Emotional win for McEntee with Putin

My Dad is from Julianstown, just a couple of miles from here, and is buried three miles away,. I haven't been over for a few years, and it's been top of my tick list to do, but it costs a few quid to to bring a couple of horses here. Steve (Jakes, winning owner) and me talked about it last year but it didn't happen as Putin was rated too lowly, and Swiss Cross was too high. This is emotional as I spent every summer here as a child, running up the beach pretending to be a jockey. I also rode here for Dad back in 1985. This is probably one of my favourite winners of all time. This is the horses 21st run of the year, and he's had surgery on his knees. I wanted to go for the claimer, but Steve talked me out of it. He was really coming as a companion for Swiss Cross. He's nicknamed War Horse as he runs every week.

Rogers adds Laytown to his winning haul

I have her two months (previously with Jane Foley) and she had good form before I got her,.

Bussa delights Butterly and Geoghegan

He's a grand little horse and I had this race picked out for a long time, as I train him on a beach,. He has two separate ways of running. What he does on the beach, and what he does on the track. We took a chance that he would do what we know he can do. Chris gave him a peach of a ride. I told him to get cover all the way and let him see daylight late on. It all worked out nicely.

Pakidis & Corby get 1st Laytown winners

We've had a hard time with him, but knew he had ability and good pace for that kind of race,. He's had little problems with injuries and a virus but now he's in good shape and I expect lots more. He could go for something else over seven furlongs and he likes soft ground.

47/1 Laytown brace for Pakidis and McCann