Going - Standard. Sunny
Jackpot Pool - €1,753.48 Dividend - €1,622.30 Winning Units - .88. Placepot Pool - €15,186.89 Dividend - €67.10 Winning Units - 158.37. Days Aggregate - €105,125.28 Last Year €88,631.70
Sheehy rides first winner since losing claim
she can be difficult leaving the parade ring and the last day in Naas, we had to get behind her like stalls handlers to get her to go out! . We purposely didn't ride her out onto the beach, we walked her out and she seemed to love it. I was pretty pleased with her whole attitude towards everything and she went straight out. She's a sprinter, likes to go forward and we kept it simple. I have this ongoing battle every year that the horses run at Laytown off our grass marks, as opposed to our all-weather marks. Her all-weather mark is 63 but is running off 70, although on the other side if she was running off 63 she wouldn't have got into the race. It is swings and roundabouts. it's great for Mikey (Sheehy) and I'm sure he will do very well but to get that first one after losing the claim is important as it can be a mental thing. These colours mean a lot to me - they were my father-in-law's colours and my wife has taken them over.
O'Sullivan's Laytown plan comes together
the plan after she won in Cork was to go for this race. It was six or seven weeks away but we didn't bother getting a race in between.
Bringsty bought back following claimer success
it was the most obvious plan in the world to come here and he enjoyed it. I told Siobhan to keep him wide the whole way, as I don't think he likes being crowded. It was a minimum trip for him, he warmed into it and enjoyed passing horses. He enjoyed not being bumped and hassled around the place. he has a funny head carriage but she said he was genuine to the line. He had a lot of form and there have been a lot of issues so he's not going back up to what he was, but you could see his ability.
Hayes completes full set of racecourse wins
it was nice to do and I got plenty of advice on how to ride the track from Kevin Prendergast and the boss (Weld). I thought he had his chance, the boss has sweetened him up and has done a few things differently with him. We thought Laytown would spark a him into life, he probably wants to go a little bit further but he toughed it out well. They went quick and then steadied so I had to make a move after going two furlongs to get up behind the two leaders. I thought I was going to win a little better than I did but Colin's (Keane, on Yester) pulled out more so it was nice to get it.
Handicapping appellant wins at Laytown
he's a good horse and he was well down on the grass ratings. He's back to form and he likes good ground.
