Third time lucky as Taraj easily sheds maiden tag

Madam Celeste makes winning racecourse debut for Lyons at Dundalk

Ger (Lyons) is adamant to get these two-year-olds out for a run before he puts them away, so they know their job for next year. The penny was only dropping at the backend of the turf season. Obviously, she is a Galileo and is telling us that she wants nice ground and this is the first mile race that has come up for fillies, so we had to grab it with two hands. Win, lose or draw, she was going for a good break after tonight. We are delighted to tick the box and she will have a good break. She will come back mid-spring onwards hopefully for a nice campaign. She is entered in the Irish Oaks and she has the breeding for a mile and a-half, She has got that out of the way and I'd say she is a mile and a-quarter filly and she'll tell us what she wants to do then. She showed a bit of class - Colin (Keane) loved her the way she jumped. She was very, very green, but he said he was always confident that she was going to win because she was giving him that willing feeling. We brought her here early and put her in the parade ring and brought her onto the track, and the penny drops very quickly. When she came into the parade ring for the real deal, she knew what she was there for. She's a quick learner.

Horgan earns plaudits for ride on Trishuli River

This lad (Hugh Horgan) can ride, he is very strong in a finish too. When you weigh out with him, you have confidence in him. He knows what he is about and he can talk through a race and he has a plan going out. He gives a trainer great confidence, I think. She had a good run over seven two runs back and we had a bad draw the last day. The draw is crucial around here. Great win for the stallion, Poet's Word, as well. It is seemingly his first winner in Ireland. He has a great strike record in England.

Pier Pressure gives Lyons and Keane Dundalk double

He definitely got confidence from his victory the last day. He is a very lightly-raced horse and is only growing into himself so, for obvious reasons, that was another race on his belt the last day that he has progressed from. The blinkers definitely helped. Colin gave him a super ride in the sense that he thought Billy (Lee on Free Solo) would bring him a bit further and then he switched over to Adam (Caffrey on Hightimeyouwon) and Adam's horse helped him. Mark (Breen) that owns him is in America and has been over to us a couple of times from America, he is a lovely man. He is not in the best of health at the minute and it will be a great tonic for him. He is a horse that will be sold, only at the right price. He is working his way up having fun and he is proving that he is a stalwart on this surface. He is there for anybody who wants a nice horse. He'll keep going until he is sold and will make a real good premier handicapper in the summer.

No Speed Limit makes all under Lee to register fourth Dundalk success

Miss Paloma pops up on her Irish debut

Nusra quickens up smartly to register second win of her career

She won in Ffos Las. It is just so hard to get into races (here) - two weeks we were trying to get in. It was worth the wait. She wouldn't let herself down on real quick ground, but she can't deal with it soft so she is probably tricky enough. She had form here and we'll try and find something else for her up here. She is for sale.

Well handicapped Spinning Web wins finale under strong McCullagh drive