Tiger mauls rivals to gain well deserved maiden success

It’s not before time anyway! She could have won first time out the same,. She ran a bit keen but he grabbed a good hold of her and settled her in front. They went 34mph nearly the whole way around, they went a fair gallop. She’s a grand filly to have. The lads are anxious to go to Cheltenham in October so we’ll probably go there for a novice hurdle.

Change of tactics brings further success for Catena Zapata

I was happy when we got him, I heard James McAuley was in for him and he has a good eye in the claimers. It worked out well,. He was great the last day and very good there again. I fancied him coming here. He was drifting away but all the boys backed him so they are happy anyway. Keith thought there was loads of pace in it. He can be keen and ran away with Adam Caffrey in Galway and blew his chance, we kind of fancied him going there. It left it up to Keith and he switched off lovely. He said if he could have rode him again he wouldn’t have got there until the last. He said going by the stable yard he thought he was coming off it but when he gave him a squeeze he came back on the bridle. He’s a fair workhorse but, the same thing, he can be keen too. You can have the odd horse work all over him when he’s too keen early. Once he switches off he’ll stay at it. I’m mad to go chasing with him, we have him schooled over fences. We might freshen him up and find a beginners for him. I think there’ll be a big pot in him, two miles over fences. He was six grand from the claimer and I think that’s 18,900 euro he’s won in two runs. Shane Crabbe goes out with my sister Gemma and he rang me when we claimed him. I’m delighted for Majella as well as she’s been under the weather. Shane was mad to get a picture with her with a winner and I said to come today and she’s here. Hopefully that perks her up.

Donoghue bags quick brace on Lady

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Wind another for in form McNamara

Bal Kauto wins easily on return to chasing

That was great. I was a small bit worried coming here that I hadn’t prepped him as good as Galway because he’d had a week in the field and only had two bits of work,. We were questioning whether he was 100 percent himself but he got the job done anyway. He probably hadn’t a whole pile left at the line. He travelled very well and I’d say he’d be better in a better race, going a better gallop. He was kind of keen the whole way. He’s had a long road with his injuries and the owners deserve it. I was taking every precaution today putting up Michael. Michael took the southern point-to-points by storm last spring and I watched him riding a couple of winners. He’d been begging me to give him a couple of spins and I told him to come in a day a week. He’s done well and I think he’ll fly this year in point-to-points. He’s a good rider.

Cailin Deas gets up late to win Kilbeggan nightcap

I’m delighted that she got the job done. It was important because Frank breeds out of them,. She has run a lot in bumpers but when you go down through it, the saddle slipped one day in Galway, she obviously fell in Ballinrobe and I didn’t have her fit enough in Sligo. It’s job done. She had good form and she deserved to get one but that doesn’t really entitle her to get one. I’m delighted to get her over the line. She’ll more than likely go over hurdles now. It’s a bit of a delayed start to her hurdling campaign but we got there in the end thank-God.