Going - Yielding to Soft (Yielding in places). Overcast
Trifecta Not Won. Pool of €703.65 carried forward to Punchestown on Thursday 13th October. Jackpot Pool - €1,188.00 Not Won. Carried forward to Punchestown on Thursday 13th October. Placepot Pool - €22,343.99 Dividend - €107.60 Winning Units - 155.68. Daily Double Pool - €50.00 Days Aggregate - €102,054.57 Last Year €102,482.40
Warn battles to opening race success
I'm considering running him on Thursday (in a Grade 3 at Punchestown) as there is nothing else for him for a while. We will see where he will go after that. He was keen early on when another horse came alongside him. It was a very well run race.
Bates gets the best out of Knockieran
She is going the right way. She has had lots of problems and it is a good job a vet owns her (William Larkin from Borrisokane) as she is well looked after!. She might go for the Brown Lad Handicap Hurdle at Naas in a few weeks time (October 24th) . She might scrap in at the bottom of the handicap but I could be a bit optimistic!
Reveille blitzes his rivals yet again
He did it well and he was entitled to win like that, the handicapper got it right (highest rated in the field at 128). He might go for a Grade 3, 3m Novice Hurdle at Cork next (November 6th).
Boland's survives scare on the run-in
The syndicate (the De Courcey Racing Club) are an eight member and they have been very loyal to me over the last four to five years. David (Splaine) said he didn't see the rail as he had his head down driving him out. I have no plans for him now we will see what the handicapper does with him. In time he will make a nice chaser as he has school very well at home. He is a good tough horse who we should have fun with over the winter.
Muirhead shows his class in Munster National
I don't know how he got through them fallers at the first. They seem to come down right in front of him. We got the luck there. He has very little mileage over fences. The Kerry National was the plan all along but the ground got heavy for him so we said we would come here instead. He doesn't like the ground too heavy. The Troytown Chase at Navan is a possibility now or the Hennessy in England, the handicapper is hardly going to be too easy on him. We spent a whole season with him trying to make him a Champion Hurdler where he was beaten in a lot of races.
More success for the Welsh as Wind beats Loosen
I didn't think he would handle this type of ground. We had no where else to go with him in the UK. When the rain came I was worried as I always thought he was good ground horse. He is really a spring horse. He jumps, gallops and can quicken. That is my second winner in Ireland, Barizan was my first (won at the Punchestown Festival in 2010). It's a credit to race over here with the great prize money on offer. But you need a good one to come over here as the standard of racing is ten times higher than in the UK. He has only won a fraction of the prize money he should have as the prize money across the sea is so poor.
Double for Geraghty as Economy takes the last
He is a very nice horse. He probably wants a bit better ground, but he had been schooling so well at home we said we would take our chance. He will probably make a very nice chaser.
