Going - Good, Good to Yielding in places. Dry
Jackpot Pool - €363.80 Not Won. Carried forward to Bellewstown on Tuesday 29th August. Placepot Pool - €11,891.29 Dividend - €173.80 Winning Units - 68.42. Days Aggregate - €79,731.16 Last Year €112,910.92
Dubeyeracingcraic makes virtually all in Downpatrick opener
Anyway lands significant gamble for Budds
It was a lovely performance. I'm very grateful to Ken for picking up the spare ride. He thought he had learned a lot. If you look at his last couple of runs in Punchestown and Wexford, the penny was slowly dropping with him. I just had to keep him up to his work today, he was still green and lugging around a bit. When he got the daylight, the loose horse helped me up the hill. He won nicely and hopefully he will improve again. It was great to get his head in front and hopefully they will have plenty of fun with him. He done it well. He is just a very green horse and Mike even said it there, he still loads to learn. He woke up after the last day a bit and had done a few good pieces of work. My auld fella will be happy anyway. I had to back him, as I get no training fees! I have to get money somewhere!. With the two meetings today, we entered him in a good few races and felt we had a right chance. As he was in such good form, we felt we had to go with him.
Reverend Hubert brings up double for Byrnes'
He loves jumping, jumping is the secret to him. He's a horse that doesn't do a stroke at home. The hurdles just set him alight, he absolutely loves it. Good ground, he wouldn't be one for the winter. Two and a-half plus and he will stay three miles. I'd say that's why Richard Hannon sold him in the first place, he was gone a bit sick of the Flat. Next year, definitely (go on the Flat), but this year I'd like to keep him going over hurdles as he is enjoying it so much. We might have a look at something in England, the October meeting in Cheltenham could be a possibility. We like to travel with the horses. A good day.
Paidi's Passion another for Gainford
Grozni completes treble for Charles & Philip Byrnes
Padraic's Choice dominates off the front
He's a very good jumper and he got his own way and, if he didn't get his own way, it wouldn't have been the same result. He just needs to get his own way. He loves the good ground. I'm after keeping him for good ground for the whole year for a bit of nice ground. He will probably come back here in October if we get good ground again. It wasn't a great race, but we will take it. It is great even to win a bad race!
Blaze completes another double for Gainford
