Longclaw seals three in a row for Elliott

Tellmesomethinggirl enjoying her hurdling

She did it the hard way and the mare in second is a decent mare and we were giving her 10lbs. I thought we had shaken her off until she came back at us again, so I'm delighted and she has done nothing wrong through the summer. I'll discuss it with the owner but we might give her a little break now; she'll go on soft but we ran her on winter ground at Clonmel last January and she couldn't walk on it. She loved summer soft at Bellewstown. She is adaptable and could go further but today's trip (2m4f) is getting closer to her ideal trip.

Arthur's Baby another for favourite backers

She has run twice in a short period of time and even though she unseated early on her last run she still went away. I'm not sure where she'll go to be honest but she won't run too much more over hurdles.

In-form Trees Valley delivers again

It's nice to get a winner at Listowel as it's hard to get a winner down here.

Punters in clover with Hand In My Pocket

Townend and Andalusa cruise around Listowel

Djingle brings Queally plenty of cheer

If you're not in you can't win! He had a bit of form around here last year but the race cut up. He was off for six months before his run the last day and we had decided (in February) to pull the plug with him after Warwick. We tried to hold him up at Warwick but it didn't work and left him off after that. I might look at a handicap hurdle with him - he is rated 136 and it is an option. He has been a great horse to me.

Connell saddles first winner in Listowel

This is a very lucky place for me and I rode three or four winners and rode my last winner here. I love coming down here. We have 30 in training and have a lot of young horses; there are a few that will be moved on at the end of the summer season and more than half the yard hasn't run yet, and hopefully we have one or two more nice types like him. I was sweating a bit on the ground but I walked it and spoke to Val O'Connell (Clerk of the Course) and he said there was plenty juice underneath. He is a proper horse and is the first proper horse I've run. We've had a few summer horses but this lad has a big future. He had a lovely run at Galway and Finny said he was still green there, so there is plenty of improvement to come and he is a super jumper. We might think about a winners' bumper at Tipperary in three weeks next and we were delighted to get Finny today as he is top class. Mark Bolger is working for us full-time and we have Roger Loughran and Garrett Cotter as work-riders, so we have very good riders at home; Kevin Brouder was riding a few for me and is out of action and Mark will ride a good few of them.