Going - Good to Firm. Overcast
Jackpot Pool - €22,742.86 Dividend - €8,474.00 Winning Units - 1.88. Placepot Pool - €36,871.53 Dividend - €5,268.30 Winning Units - 4.91. Days Aggregate - €401,962.42 Last Year €270,386.56
La Tache Gets Off the Mark for Keane
He's slow out of the gates. Colin says he's never going to be any other way. That's who he is. We even bounced him, which I'd never do at home, since his last run. He's just so laid back. He's not a five-furlong horse. He's going to be a grand horse for Philip and Norma Richards. Another horse Keri has bought for them, so another sprinter to look forward to. It's just taken a while for the penny to drop with him. I'm delighted with the filly (Southern Boulevard, third), she's after running a blinder. She ran away with Gary going to the start in Naas, so we put a different bit on her and we put earplugs in her. I'm gobsmacked to see that she did what she did and stayed going. She's going to develop into a nice horse, that filly.
Star Performer Makes Impressive Debut
She came from the breeze-ups. She did a satisfactory trial last month and we thought she'd run a nice race here on debut. It probably set up well for her. The thought would be that we'd go for probably smaller steps for now, rather than aggressive steps. She's a daughter of Sea The Stars and you'd have to like the way she won today.
Shi Yang Springs 50/1 Shock at the Curragh
Power Blue powers to Minstrel success
Kirkland Sioux goes back-to-back
She's progressing and gets the mile well. Very happy to win another one with her. How deep the race was, it's hard to know, but she had a nice light weight on her back. There might be something for her in Galway.
Melbourne an option for Trustyourinstinct
I Ready edges out nursery success
Tokyo Tower shows resolution to land Curragh finale
He was plenty raw the last day. Oisin Murphy rode him and he really liked him. This horse has improved an awful lot from that run and the step up in trip. There was only one place we were coming after the last day he ran here. We've never hid the regard we held him in. Billy always liked him. He's ridden him plenty of work and he had been doing everything right and we were very confident coming here. A big thanks to Donnchadh. It's great to be coming to these meetings. We were lucky enough to win the two-year-old race at the last of the season at the Curragh. We had a winner Derby weekend and to have another on Oaks weekend is special.
