Results Galway Wed, 29th Jul, 2020

This Man is Very good

He's in again tomorrow so we'll see how he is. He didn't have too hard a race but we'll see. He appreciates better ground and has progressed well on it.

Nolan & O'Keeffe strike with Mrs Milner

I was worried would she get home up the hill but all she did was stay. She'll get further and riding her handy seems to suit. She'll go chasing sooner rather than later.

Kaatskill makes the breakthrough over flights

Bon completes quick double for Mullins & Townend

She seemed to be following Danny's (Mullins, on Summer Hill) horse by jumping to her left but she has never shown done that at home and I schooled her myself this morning and she was fine. We were happy enough with her French mark of 121 and it was great to win from it and hopefully she will improve and go forward again. She is with us a few months and she will jump a fence as well. I wouldn't imagine easier ground would be an issue for her and she wouldn't have run on quick ground.

The Galway Plate goes to Early Doors

I thought Mark gave the horse a fantastic ride and I'm delighted for JP and everyone at home. The start was very messy and I thought Mark done very well to get away good. He got into a lovely rhythm jumping. Obviously experience was a big question mark but we were delighted to see the rain coming and it was a big help to him. I was a little bit worried when he missed the second last but I knew he'd be coming home well. It's a very special race to win. I remember years ago always hearing about Life Of A Lord winning the race a couple of times for Dad so it's a very special race to win. We'd all love to be there but please God we'll all be there next year.

Smithscorner stays on best to deny Powersbomb

Shewearsitwell completes treble for Mullins

The syndicate was resurrected recently by James Fenton, having had winners in the past with O'Hana in 2007 and they have a couple of nice mares. This mare had been working very well at home and I think she'll win plenty more races. She was very professional out in front and she has plenty of gears. I think she could be a black-type mare, and could possibly get it in something like the Gowran Listed Bumper (in October).

Weseekhimhere bounces back from Roscommon mishap

I liked him going to Roscommon and it was unfortunate what happened there (badly hampered in-running). He did that very impressively and could go jumping later in the season. It's great for John (Doyle) and Caren (Walsh) who are great supporters of the yard.