Going - Good To Yielding (Straight), Good To Yielding, Good In Places (Round). Overcast
Jackpot Pool - €10,000.00 Dividend - €583.30 Winning Units - 12. Placepot Pool - €25,945.89 Dividend - €58.20 Winning Units - 311.53. Pick Six Pool - €52,065.87 Dividend - €4,555.70 Winning Units - 8. Days Aggregate - €198,705.00 (7 races). Last Year €309,147.00 (8 races).
Sydney Opera House gains maiden win at the Curragh
you'd be delighted with that. We thought he'd win second time but obviously Kevin's horse came and got him. He's a lovely horse and will be a middle distance horse next year, he stays well I'd say. We're very happy with him and he has options now, maybe the Beresford.
'Couldn't be happier' Aidan records Group 3 1-2-3
we weren't sure about her getting the mile but Donnacha was very happy. She has a lot of ability and she probably likes coming from behind a little bit. He put her asleep and she relaxed lovely for him. The Boussac (Group 1 Prix Marcel Boussac run on the same day as the Arc at Longchamp) and those races are all there for her. The lovely thing about her is that she's a great traveller, she's very smooth through a race and gets there very easily. She probably wouldn't want to be there too long. We couldn't be happier.
Perfect treble provides Donnacha with 80th seasonal success
he had a good run, on his first run for us, in Leopardstown and then he was supposed to run in Ballinrobe and it was called off, so we came here as it was the obvious next step for him. He looked at Leopardstown that he'd win off his mark; it was a mile there and looked a bit short for him. Donnacha said he thinks he'll get a mile-and-a-half and he's a fantastically well-bred horse. It my first winner for Charles Fipke so it's great, it's only the second horse we've had, and we're delighted to get a winner for him. As I said the horse has a fantastic pedigree, he's starting low but you'd never know where he'd finish up.
Harrington's I'm So Fancy wins Group 3 Snow Fairy Stakes
she's so tough and that's her third win at the Curragh now. She's won two Listed races, been placed in a Group 2 and has now won a Group 3. She was a bit unlucky in France as she had to make her own running and got swallowed up in the last 100 yards. She'll be back here for the Blandford on Champions Weekend.
Sovereigns takes Round Tower as Donnacha O'Brien completes 4-timer
you'd have to be very happy and it was lovely to come back here on a lovely bit of ground. He would have learned more today as he followed horses so that was great and Donnacha was very happy with him. He travels very strong and has a lot of speed and you'd be delighted to see the last furlong. He got there and opened up then. At least now going to the Middle Park he's after having two runs and he should have enough experience. We'll look forward to that now. He's definitely fast but he's relaxed and he's very clear winded so you'd say looking at him today he shouldn't have any problem with seven (furlongs). He seemed to do everything right and he has a good big open stride. He has a lovely mind, even into the stalls, and everything is very easy. He does the same in the race, he's very easy through the race. Seamus (Heffernan) rides him all the time and has done a great job on him.
Aidan follows son Donnacha in completing Curragh four-timer
he was just back but he had the class as he was a Group 3 winner. He travelled well and saw it out well. We ran him over a mile-and-a-quarter earlier in the year and we were going too far with him. Seamus was very happy with him and he could go to Leopardstown in about three weeks for a Group 3 race over a mile. He's also in the Boomerang on Champions Weekend.
Murtagh's Beat completes treble in Curragh's finale
it was a good performance. He was off a while because we just couldn't run him on the firm ground and this was a lovely race. He's in two nice races coming up; he has the big sprint at the Curragh or could also run at Ayr. If the ground is too fast here we'll probably go to Ayr but I'd say the ground is going to be lovely for him from now on. We just had such a dry summer and we minded him as he's still a big baby.
