Gilligan set to get more opportunities for Elliott

He gave him a lovely ride. Danny is going to ride plenty for us this year. The ground was very soft for him the last day (when pulled up in Down Royal).

Doyen does the business on handicap debut

She had a few nice runs. She's ground dependent, she likes good ground,. I thought Denis gave her a very good ride, it was a tactical enough race. We fancied her if she got in as the good ground and the trip suited her. We bring a lot of horses over to Britain and she'll probably go at some stage.

Ostend off the mark for Croke

He had a great run in Leopardstown and I thought coming here he'd jump those hurdles a little bit easier as he's a big horse,. He'll be a lovely horse to go chasing with in time, he's a right horse. Shane comes into me a few days a week and will always meet me for schooling so I' m delighted for him to ride the winner. We'll see what the owner Brendan (Murphy) wants to do now. We'll enjoy today and go from there. He wants a bit of good ground. With the size of him and his knee action you'd imagine he'd love soft but we were always waiting for a bit of nicer ground with him.

Winnie Woodnutt an ideal result for Harveys

Elle Perfecta takes to fences in Kilbeggan

She's promised to be a nice filly. We're delighted that she's done that in the manner she's done it and we'll see what's there for her now. We'll keep her going for the summer. She seems to want that ground, we've tried her on softer and it doesn't work. We were kind of punching in time with her before we went chasing. She travels well, especially at country tracks, and she seems to know what she's doing herself. She's easier watched than others.

Elliott and Gilligan at double with Arctic Ambition

I'd say he runs well fresh and, in fairness to Danny, he gave him a good ride - it's great for him,.

Super-sub Flanagan steers Slane Hill home

He's a fine big horse, he has plenty of scope and the ground is beautiful out there. He disappointed us in Gowran the last day, but the ground was typical heavy Gowran ground. He won his maiden hurdle in Naas and then ran a nice race in Gowran. He was favourite there the last day, but just got stuck in it. I wasn't sure what way he'd go today, he had schooled great. It was just really to get his confidence back and give him something different to do. He was a bit guessy at a few. He has so much scope that he was kind of getting too brave. Two out he stood outside the wings and then he landed on his head. I'd say it knocked the stuffing out of him, he went from travelling really well to having to chase after him. He seems to handle that ground lovely, and country tracks, so we'll keep him on the go. He'll be a novice until November now. He won half a length there, so I suppose he (handicapper) can't be too hard on him. It was an ordinary race, although Clondaw Hollow had some good back form. It's nice to get the job done anyway.