Going - Hurdle - Soft, yielding in places Chase - Yielding, good to yielding in places. Overcast
Placepot Pool - 65,857.88 Dividend - 11.50 Winning Units - 3983.51. Days Aggregate - 197,213.40 Last Year 184,024.00
Landmark winner for Doyle at Leopardstown
I only got my licence in March and that’s my first track winner. He had good bumper form coming here and ran well in a very good point-to-point in Monksgrange. We think a lot of him.
Walsh ice cool on progressive Priory Park
Boy best for Brassil in Pertemps
Klassical Dream makes all in Christmas Hurdle
It wasn't part of the plan, we were expecting pace in the race but obviously it wasn't there. Paul said the horse took the initiative, jumped out the gate and went. I said to Paul 'you were doing well taking a breather in front' but he said 'it wasn't me it was the horse taking breathers' and when Danny would come he would go on. The horse took over and did everything. He is hard to train, he has huge ability but doesn't always give you confidence when he works. I was only hoping that things would come right today when he came here and it did. That's better than horses that work the house down at home and go to the racecourse and don't do it. He's just the opposite but we're getting to know him a lot more now and we trust him.
Galvin swoops late to land thrilling Savills Chase
That's unbelievable. I had a tear in my eye for half the race, I'm not afraid to say it. We've had a tough year and it's brilliant. We started off having a bit of fun around Perth with him and he hasn't let us down the whole way. That's 12 races he's won now and he's a horse of a lifetime. He got into a lovely rhythm, he does that. He's a good horse and he stays like hell. He'll go straight to the Gold Cup now. I don't think he was much fitter today than he was in Down Royal but he got confidence out of that race. Jamie Codd gave him a beautiful ride, he hit the line well. I think the three-miles-two of the Gold Cup trip will suit him well. The way he stays if he can get into a rhythm anywhere at all, I wouldn't care if he was first or last going out on the last circuit, he'll come very strong in the Gold Cup. The horses have run out of their skin all week and to win that race is unbelievable. Ronnie Bartlett is a brilliant owner, a good friend and he's a gentleman. Russell is a great friend of mine, we've been friends since riding in point-to-points at 16 or 17-years-of-age. I'm very lucky to have Davy and Jack (Kennedy) at the moment. That meant a lot to Davy as well as he's very close to Ronnie. We don't let him ride for anyone else at the moment, he's too good to be giving to anyone else!'
Champs brilliant on chase debut
He was very impressive. I thought he was good but I didn't think he was that good, that was just something else. He was so effortless over all his fences. Paul said he was fantastic early on and at a few that he met short he just danced in front of his fences and took them at his stride. He did everything right and galloped away through the line and beyond it. He looks a very very exciting horse for the future, especially going over a trip. He's five going six so he's very young. All options are open for him.
Redemption Day another smart Mullins bumper horse
He's a lovely young horse, by Blue Bresil. I bought him out of Pat Doyle's nursery and from the time we started to work him he showed us that he could be good bumper material. Today I think he's even better than what he showed me at home. I'm very happy with him. We'll probably be looking at coming back here for the Dublin Racing Festival and certainly looking at the big bumper.