Going - Good. Fine
Jackpot Pool - 197.29 Not Won. Carried forward to Cork on Friday 25th July. Placepot Pool - 14,023.48 Dividend - 897.90 Winning Units - 10.96. Days Aggregate - 96,701.46 Last Year 81,652.78
Claude strong at the finish in Wexford
Tequila Talkin' delights Nolan at Wexford
She ran well the last day after a long break after an injury. We thought on her work at home that she had improved a nice bit. We gave her a nice bit of a break again to maybe eradicate the bounce factor. We thought that was gone out of her anyway because she worked well a couple of times since. Obviously, when we saw Willie Mullins with an odds-on favourite (Mummy Derry) we thought there might be easier options, but the ground is lovely and safe and I'm glad she won.
Hey Babbs provides Caoimhe O'Brien with breakthrough win
Small Town Hero great value for Kilkenny Racing Syndicate
He won a four-year-old maiden point-to-point and, while maybe he could have had issues, we took a punt with him. He wasn't cheap - he was £7,000 and, for a horse rated what he was, it was dear enough. I was there the day he won his point-to-point and he was like that, very tough. We said we'd take a chance on him and it worked out, thank God. We had a list going to Doncaster for the lads and this is their first ever horse. Dean is in charge of the syndicate and he saw an Instagram story of mine and then asked me for my number and rang me and said he wouldn't mind getting a horse. He gave me a budget and they were loyal now because I couldn't find anything for two or three months. We got this lad eventually and he is two from two for them now. We will hopefully give him a break now. I think on winter ground he might be a bit better. He is probably the slowest horse we have, but he is honest and tries and it means an awful lot. I know from the point-to-point game with four-year-olds who'd be working all over him, but then they'd pull up. He has heart, though, and tries hard. Conor was good on him and I was happy that it was Sean O'Keeffe alongside him (on Close Enough) and not some young lad getting run away with. I know Sean is very good and Conor is very good. They set their fractions well and they finished one, two. I was surprised that the boys left them off so far.
Tackletommywoowoo off the mark in Wexford
We had a few quid on him in Listowel and it went right there bar getting beaten by half-a-length. I panicked a little bit then and ran him back at Kilbeggan, but it was only 10-days later. I gave him a week in the field and it was patch-up job then and I thought he would get away with it. I just said to the boys after that to give me a chance and give him a week in the field and then get him a ready for a month. I picked out this race and, thankfully, he got into it and he is probably a little bit better going left-handed. He is a grand horse and there is a possibility that he might be entered for the Sunday at Galway, but again it's quick to be running back and it's not ideal.
Enright brings up his brace on veteran Dontdooddson
Governors Rock progresses on second start in Wexford