Going - Heavy. Fine
Jackpot Pool - €1,514.00 Dividend - €1,059.80 Winning Units - .1. Partial Carry Over of €1,358.15 to Listowel on Wednesday 24th September. Placepot Pool - €19,903.27 Dividend - €2.30 Winning Units - 624.18. Days Aggregate - €166,823.60 Last Year €183,253.58
'His progeny have engines, minds and have everything' - Straight Up pays winning tribute to sire Wootton Bassett
The Blue Panther roars in for Nicola Burns and father Robbie at 10-1
I have the horse four months and the McNallys (owners) had been with me 15 years ago. With Nicola being on the scene now, they rang me and said they'd love to give me this fella to train and for Nicola to ride. He is a very honest horse and we decided not to change what seemed to work here previously (in June 2024), so repeated those front-running tactics. He broke well and has a touch more toe over this distance than I thought.
Dragon Of Malta makes it two wins in 24 hours at the Harvest Festival
'If ever a horse deserved to win a Listed race, it was him' - Cristal Clere takes feature
He is a horse we initially schooled over jumps, but dragged his back and then Seanie (Bowen, nephew and UK-based Flat jockey) was wanting a horse to ride at Dundalk, so we went on the Flat with him. For a horse we bought to go to Belharbour, he is alright and has been very lucky for us. If ever a horse deserved to win a Listed race, it was him as he had been knocking on the door and he also put Seanie on the map. He has given us great days. He got stuck in the ground here yesterday and just isn't as competitive with horses around him. He is like me as he likes to get things his own way!. We have had a lot of winners in Listowel over the years, when you could get money off bookmakers. It is a mighty track.
Limestone gritty in Listowel
'I don't have the firepower to win him the apprentice jockeys' championship' - Mulvany issues rallying cry for Joyce support
We normally ride him from the front and, once he got there today, he just kept quickening from the last bend home. Wesley knows him well and he is a good solid horse, so hopefully it is onwards and upwards now. Myself and Wesley have been lucky at all the festivals this year but, unfortunately, I don't have the firepower to win him the apprentice jockeys' championship. I'm hoping other trainers can give him a chance, as he has had his problems, but is back riding as well as ever and deserves it. He works full-time with us and drives over an hour to be in the yard before 8am every morning. He is a good rider, that's what he is, but definitely needs a bit of support.
