Going - Good, good to yielding in places. Overcast
Jackpot Pool - €625.02 Not Won. Carried forward to Listowel on Sunday 1st June. Placepot Pool - €18,783.52 Dividend - €113.50 Winning Units - 115.8. Days Aggregate - €171,666.36 Last Year €116,196.24
Elliott’s Eagle flies in Listowel’s opener
'Team Byrnes' come out swinging with Sonnyboyliston
he had schooled very well and jumped very well today. His owner (Patrick M O’Shea) is from Dublin-side and the reason I got him is he had leg trouble, I wouldn’t have him otherwise. I have him a good while but have been nursing him along. We’ve no big expectations and, as long as he stays sound, hopefully can keep progressing. Only for the course putting on the water yesterday, he wouldn’t have been running.
Sticktotheplan finally comes good
O'Sullivan has the key to Getaway
Flavin's Bank Holiday weekend getting better and better
He missed the second-last but Donagh (Meyler) thought that he was going to get back up,. We paid a good few quid (55,000gns) for him out of Andrew Balding's and he took time to come right. He is tough and hardy now, stuck his head out and it was a nice pot to win. He was the first Kingman to win over fences, at Wexford last year. I've no real plan next, as today had been the plan.
Madam finally gets her day in the sun
She is a little bit hot so we said we'd take our time and give her plenty of light. She jumped very well, battled on well and everything went to plan,. In two of her previous best runs she was ridden cold and she finished strong, so it suited that they went a good gallop.
Listowel action closed out stylishly by Samba
She came on a nice bit from Cork, has been training well at home and Aine got the fractions right today,. I'll talk to the owner to see if he wants to stay going for the summer or not but she jumps well and is an exciting animal. Her ears were pricked all the way along today. That's our first winner for Sir Francis Brooke, who lives locally and is the King's representative in Royal Ascot. He was off on his holidays during the week and came all the way to Listowel to see her run, so this is great.
