Going - Soft to Heavy CHANGED to Heavy after 3rd race. Raining
Jackpot Pool - €650.11 Not Won. Carried forward to Dundalk on Wednesday 29th October. Placepot Pool - €14,600.24 Dividend - €124.90 Winning Units - 81.86. Days Aggregate - €192,401.46 Last Year €197,748.40
Blinkered Ballydoyle debutant lands Galway opener
Ribee notches another win for in-form Mulvany
He is a fine big, strong horse who loves those conditions. He is a good horse and I had a lot of faith in him, so he is now proving himself. . He's gone now for the year and we might have a look at the Lincoln next March, as he would be ideally suited by soft ground conditions. His owners have a yearling half-brother going to the sales next month so these wins won't do that horse any harm.
Whelan's mount a different Proposition on second start
Keogh's Down The Glen claims his maiden win
Never Loose strikes for Stack & Sheridan
Perry Mason registers consecutive wins
I had runners in Newcastle the day this horse won at the Curragh last week and this is great. I loved the look of him at the sales, where he was a cheap horse (3,500gns) and he has rewarded us now. He had a good run in a maiden last year, is a lovely stamp of a horse and has schooled over hurdles. Soft ground is key and he’ll go jumping now. I’m based two minutes from the point-to-point field in Dromahane (Cork) and was training in pony racing all my life. Previously I had been in RACE and rode as an amateur too. I’m lucky with the owners I have and I’m looking to get some backing now. I got my licence in July and trained 400 winners in pony racing, including a Dingle Derby win. We have a yard built at home, have a Wexford sand gallop and there are plenty of gallops around me.
Slurricane completes Galway double for Ross O'Sullivan
We were disappointed with him in Listowel (seventh in the Lartigue Hurdle) as I thought he'd nearly win but he got in behind horses and didn't enjoy it. Katie (his wife) had ridden him in a bit of work before Listowel and he galloped really well so his run was a bit of a head-scratcher. We talked about it and she was adamant that Shane should give him room on the outside today. He has loads of ability and the softer ground helped.
Fahy's dual-purpose mare at the top of her game
Trevor Hennessy got to know my nephew Alan Fahy through working in construction some time ago and the Hennessys are top of the range guys. If I was broken down in Carlow, they'd come from Sligo to help. They are only ten miles away from the track in Sligo so to win there on Friday with this mare was great, and now they have a win in Galway. I couldn't have dreamt for a better result.
