Trainer P J Rothwell

Ballinrobe Tue, 19th Jul, 2022  Galon De Vauzelle We've had six or seven seconds in the last four or five weeks. The horses are running well but we'd a great run last year in handicaps but they all went up as a result, so we've been struggling a little bit to get anything over the line. Tom Doran (winning owner) has been a huge supporter of mine for the last 18 months and this horse won for him here last year. He's bought one or two new horses for the winter which is a huge help to me going forward. To get a winner for him here today is hugely important. We might come back here next month and, ultimately, he'll go jumping a fence. He slipped up here on the flat at the last meeting and probably got a harder fall than I thought at the time. He didn't really fire at Listowel a few days later. That's why I put cheekpieces on him today, just to help him get a bit of confidence back, and they'll probably come off in the future. Jack (Foley) comes into me a day a week and that's our first winner together. Himself and James O'Sullivan will ride most of mine and it's great to have them on my side.