Going - Good, yielding in places (Inner); Yielding, good in places (Outer).. Fine
Jackpot Pool - €284,345.00 Dividend - €424.40 Winning Units - 468.89. Placepot Pool - €11,012.92 Dividend - €242.40 Winning Units - 60.2. Pick Six Pool - €94,956.00 Not Won. Carried forward to Curragh on Sunday 11th September. Days Aggregate - €968,877.00 Last Year €776,551.00
Goddess looks decent on debut
She's a nice filly. She's straight-forward and Declan gave her a great ride,. She'll be a nice filly for Aidan (O'Brien) next year.
Landfall very much "one to look forward to"
He was maybe a big enough price. We did really like him and as I said at the time when he won at the Curragh I thought he was just about ready to start,. He's worked twice since then and you could see that he acts like the good ones and they improve from work to work and week to week. It's okay saying it at home but they have to go and do it on the track. Shane said that's as quick as he'd like the ground - it's beautiful ground. He won on yielding, yielding to soft at the Curragh. He's a horse with a nice pedigree and a big future. He's a big scopey horse and just a good horse to train. I haven't had better than him and you're always hoping they can do it on the racecourse. It's lovely when they do. It was only a couple of weeks before the Curragh that he showed it. He was one that was maybe hiding it a little bit up to then and needed time. It's come together for him recently. I'd say he'll be put away now and we'll aim him for some nice races next year. I'd say he'll stay a mile-and-a-quarter but he has that nice blend of speed and stamina. All the good ones have that. He was still quite green at the finish but I loved the way he travelled during the race. The last 100 yards when he stretched away again was very encouraging. He's a talented horse and one to look forward to. If he was still a colt he'd be going for the Group 1 in France on the 30th of October but because he's a gelding obviously that's out.
Tony Martin saddles 1st 2 in the Petingo
It was a great result and unfortunately there had to be a loser,. I couldn't be happier and they are two good horses. Golden Spear ran a cracker too. He was drawn 16 and the young lad was superb on him. There was no point being up with the hurly burly. He took his time and the gaps came at the right time. He took 7lb off him in York and didn't do anything wrong there. Unfortunately the horse banged his head coming out of the stalls. Joe Banahan (starter) and his team were very good with him today. After Christmas my horses were a little off and we closed up shop. At Galway they started to show a bit of sparkle and they've been running well since.
"The best is yet to come" from Zhukova
It was a good performance. It was her first run in four months,. The plan is to give her one more run this year. The plan has always been the Group 1 Fillies and Mares on British Champions Weekend. I've had that in mind for her since April. She put in two lovely performances in the Blue Wind and Alleged Stakes, beating Found and then Bocca Baciata. She enjoyed her summer break and has come back to be what I expected her to be, a Group 1 filly before the end of the year. It's equally pleasing to have bred her with my late mother. She's out of Nightime who gave my mother a great day when winning the 1,000 Guineas. I'm more looking forward to next year and think she'll be a serious mare then. The best is yet to come.
Alice dazzles in the Matron
It was a bit of a disaster in France. She went and it was shifty, patchy ground in Deauville,. Ryan knew she wasn't going to be involved so he just minded her. She's a very good filly. You saw what she did in the Falmouth as well. She has a lot of speed. She quickened up very well. She's very pacey. There is a chance she could go to the Queen Elizabeth. She might get further someday but she has a lot of speed. She's made for the Breeders Cup on fast ground. We'll look at the Breeders Cup mile or something like that. She was a little unlucky in the Breeders Cup last year. She's hardy and she could do both but it depends on what the ground is like at Ascot.
Awtaad back in winning form
He's come back to himself. He had a bit of a dip after Ascot. The ground was bottomless at Ascot and he ran well, finishing third to two very good horses,. At Goodwood things just didn't go right. The ground was probably a bit firm and he didn't travel well - why I don't know. He seems to be back to himself today. The plan now is to go to Ascot for the QE II. I think he likes good ground. Most horses don't like brick hard ground. On good ground he's himself. He's a very good horse on his day. He's ran eight times and won five and been third twice. His blip was Goodwood and you'll always give them one excuse. He's keeping me going and gets me out of bed in the morning. We took the noseband off him because we put a tongue-tie on him. He was trying to hold his breath, which he did at Goodwood, and that's probably why he choked up a bit.
Almanzor wins the Champion for the French
He's a fantastic horse. I was very relaxed like him in the first part of the race. When I saw him coming on the outside I thought he could challenge for the victory and he did. He doesn't look very tired after the race. Christophe told me it was quite an easy race for him. After Qemah we were a bit disappointed and I told him only one word - relax. When your horse is relaxed you can finish and that was not the case with Qemah. She was in the middle of the pack and she couldn't finish like we hoped she would. He looks to have had quite an easy race, but it's a race, and it was a good one. When I saw the field before the race with all these champions I thought 7/1 was a bit too much. But after the race I think the betting was good. We'll see now if he goes to Ascot or for the Arc. We'll decide after a good night. For me at the beginning we chose this race because I thought he was more a mile-and-a-quarter horse but with the champions you can do anything.
Colour Blue much the best in the finale
It couldn't have worked out better,. We were drawn wide and I said to Billy to sacrifice the ground as I had walked the track and the ground was way better out there. The two Group 1 horses came up that ground and if it was good enough for them I said we'd come up it too. Billy gave her a lovely ride and she ran all the way to the line. She has a bit of black-type and is in the sales at the end of the year. She has run in this the last two years and was a bit unlucky when fourth last year. It's great for Garrett and Anne Freyne and an important win for them. They've been very loyal owners.
