Going - Soft, Soft to Heavy in places CHANGED at 3.15pm to soft to heavy,. Fine
Placepot Pool - €15,429.40 Dividend - €1,276.50 Winning Units - 8.29. Quadpot Pool - €2,155.99 Dividend - €74.60 Winning Units - 21.36. Days Aggregate - €148,901.54
The Priests Leap passes Clonmel test
He did it the way you'd expect him to do it. He is a decent horse but hasn't helped himself; he is grand at home but when he gets to the track he becomes wired up. Today he was fine and his few races have taken the fizziness out of him and he'll be good from now on. We'll go back chasing now; he doesn't want really deep ground and is a super jumper. It's nice to get the hurdle win out of the way and it's also the first winner for Danny (Durkan, through Dargle Equine Limited).
Kate Ill Know has all the answers on debut
I only have her since August - she hasn't had any problems and to be fair with the age on her side, she was tough there today. The owners bred her and they always like to give them time and she has never had any trouble and is a gem of a mare. She was never going to go point-to-pointing but for the last six weeks I've been trying to get her into a maiden, so she was obviously fit and swims a lot at Ronan Barry's, who has a great facility at Rathcormac. Tina Condon, who led her up, does a fantastic job riding her and it is great to see Brian (Hayes) doing so well this year as he is fantastic and has been a very underrated jockey for so long. One of the owners' daughters is named Kate and they go to Kate for information and she is rarely wrong - that's where she gets her name.
Quarry Lil carves out another Clonmel victory
That is her third win here and she loves it here. We might give her one more race before leaving her off for the summer. We have 16 in training, a lot are young and if we had a few more like her we'd be grand.
O'Flynn doubles up with Cregane Ned
He has loads of ability but he's a bit 'in the head' and you have to relax him. He was working very well at home and, while he might want better ground, you can never be too cocky with him and what he's going to do. He had a very good run at Thurles - the run before that he worked himself up before the race and was distressed. The main thing today was to get him to settle and, if he settles, he'll put his right foot forward. He's a tough, old bugger though and hopefully he can pick up another one now. That's my second double and I've no more runners for the day!
Hilltop Supreme after tough battle
He'll go to Cork in a fortnight's time for a handicap hurdle and the owner's daughter Rochelle Murphy will ride.
Nicole's Milan seals Clonmel brace for Enright
Premier Queen in charge at Clonmel
