Going - Yielding to Soft, Soft in places. Overcast
Jackpot Pool - €3,961.54 Dividend - €2,773.00 Winning Units - .33. Partial Carry Over of €2,681.48 to Curragh on Monday 6th May. Placepot Pool - €26,427.78 Dividend - €1,327.20 Winning Units - 13.96. Days Aggregate - €196,030.29 Last Year
Sakakawea delivers on her third start
Her Ladyship makes her presence felt after lengthy absence
She's a very straightforward filly, likes her work and likes her racing. She's very genuine. She had a nice run in Cork in which she ran a bit green. It turned out quite a good maiden, a lot of winners came out of it. Colin says she'll be better over a furlong further. We'll make a plan from here and see what the owners want to do. There's a good bunch of them involved (Rathconrath Racing Club). They've had a few runners but that's their first winner, so hopefully there'll be a few more to come.
Gegenpressing enjoys being back in Sligo
War Thunder makes winning start to life with Flynn
I didn't particularly fancy him. He's a grand horse and had a bit of form. He'd a few runs in Galway that were okay. One of them was behind a horse of mine, Golden Sandbanks, and even that run was probably good enough to win this race. I'm not allowed ride him, but I rode him a few times and didn't like him too much!. He showed more in the race than he has been doing on the gallops. He stayed at it well and we just left everything (headgear) off him for his first run (for us). It wasn't a great race, but he got the job done. The owner (Old Stock Partnership) has stuck with him and deserved some kind of reward.
Belhaven gives her best in Sligo
In-form Saffronandblue goes in again
Dont Do Dramas wins off the front for Mulvany and Joyce
We were a little disappointed the last day (in Cork) that he wasn't closer, but there was a big swing around with the favourite (Solar Drive). There was 17lb of a swing and that made the difference. We rode him a little differently as well, we jumped him out, made the running and tried to stretch the favourite the whole way. Making the running seems to work for him. We would try him over a mile and a half again. It's a good stiff uphill finish here and he wasn't stopping. He handles soft ground well but I think he'll go on most ground, he mightn't want it firm. Wesley is back with us now and he's part of the furniture at our place. He's a great talent, a top-class jockey and we'd be hoping that he'll go close in the apprentice title race this year.
