Going - Good, good to firm in places. Fine
Jackpot Pool - €1,036.66 Dividend - €486.10 Winning Units - .67. Partial Carry Over of €342.23 to Fairyhouse on Friday 9th June. Placepot Pool - €25,961.14 Dividend - €101.50 Winning Units - 178.9. Days Aggregate - €183,596.17 Last Year €131,915.49
Buttons drops her head on the line to score
We're delighted with her. We rushed her a little bit to get her out because we thought she could be a Chesham filly, but Ryan just said she's too babyish for that. We'll just pull back and give her a bit of time before we go again. Ryan said even though she's by Kingman, she will stay and seven would be her minimum. She was green turning and everything. She's a very well-bred filly. Wayne's filly (Lordan on Content) finished very strong and she's a well-bred filly as well.
Hightimeyouwon knows where the winning post is
He gave him a good ride. He looks like a big three-mile chaser, but he wants it like the road. If he gets a smell of soft ground at all, he doesn't seem to act on it. He was good around Dundalk, but he was quite disappointing a few times on soft ground. He had come down a few pounds but not that much. Adam gave him plenty of room, he doesn't like being crowded either. He pulled him wide and he stayed at it well, galloped home well. Adam is down to 5lb now, but he's still good value. We'll try and find something else and rattle on with him. It's his second win since we got him so the boys are delighted. He had very good form years ago in premier handicaps and if, he wins again, he could sneak into one of them again. I'm sure we'll find something for him in Galway, it might not suit if it's slow ground.
Moon De Vega moving through grades for Twomey
She's a nice filly to have. She won her winners' race and now she's after winning her Listed race,. I thought initially that nine furlongs might be a bit sharp for her, but she did it well in Gowran over nine-and-a-half and Billy said there that she's very comfortable at that distance. I'd say she'll go for the (Group 2) Kilboy Stakes on Oaks weekend, it is nine furlongs and a Group 3. That would be the logical next step. We haven't been hard on her at home, so hopefully she can keep improving. I said to Billy, being by Lope De Vega, would she be okay on the ground but it was good enough in Gowran and he thought she handled it well. Her form last year was good. She had a troubled passage in Chester behind Thoughts Of June and Above The Curve, when they got away on her, and she ran well enough in the Hoppings Stakes at Newcastle after the Epsom Oaks.
Coeur D'or in dominant form
He got an easy lead, they went no pace. They cantered along in front, he gave him a kick and sprinted home. It worked out well and Chris gave him a super ride. He ran a very good race at the Curragh last time and went up 4lb for getting beat half a length. The Nasrullah Handicap back here next month would be a smashing race for him, but we'll see what happens.
O'Brien and Moore double up with Tower Of London
We're delighted he won but we didn't learn a lot as it was a very slow pace,. We know that he can quicken, he did that as a two-year-old. There are a couple of races in Ascot, he could go either a mile-and-a-quarter or a mile-and-a-half. He might be a horse that likes to take his time and not be produced until late, Ryan gave him a perfect ride because they were going so slow he had to go. He ran bad in the Derby trial and that was probably the ground and he was a bit keen behind Auguste Rodin here last year. Looking at him he's probably a mile-and-a-quarter plus horse who wants plenty of pace on in front of him and to take your time. I'd say that's him.
Fowler saddles first Flat winner with Agenda
That's brilliant, it's my first Flat winner. She's really tough. The last day definitely brought her on a bit, she just needed to get back in the zone. 7lb off her back definitely helped and it all worked. He rode a great race, got it dead on. She toughed it out, she does stay — that's her forte. She's in foal to Maxios and she's got until the end of July to run. . We were talking about putting her over hurdles but I don't know, we'll talk to the owners and see. Today is really great and I'm delighted to have my first Flat winner.
Horgan kicks off front on Parana Delta
I thought Hugh gave her a great ride. He went and controlled the race from the front, we hadn't intended on doing that but he noticed that the pace was slow and went and used his initiative. The filly is very genuine and she loved the quick ground on the grass today, it's her first time getting those conditions and she's thrived on it. The cheekpieces helped her get a better position as she has been a bit sluggish early in her races. She'll go for another three-year-old handicap somewhere over that trip.
