Going - Yielding. Yielding, good to yielding in places
Jackpot Pool - €5,248.40 Dividend - €1,529.40 Winning Units - 2.41. Placepot Pool - €19,320.00 Dividend - €27.20 Winning Units - 497.05.
Lets Go Champ left clear to get off mark in Tipperary
Castle Field Boy finds for Torrens
He was tough and Simon was very strong on him. It wasn't an ideal way of riding him by making all, but we wanted to make sure it was a test as 2m4f is as short as he wants it on that ground. He was pretty backwards in a lot of ways and is a typical Scorpion and can be a little bit hot, but has learned and improved from race to race. This is a bonus and he'll go off on holidays now and come back chasing next season. I'm hoping there will more to come from him but, if he does, it will be over fences.
Jack Holiday has options after winning over hurdles
He is handicapped well over hurdles and at Tramore (on Sunday) things didn't happen for him as the ground was too tacky. He wants good ground and is the type of horse who you could run again tomorrow. He isn't big, but jumps fences really well and this gives him more options over hurdles. We'll mix away between hurdles and fences during the summer.
Two 'courses' and two wins for connections of The Banger Doyle
He is named a friend of mine who 'slipped' all the greyhounds at the coursing in Clonmel and was a great character. I had many's a good night with him and when he passed away a couple of years ago, I asked his wife could I call a horse after him. I love naming my horses after characters I've met and my winner yesterday Pat Coyne (at Tramore) is named after a man from Galway. The Banger Doyle was a very promising bumper horse and this is his game. That win now gives us options on good ground for the summer and we'll potter around with him in novice chases for the summer. He was bold and brave to jump but it wasn't good for the heart over the last two.
Solness secures consecutive chase wins
Positive Thinker makes the breakthrough
Four Clean Aces shades a thrilling mares' bumper
She isn't very big, but has a lovely pedigree and has a big heart. The trip probably stretched her on her first run and she has plenty gears, so we might drop her back in trip now. We'll have a talk about running in a winners' bumper and her pedigree would suggest she could win a Flat maiden. She has plenty options for the summer and her homework would say she is better than the bare result there. The syndicate is one James Fenton (of Blue Bloods Racing) organised.
