529.08 Last Year €105,125.28
Dream Today goes back-to-back at Laytown
He travelled and he did the same last year. We waited for here for him. He has been a great horse for the lads and has won plenty of races for them and has given them great fun. They love coming here and having a winner.
Jered Maddox enjoys first visit to Laytown
Trainer error, I probably should have brought him here years ago! They either like it or they don't and he obviously likes it. He had a good run the other day, it was a lovely run in Cork and he was good for here then. He was guaranteed the run. He's (Daniel King) a very talented rider and his brother Connor had an awful lot of success for us, a great pair of hands, and this kid is equally as good. They should have a series of meetings here, I actually think there should be three or four over the summer. He'll probably go to Dundalk.
King doubles up on General Idea in claimer
He's a lovely horse and he worked really well the other morning and I would have been shocked if he didn't win the likes of this. He has been rated a lot higher, but at this level he is well able. His last two runs weren't too bad - the last day he was kind of taken out of it early in the race and he stayed on well and he was only beaten two and a-quarter lengths or that. We are probably going to lose him but, if not, he'll love Dundalk. There's a race there on the 22nd for him, I was kind of looking at that for him already. We'll put in a claim for him and see if we can get him back.
Hamilton defies slipping saddle to win on Punk Poet
I've never had a slipped saddle before that I can remember. This is a big fat fella (Punk Poet)! When I was saddling him, I said 'they're a bit tight' and I let the girths out. The jockey, in fairness, got them checked at the start. He only jumped out and it (saddle) has gone. Sarah (Lynam, daughter) picked the jockey and said he was very good and I said to Sarah two and a-half out 'you know nothing' but, in fairness to him, there was nothing he could do!. I always blame the jockey!
Joseph completes 'full set' as Hamilton doubles up
