Via Rosa on right path in Sligo

She jumps and she gallops. John and Kevin (Power) have been very good to me since I started training and it's great to get that winner for them. They bred her so it's important to get the winning bracket for her. She had some good runs in bumpers and was probably a bit unlucky not to win one, but she got the job done today, thank God.

Faron stays on well to score under Slevin

Just Jacob on a roll for Cromwell

Red Striker scores for McNamara

Cromwell doubles up with Magheralin Mick

Building Bridges in no mood to compromise

He made the running at Downpatrick so that was the plan again. He enjoys it out in front. I stretched them a bit and then let him get a breather and he’s done it well. I got it handy enough early on. He tends to go a bit left under pressure but he finds plenty. He’s been in good form all season. We might give him another run or put him away for a break. We’ll see how he is in a couple of days.

No bounce factor for Cash The Cheque

I had a runner on the Flat here yesterday and when all the rain came I was in two minds whether to run her but it dried out really well today, thank God. She’d probably want even better ground but she’s good, well above average. She’s come on with every run. We probably got it wrong the first day in Down Royal. We had no hood on her and she just got a wee bit keen and got bumped. Last time (second at Cork) we probably rode her a little bit wrong. She was too far back and made up a lot of ground at the wrong time of the race, but I was very impressed with how she finished out her race and she bumped into a very good horse of John McConnell’s. Today we said we’d do things different and we’d let them worry about us instead of us worrying about them. She’s a little bit more mature now and Aine gave her a superb ride. She might go for a winners’ bumper and, during the winter, might go across the water for a bit of better ground.