Gavin Cromwell is hoping that Stumptown's victory over the banks course at the Punchestown Festival could reinvigorate him on the road to a potential crack at the Grand National.
Galileo Dame is reported in good form as she takes a step up in class at Chester tomorrow in the Weatherbys ePassport Cheshire Oaks.
Adrian Heskin has announced his retirement from race-riding at the age of 32.
Donnacha O’Brien is considering a couple of options for Porta Fortuna following her narrow defeat in the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on Sunday.
Derby third White Birch's four-year-old campaign is going a dream thus far and he added to Curragh gains in last month's Alleged, in this afternoon's feature, the Group Two Coolmore Stud Sottsass Irish EBF Mooresbridge Stakes.
The British National Hunt season went out with a bang on Saturday at Sandown when Willie Mullins was crowned Champion British Trainer for the very first time.
His end of season assault on the British tracks was nothing short of epic with 36 runners at 6 different tracks in little over a week yielding 9 victories, including the Scottish Grand National, bet365 Gold Cup and the Grade Two Select Hurdle to seal the title.
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I'm from a place called Eadestown, just outside Naas, beside Punchestown racecourse. I had a pony when I was younger at home and I was kind of mad for a bit of speed! I got into Michael Halford's when I was 12 or 13. I rode out there on my school holidays and weekends for five years before I left school. There were some brilliant lads in Michael Halford's at the time like Sean Corby, who rode as an apprentice for a while, Shane Foley was stable jockey and Conor Hoban was apprentice there. You can see from Michael Halford's track record, he had some brilliant apprentices over the years including Gary Carroll. It was a great place to learn and I learned plenty. I was still very weak and green and I wasn't quite sure whether I was going to be good enough to be a jockey but, in fairness, it was the route for me. I had a crack at college in Carlow, but I didn't enjoy that - I only lasted about three weeks! I missed the horses a lot.
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By John O'Riordan - SLIM MARVEL, who finished third in a mares maiden hurdle here last month, has every chance of going two places better. The six-year-old is somewhat unfortunate to be starting the new season still without a win, as she only went down by a nose when looking all over a winner at Wexford in November. The Andrew Slattery-trained mare won't get many better opportunities. With John Ryan one of the leading trainers at this venue, his representative Drumgill has to be of interest. Although well beaten in a competitive affair at Punchestown last week, the five-yea-old had earlier finished runner-up at Bellewstown. Wandering Rocks, a winner on the flat when trained in Britain, looks another live contender for trainer Bill Durkan.
