Going - Yielding, Good to Yielding in places; changed to Yielding after Race 1, Yielding to Soft after Race 4. Showery
Classy Castra makes the breakthrough over flights
O'Sullivan rides out claim on Hardwired
Highland Charge another for in-form Meade
Age no barrier to success for Dorans River
Slevin doubles up on Desertmore House
It’s a grand place to start off with a bit of nice ground and not a big fence. I’m sure he’ll get a bit of confidence from it. He won a point-to-point for Denis Leahy first time out and when I started to school him I could see that he was well able to jump. We hadn’t to do too much in that department. He’ll be a spring, summer and autumn horse. Galway might come too soon and if it does we might pick out something in Listowel. He’s a grand, honest type and staying is his forte. He could go around there again!
Sweet revenge for Foxy Jacks in Midlands National
Zebo completes an across the card treble for de Bromhead
That was ideal. We've always thought he'd be a better chaser than he was a hurdler and hopefully that will be the case. That was a good starting point. He jumped super all the way and travelled well. The rain this morning was a big plus - he handled the summer soft ground well. We'll look for options going forward but they will be ground related. He won't go on quick ground. Turning in and Rachael was three lengths down you were thinking she must have plenty of horse under her which she did. As soon as she gave him a squeeze he picked up well. I definitely think he'll stay further as well. I think two-and-a-half is a minimum and we'll see what options there are for the autumn.
