Slattery secures early lead in trainers’ championship Andy Slattery leads the way in this season’s trainers’ championship at present as Staysound Susie (11/4f) gave him a sixth success of the new campaign today, in the Curragh’s 1xBet.ie Supports Safe Gambling Irish EBF Fillies Sprint Handicap. Racing behind the leaders in the 16-runner race, Staysound Susie, under 7lb claimer Jimmy Dalton, finished well in the final furlong to beat Glory To Be by a neck. The win was Slattery’s fourth at the Curragh already this year and, fleetingly at least, moves him ahead of 27-time champion Aidan O’Brien in both prizemoney and wins-terms. Slattery stated “out horses are fit and well and often you’d look at the program book but there wouldn’t be the right races for your horses. It has all fallen right as there are races for my horses who go on the ground and that’s basically it. They have been running well, are all in good form but the races are there for them.” He added “Staysound Susie loved that trip and had finished third over five (furlongs) here recently, which is too short. “She was in the Listed race in Cork tomorrow but I said to the lads that she might only finish fifth or sixth in that but that she had a chance of winning a 30 grand pot here. “We’ll try and nick a bit of black-type with her as she’s going in foal this year because she’s starting to resent the stalls and things like that. She loves that ground, six furlongs and by putting her in foal, it might improve her a bit over the coming weeks. “My other filly (fourth-placed Bint Majestic Roi) ran a cracker. She was the sleeper that I had in the pack, who was starting to work very well over sprint trips. She’s not bred for it, she’s bred to be a mile-and-a-half or mile-and-a-quarter filly but she’s just been working well. Andrew (jockey son) got off her and said he thought she’d make a good sprinter.” Quotes from Gary Carson
