Going - Soft, yielding in places. Overcast
Jackpot Pool - €5,052.13 Dividend - €442.00 Winning Units - 8. Placepot Pool - €4,071.79 Dividend - €251.50 Winning Units - 11.33. Pick Six Pool - €8,494.10 Days Aggregate - €268,645.00 Last Year €241,557.00
Odds-on Exemplar takes the opener at Galway
Hayes shines aboard Honor Oak
It was great to win on grass with her for the first time and she had become a little tired of Dundalk. She'll go to Listowel next.
Well-supported Perle an easy winner on debut
It was a professional performance for a filly first time out and she was very good in the stalls with all the commotion all around. She did it well and came up the hill. In her work she has always been like that - she grinds it out rather than quickens and is very honest. She is bred by Patrick and Annemarie Burns, who have been great supporters of mine. She didn't make a certain figure at the sales but they're going to hold on to her now and breed from her. It's a family they have had all their lives. We'll see how she comes out of this but she went on that easy ground and it gives us options now - if we could get black-type she would be worth a lot more.
Wizard proves too good for Game
Almela much too good for Oyster Stakes rivals
Barrett praises Downey as Melanna wins again
She only got 3 pounds for winning the last day and came forward from that run. She is lazy but is honest as hell and we were hoping to win today to get her up a few pounds and run in the Premier Handicap on the Friday of Listowel next. Robbie (Downey) is top class - if I had 40 horses he'd be riding every one of them. He has a great brain and does what he is told and I can't speak highly enough of him.
Massayan completes Weld/Smullen double
