Going - Heavy, soft to heavy in places. Overcast
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Lyons introduces yet another smart three-year-old
That was grand, it was a nice workmanlike performance,. He shouted the house down in the parade ring but Colin said once he got on him and cantered him to the start he manned up and there wasn't a word out of him. He said he was in early in the stalls and stood like a lamb. Colin said the ground is heavy but loose and they are going through it. He said that you couldn't be more impressed with how he did it and there should be plenty of improvement in him. We don't know how deep theses maidens are at the minute but our horses are fit and well. I've loads of horses that will win their maidens but what they do after that time will tell. Some will hopefully progress and some won't. Fingers crossed.
Newmarket "the plan if everything is well" for impressive Gustav
We're very happy, obviously the ground was far from ideal, but it was nice to get a run into him as it's a long time since he ran. Ryan was very happy with him,. Ryan said he was very impressed with the way he quickened in that ground. He's a real good ground horse. Newmarket is the plan if everything is well. US, we knew he'd hate the ground but he needed to get out, and Donnacha's horse (Kenya) will stay further. US might go to the Guineas now and he'll grow another leg between now and then.
38/1 brace for Lyons and Keane on big day at Leopardstown
The second closing of the Irish Guineas was the other day an I said to the lads 'ah we'll leave it don't be silly',. She did that well and went through the ground, we know she wants it. If it was good ground we wouldn't have run her because she wants every bit of a mile. You'd have to be impressed with her and her temperament is to die for. She does everything I want at home, I'm impressed with her. I'm not a fan of buying fillies because unless you get black-type you are stuck with them. When you have them this good it makes up for all the others. We'll go home, sit down and make a plan. The dream is still alive at the moment but we don't have big early closing entries with her. I'm not a traveller, I love staying at home, so we'll find something here for her and there will be no firm in it. There's every chance she could come back here next month but if a good offer comes in she'll be sold because she's a filly. This is the first batch of fillies we've ever bought. She's named after my daughter Kerri's friend. I used to take the mickey out of her when she was in school and the little girl was coming home with her I'd say 'who is coming home' and she'd say 'Steph' and I'd say 'who's Steph?'. It used to drive them insane. So by coincidence we named this horse after her and it turned out to be a good one. The horses are well and I'm delighted with them and the ways things are going. The only negative is that I didn't have the balls to put her in the Guineas.
Xenobia coming up to Farrell's expectations
She's decent and we said last year that she'd be a nicer filly at four,.
Nelson shortens up for Derby after Ballysax success
You'd be delighted with that, it's tough going out there,. Donnacha was delighted with his horse and said he stays well. Seamus (Heffernan on Delano Roosevelt) was very happy with his horse and said he just got a little bit lonely when he got there. Ryan (Moore on The Pentagon) was very happy. He said of all our horses that he rode he wants real nice ground, but he'll come on a ton. It was great because you need to get the racing miles into them. Nelson handles soft ground looking at that. Obviously we had to have something to make the running and he's the fella that held up his hand and he said he wouldn't mind going on. He had gone forward in his races before and won around here before making the running. He'll come back for the Derrinstown and that's what they'll probably all do.
Outsider of field Cimeara well up to the task
She's tough and everything you'd want in a racehorse,. She'll stay further and she might find it easier at a mile-and-a-half. We'll see what the handicapper does and see what is in the program book.
No Way Jack gives the Leopardstown bookies a headache
It's been a while coming. We felt he's been a different horse over the past month-and-a-half. His work has been very good and he's been much more relaxed,.
