Going - Good. Overcast but warm
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McKinley for Mullins and Townend in Galway
He's improving and his jumping is improving. He's getting more confidence. He handled the ground fairly well. I thought it was a very hot race beforehand. I'm very happy he has improved from his maiden.
Beckwith a Star in Ballybrit
Jamaica bolts and beats Weld
he had a nice first run and came forward well and you'd have to be happy with that and he seemed to learn plenty. He won't mind the step up and could go for the Futurity Stakes next. He is a lovely natured horse with a nice rhythm and should get a mile.
Galway a good place for an Expensive Taste
Weld off and running with Timiyan
He's a nice staying horse. They went a cracking gallop all the way and he got a great ride from Pat. The step up in trip helped and being gelded helped too. He's a late-maturing horse who appreciated the better ground. The mile and a half suits him well. The ground is a bit quicker than I anticipated. It's beautiful quick ground, but it is getting a bit quick for the jumps boys. Grecian Tiger was beaten by a better horse (Quick Jack) and the two-year-old (Postulation) was probably beaten by a very good horse (Jamaica) who is probably Group company and he isn't Group company.
Princely Conn looks to have bright future
I thought an awful lot of him. I fancied him in his bumpers and he was never beaten too far, but my horses were wrong and we've had a wicked year. I was confident coming here today, he had a good bit of form. He was beating everything at home. He could be a real decent horse and he could go all the way. He'll probably go straight over hurdles unless a winners' bumper fitted in.
