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Placepot Pool - 21,126.41 Dividend - 102.50 Winning Units - 136.55. Quadpot Pool - 2,506.10 Dividend - 18.70 Winning Units - 98.89. Days Aggregate - 124,659.00 Last Year 86,767.00
Diamond Eyes shows great dash to win at Navan
She has a lot of speed, she's a very speedy filly. She's very straight-forward and absolutely loves her job . I wouldn't mind a barnful like her!. Alan rode her very well at Dundalk and I said to him then just to make use of her as she's very straight-forward. We had an awful draw there though and if she hadn't been drawn so wide she would have won first time out. We were confident today. The ground was a slight concern but I walked it when we arrived and I was happy enough. We'll probably try her in a fillies listed race now, I think a lot of her.
2 wins in his last 3 starts for Hell Left Loose
Bellick gets it on the bob
I didn't know but I thought on the nod we might have got it,. I was cursing for four furlongs of the race thinking we were on the wrong side so it was probably a good performance. He deserves it, he's a little star and never runs a bad race. I'm sure we'll end up back in Dundalk for the winter. He had been hitting a flat spot in his races and I said to Siobhan 'don't force him' and it seems to have worked as he's run two better races the last twice. Siobhan was flying and then Covid came. It's very tough to give chances the way things are but she's well worth the 7lb claim, listens to what she's told and is improving all the time. I'm delighted for her and hopefully it might kick start her again.
Norfolk 4th Lipizzaner wins his maiden at Navan
No stopping Step as she registers four-timer
The dream continues! We actually believed she could win today. She has so much raw speed that horses have to work hard to get to her,. She had eight stone on her back and on the climb in the last two furlongs it just told today. We were standing beside the handicapper there and he just started laughing! So I don't know what he's going to do to us now. Four in a row in this country is a big achievement. Since we started leading her down to the start she hasn't been boiling over. We train her a bit different now because she's just wired at home. We have a handle on her. Four weeks ago we had an eye on the Joe McGrath towards the end of the month so she'd be entitled to go and have a crack there. We've had great fun with her. That was a fair step up today but she just has so much raw pace that she's able to tank along. She has a high cruising speed and other horses have to struggle to get to her, especially in a sprint. It seems to have fallen that way that we've got sprinters. We haven't had any mile or mile-and-a-half horses. They just haven't been sent to us, it'll happen some day.
Paistiul keeps the Coolcullen bandwagon rolling
Farragher puts first double on the board
Another day another winner for McAteer on for sale Sheikh
He had been running well. He disappointed in Gowran and we put it down to the ground but I treated him for ulcers and he's about 30 kilos heavier now than he was then so I'd say he was just sick,. He ran a great race the last day in Dundalk. I'm glad I ran him here because otherwise he would probably have had to traipse up there all winter. If we get a taker for him he'll be sold as myself, the brother and the cousins own him. If there is any money for him he'll be gone but if not we'll hang on to him. He has a great stride and Luke said he couldn't pull him up. There might be a three-year-old handicap somewhere for him. We're delighted. It wasn't the best maiden but he's won it well.