Going - Flat: Heavy, soft in places (Soft, heavy in places following 2nd) NH: Soft (Yielding to soft after 4th). Fine and breezy
Jackpot Pool - 5,031.87 Dividend - 293.50 Winning Units - 12. Placepot Pool - 25,222.73 Dividend - 694.00 Winning Units - 25.44. Pick Six Pool - 14,825.49 Not Won. Carried forward to Gowran Park on Wednesday 9th May. Days Aggregate - 122,713.00 (7 races). Last Year 298,432.00 (8 races).
Boho wins a three-way thriller in Roscommon
In-form Well Why Not picks up another victory
Like An Open Book comes home strongly
Bianca Minola making hay in May
I couldn't see any reason not to run her again after Cork, she seemed terrible well. (Running again) wasn't really from a handicapping point of view it was just these fillies when they're well and all her previous form seems to suggest she wants a bit of a cut in it. I may be wrong but it mightn't last for too much longer. It's great and I'm really thrilled for the owner Clive Washbourn. He's got quite a few horses in training in England. Funnily enough I haven't met him but we speak regularly and he adores the filly. He'll get a great kick out of it. We're delighted with her. Billy felt she travelled better on that ground, it was just a little bit gluey and horrible in Cork. I haven't her in anything but with the form she's in I probably won't delay with her. Evidently the trip wasn't a problem. It was a little bit of a question mark. Billy said he wasn't going to commit as early as he did. It just fell apart a little bit again in front but she travels terrible well.
Momus cements Meade/O'Hare alliance
We thought he'd win and he did but then we thought the other lad (Curley Bill) would too and he didn't. We're after having a serious run with the bumper horses and the one we thought was the best one got beat in Ballinrobe. I'd say maybe the ground beat him. He's a nice big horse (the winner) and he wasn't showing us much early on at all. Back at Christmas time you wouldn't think he was ever going to win anything. He's big and he's tall and I'd say when he gets the summer's grass he'll turn out to be a nice horse next season jumping. He's going to be a chaser in time and is a grand big horse. In the last six weeks he's turned inside out. He wasn't doing much in front and I had warned him not to go to the front. I was up in the stand's thinking 'where are you going' but it worked out. I often think in those two-and-a-half mile bumpers everyone thinks they are on a stayer and they go too quick. Then you need a stayer to win one because you have to come from behind. They are really all slow anyway and that's why they are in the two-and-a-half mile race. We are having a great run and Nina (Carberry) went too soon!. Mark has been around for so long and it's very hard to get a fella with the experience he has with a 5lb claim. You nearly have a free claim with him. It all happened by luck as he just came down to ride out to keep himself fit. One thing led to another and he ended up getting going. I can't take him off now anyway!
'Tough' Dinnie's Vinnie one for the Dempseys
It's great. He battled great and, though he's my own son, he gave him a great ride. He threw everything at him. He's a tough horse and they suit each other. He's had a great season. They get on great together. You're always tempted to keep going and we'll see if we see something or if the ground changes. He has been in a good while and has raced every month since September. He probably deserves a break. I haven't too many for the summer so it would be good to keep the numbers up and get a few days out. Luke thought he'd handle this track but I wasn't sure.
Screaming Rose holds on in dramatic finale