Going - Good to Yielding, Yielding in places. Showery
Jackpot Pool - €457.72 Not Won. Carried forward to Roscommon on Tuesday 2nd August. Placepot Pool - €20,063.18 Dividend - €14,044.20 Winning Units - .6. Days Aggregate - €138,199.02 (7 races). Last Year €105,836.36 (8 races).
Cooper and Meade strike at Cork with Sheishybrid
Little Big Rocky doubles up for Downey
He knocked a tooth out of my head and busted my hand getting out of the box. There is nothing like that in him, he just got a fright. They wanted me to go for an Xray but I persuaded the doctor to back the horse and she let me stay here until after the race!. The last day we had to do a lot in front in Killarney but today they went a nice gallop. They slowed it up on the far side and he jumped his way there. He probably didn’t want to be there as soon as we were and he’s learning on the game. Conor was great on him and gave him an education the whole way round. Chasing is his game and we might go that way now. We’ll treat him as a good horse and see what happens.
Dorans Boy digs deep to take his opportunity at Cork
He was tough. He showed promise last year in Kilbeggan and it’s just taken a while for him to put it together. Hopefully he’ll progress from here and I’m delighted for his owner David Kelly who is a good supporter of the yard. You like to see the way he found plenty when the other horse came to him and he got his jumping together. He’s already on a handicap mark of 102 and hopefully he won’t change it.
Battle Away makes up for lost time with another decisive win
Watch The Weather proves much too hot for rivals
I was worried coming here if the ground turned soft but Rachael said early in the day that the ground was good so we said we’d let him take his chance. On his first handicap I didn’t think he would do that. He’s probably not too badly handicapped and I’m thrilled with him. His jumping was always good but I just thought going that stride quicker might find him out. He’s in at Wexford on Friday and if he’s ok I’d say we’ll have to run him.
Dallas Des Pictons returns to form in Cork feature
Cassarina Gold lands the spoils for Smith in Cork bumper
The horses were all out of form and I had a few lined up for James to ride. I’m delighted to get him a winner. He works hard around the yard and is a good little rider. She ran well in a schooling race early on in the year but the horses then just weren’t right for a while. We had a few problems with rapeseed oil for a while and horses bleeding. She works well and I’m not overly surprised that she won.
