Going - Good (good to firm places on round course). Overcast
Jackpot Pool - 3,868.92 Dividend - 1,438.90 Winning Units - 1.89. Placepot Pool - 18,880.08 Dividend - 162.80 Winning Units - 81.23. Days Aggregate - 237,017.80 (8 races). Last Year 205,256.43 (7 races).
Green Sense has Ascot ambitions after debut win
No catching No Return as Keane blazes Curragh trail
We ran him last Sunday in Cork but he didn’t travel well in the lorry, he got very keyed up and sweaty,. We left him in the paddock for the week and I only train a mile from the track here. He put back on the weight that he lost. It’s great to win.
Stop steps forward to open account
Cuban Grey takes golden highway to record fifth career success
That’s lovely, to come to the Curragh and win one of these races. We’d be content to compete alone. He’s a fine wee horse and that’s his third win for me. He has strengthened up a bit and hopefully he’s not finished yet. His form is rock solid and we’re lucky to have him, let’s see how far he can go. We won’t be as hard on him as we were last year. He picked up an injury last year and was off for a while before coming back and winning at Dundalk. That’s Rory’s third winner for me. He’s a great lad and comes up and does a bit of riding at Dundalk for us.
One Look wins Park Express Stakes for Lee and Twomey
I was hoping that she’d do something like that,. I told the lads last November that we’d aim for the Park Express. I looked for it in the calendar on the first day and it was missing! They moved it and it probably suited us. She’s a filly that didn’t blossom at the start of last year and we gave her a chance, then she did well in the Autumn. We decided when she was second in Gowran the last day not to race on at that stage with this year in mind. It’s great that the owners have been patient with me. She’s tough and I think a mile is the minimum for now. Ten furlongs will be well within her compass. She’ll have an entry in the Lanwades Stakes. She’s a Group winner now and we’ll try and go as far up the ladder as we can for the rest of the year. We’ll take our time. The ability was never in question it was just last spring she wasn’t ready to do what the world expected her to do. She’ll probably prove yet that she is that kind of filly.
Smart strikes for Bolger
O'Brien and McMonagle double up as Galen wins Alleged Stakes
D'or opens for Grassick's Gazelle in Curragh finale
She likes a tight finish!. I don’t like running three-year-olds against older horses so early in the season but she was a hardened two-year-old, with plenty of runs, and I thought it was worth a shot with the 12lb and Jack’s 5lb. She’s a gas one, she got there easy and then she doesn’t do too much when she hits the front. Hopefully she’s open to improvement. We’ll probably find a similar type of race and then see how far she can improve. We don’t have too many, we only have 13 riding out, so it’s nice to get one on the board and especially at the Curragh.