Hale Bopp shines in the claimer

He was entitled to do that. It's the last claimer on the programme, he's a genuine 84 horse and he's served us well. I'd presume he will be claimed and wish the new party the best of luck. He's a very genuine horse that loves it around here and loves good ground during the summer.

White Birch looks a smart prospect

Right place right time for Happenstance

Bennett getting a great tune out of Sondheim

He loved it. We were happy enough coming here that he was training well but I was a bit worried that he had been off for over 100 days, obviously it didn't matter to him thankfully. Neve gave him a great ride, she was nice and positive on him and that's what he likes. She's improving all the time.

Woods plays it late again on Linus Larabee

She's getting a great tune out of him. She's got the key to him, she's riding him cold. She's selling lengths when they are expensive and buying them when they're cheap basically. She's picking them up when the race is falling apart and it suits him. I'm delighted for her. She comes in three mornings a week and whether she's getting rides or not she never moans. When she gets a chance on the likes of this and Tide Of Time she's taken it. I'm delighted for her and I hope she can pick up a few rides somewhere else as well.

Keane doubles up on Ebtsama

She's well bred and Paul Cashman bought her to breed from,. He sent her to me to see if we could get a bracket with her. I've that bracket got for him now so I'd say she'll probably be retired now because she's going for breeding in the spring. The job is done for him. Colin was class on her and that's why he's champion jockey.

Cody & Whelan on target with English import

To be honest I didn't know what to expect. He had 17 runs in England and one win, he has ability but maybe his first run was the time to catch him,. I told Ronan to drop him in, get him settled, and just go from there. The owners said they'd like to have a few pounds on but I told them not to and that I wouldn't have a penny on him today. I didn't think he'd even be fit enough. The race fell into his lap a bit, they went hard early on and that maybe suits him. He arrived there and I was delighted, it's great to win a race for the lads. Ronan said to maybe put a pair of cheekpieces on him the next day and said he'd probably go further.

Fire burning brightly in McConnell's charge

That makes up for being beaten a short-head in the maiden,. I was humming and hawing about whether to run him at all from his draw. I rang Conor Hoban this morning and he talked me into it. He said 'I know what I'm doing' and he carried out the plan very well. In fairness to Simon (Condron, owner) he was going to let me decide either way what to do. He's improving all the time and hopefully can keep going. He'll probably come back here in a few weeks. Conor predicted he would get a nice lead off the second horse and that he'd tow him right into it, which is what he wants. He was good at the line. A lot of it was down to Conor and I have to give him the credit.