Showman makes light of quick turnaround to win maiden at Roscommon

He had a nice run over the winter at Punchestown for Keith Donoghue and a lovely run the last day,. I suppose after his last run he had a good chance here in a non-winners race. It's great for Chris Blair, a new owner to the yard, and for Eamonn who has been lucky for us. He's a tough horse but he actually lost a bit of interest, his runs on the Flat he was showing no spark at all and the jumping has really helped him. He'll be a nice horse to tip away with.

Nolan's Park proves King in Roscommon

He's been very disappointing. He's had a few issues with his wind but he never made a sound racing. At home we felt he might just need a tongue-tie on him and it made the difference,. He did it nicely but on the strength of his bumper form he'd want to. We were fierce disappointed with him and at least he's won one.

Iriskana grinds out maiden victory

She was entitled to do that off her last few runs. It's unfortunate for Cian, who got hurt on Saturday at Listowel but he'll be back,. She's a nice mark, stays well and she'll probably stay going for another while. She liked the ground and I'm delighted with her. I'd say the track suited her today, the track last time didn't really suit as she likes to get into a rhythm and she stayed at it well.

King's gelding has enough in Tank for narrow Roscommon success

He's had a couple of issues over the last year-and-a-half. As you can see we didn't run him for a long time,. I thought we ran him a bit too early here last time after he had won in Limerick so we gave him a month off this time. We're doing a lot of flat work with him as he has an issue with his back. I told Mark to be there or thereabouts, to stay out on the better ground and up with the pace. He has a bit of toe, the old horse. He looks clumsy but he has a bit of toe. It'll be a month at least before he runs again. I have him entered on Thursday but he won't run. It was a choice between today or Thursday and I'm delighted it was today.

Seuil saunters to Kilbegnet success

Menindee returns to winning ways under O'Keeffe

She's a tough mare and she's fit as she's been running all summer. The ground was the big worry today, she is tongue-tied, but Darragh said she really toughed it out. He was good and positive and let her get into a rhythm, which is very important for her breathing. Whenever they turned into the straight it was going to take a very tough one to pass her. The guys bred her and they deserve that. They've stuck by her and she's been fantastic for them. She just keeps staying but with her wind we've always been reluctant to run her on softer ground. Darragh said it is heavy down the back straight. She's actually beaten a few mares there that would prefer that ground. We're delighted with that. We might look at something else for her. The end goal is probably to breed off her we're always looking at black-type. If the ground came up nice again we might even look at Cheltenham in November, there might be something there for her.

Slattery introduces smart debutant winner in Roscommon bumper

He's very nice. He's only about 80 percent fit, he was ready for a schooling bumper and we said we'd run him here today on a bit of nicer ground rather than run him around in a schooling bumper,. We think a good bit of him and think he could be a Leopardstown type of horse. There is a lot to come from that. He said he blew up turning in, we knew he'd do that but I just thought he had enough class to get him through today. We think he is a good horse and good horses will win anyway. Hopefully he keeps improving. He's a fine big stamp of a horse with a good pedigree. He's a nice horse going forward.