Going - Heavy (Soft in places). Raining
Trifecta Not Won. Pool of €1,221.30 carried forward to Galway on Tuesday 11th September. Jackpot Pool - €4,127.00 Dividend - €3,095.20 Winning Units - 1. Placepot Pool - €22,765.95 Dividend - €127.30 Winning Units - 134.04. Pick Six Pool - €2,794.00 Not Won. Carried forward to Galway on Tuesday 11th September. Days Aggregate - €755,814.00 Last Year €90,280.43
Nice start for Storm at Galway
He won nicely and I hope he'll be a bit better on nicer ground. He's a lovely horse and he seems to be going the right.
2 winners in a week for Madden
He likes Galway. It was kind of a messy race in Killarney (4th there) but he came out of it well and we expected him to go close today. I think it was more a case of the rest of them stopping and he kept galloping. Joseph didn't think he was that far in front.
Galway 1 - Kilkenny 1 at Ballybrit
She's as game as a pebble and she deserved that after Bellewstown where she ran a cracker (when 2nd). She handles the soft ground well.
Smullen off the mark in September at Ballybrit
I thought the handicapper had a hold of him but he is honest and genuine and that's what got him though today.
55 to 1 Galway treble for J P O'B
He's tough and he tries. He'd be better on nicer ground. 'Dusty' (Shane Foley on Macbeth) wanted to keep me in a bit tight (down the back straight) but I found plenty of room.
Roche does it at Ballybrit yet again
Weld & Smullen both have Galway doubles
