Results Galway Thu, 29th Jul, 2021

Farout leads home a one-two for Willie Mullins

It was a very brave performance by the winner. He did it the hard way and took the race by the scruff of the neck. Brian just gave him a breather about halfway and it's a big improvement from him. He's going to go up to graded company now. He's a fine horse and I'm very happy with him. He's improving, settling and doing everything right which can sometimes be very hard for Flat horses to do. Tax For Max ran a great race. Paul did a great job settling him and the way it worked out he was probably a little bit too far back. He'll improve, on his last couple of runs he was far too free. The way he settled today will bode well for the future with him. At least he's learning something. They are both horses that could be graded horses. We'll probably have to geld Tax For Max at some stage, when the ground gets softer we'll geld him and then bring him back in the spring.

Streets Of Doyen makes winning start over fences

Fan De Blues outstays rivals in Grade 3 novice chase

I think he was probably fortunate that the ones in front took each other on,. When they finished battling he just had a little bit more in the tank. He has lots of experience and had run (four times) over fences in France before he came to us. His experience probably told. He's a nice horse and we had been disappointed that he hadn't won for us over fences up until last time. I think that might be the start of it now as sometimes when a horse gets his head in front he gets the habit of it.

Saldier gives Patrick Mullins third Galway Hurdle in four years

It was fantastic for Patrick to get his third win, it's an extraordinary achievement for an amateur,. I'm very proud of him. I know he's kicking himself that he's not able to win the amateur handicap but no-one would swap one Connacht Hotel Handicap for three Galway Hurdles. It's a great testament to the handicapper that the topweights can win these big handicaps. We tried everything with this horse and the prize-money was the only lure that we came here. We needed to have a crack at it anyway. I put cheekpieces on him and it probably just concentrated his mind a little bit. Patrick thought he was travelling well at all stages. He just got into a few traffic problems around the second last and came out but once he got through he was happy enough. He travelled and jumped well. Patrick said he was very brave throughout the race, jumping wise. He just got an awful fright the day he fell in Naas as a four-year-old and I'd say it's taken him all that time to get over it. He's just never had the same confidence and never been the same horse. He's slowly, slowly coming back and then trying to run in Grade 1 races too is probably tough on him. Virginie Bascop who rides him out and led him up today has been huge for him as she's kept him sound all season. She deserves a lot of praise. Keeping him sound and right has been half the battle. I might go down the Flat route again with him.

Clonbury Bridge wins for the Dempseys

It's great and the owners are all friends of mine,. They are from Carbury and Johnstown. They are neighbouring parishes and have a great rivalry at football. They are wild men now!

M C Muldoon a fourth winner for Willie Mullins

He settled beautifully. He went down to the start very free and Patrick decided to go to Plan B, which is drop in whereas we thought we were going to be in the first two or three the whole way. He changed tactics and it paid off. He got him settled and was able to use his ability then over the last two furlongs. He ran very well at Ascot (beaten a short head in the Ascot Stakes) and I think there is going to be a nice day in him on the Flat.

Hogan wins a thriller on Macgiloney

Mr Saxobeat gives Gibney his second winner of the week

He's a lovely horse. We got him off Sean O'Keeffe's Dad and we were thrilled when we got him. We like him a lot and we would have been disappointed if he wasn't knocking on the door today. He'll probably go to the field for a bit of a rest as he's only five and I'd say he's on the go a long time, even before we got him. I think he could do with a rest. He had been going well and doing everything right. He was going well in a point-to-point (at Fairyhouse) when he fell and it looked good on the video anyway, we kind of bought him on the strength of that. The owners (the Roberto Syndicate) have had Agent Boru with me for years and he came good again this season. We were looking for a replacement for him as he's ten now and, thank God, it looks like we have a lovely replacement for him. They are a lucky bunch of fellas.