Timandi gets off the mark in Tramore opener

Colgan Galvinises Lee's front-runner

The owners ( (Back On Track Syndicate) are great and had a winner with me here when I last had a winner, which must have been forty years ago! They are local and there are two guys who are in England, so unfortunately they didn't get to see him. Things didn't go for him the last day in Dundalk when he pulled a muscle but prior to that he had been running very consistently. We got the measure of him afterwards and he is a horse who takes no fitness- work. I thought he'd run a big race and nothing took him on, so he got a freebie. They probably thought he'd crash, but this horse doesn't do that. Robbie gave him one of those old, canny rides. Now that he has won, we'll stay on the Flat but he has schooled over hurdles and was bought to do both jobs.

Keane bests Lee in top jockeys' clash

She is a great fun mare who brings her owners to all these places and is dual-purpose, so she can go back over hurdles as well, when the rain comes. I'd imagine Galway will be next for another Flat race, as she hasn't enough experience for a handicap hurdle yet. . Colin is class, and knows what he is doing all the time. The syndicate are all from nearby in Thomastown, so they're out in force.

Churchwarden leaves them for dead

It is a real local winner and it's great to see Robert Dooly leading him in. There are people involved from all over the country in Pimlico Racing, but plenty from Waterford and Tramore and this horse was bought specifically to win this race. Pimlico are great supporters of ours and the game, and they do a really good job. Nathaniel Barnett and Tom Raine bought him, and sent him to us to have a go. After his previous run in Clonmel, I thought we would struggle, so I am delighted for everyone and Gary (Carroll) gave him a super spin. The (first-time) blinkers had the desired effect and he is a lovely horse who also jumps well.

Forlio gives Keane a brace of winners

Colgan completes 860/1 double

Myself and my son Michael )owner) saw him run in a claiming race here (in April 2025) but left him alone, although came back for him the following month when we bought him for €4,000. Good ground is the key to him and he is a revelation at Dundalk. He needs that two-mile distance and Robbie (Colgan) said he could have gone around again today. He is a very genuine horse. My son Michael, who rides out for Joseph O'Brien and recently finished his college degree, won on him at Dundalk last winter and we manage both this horse and (stablemate) Hero Of The Hour between the family.

Bynx adds a Flat win to her tally

When I sold her to the boys (BTF Racing Club), I said we'd win a Flat race and a hurdle race and we also managed a chase in the middle, so now I have the triple crown!. She won a good hurdle race on bottomless ground here one New Year's Daym and is a great little mare. She loves it down here and both Paddy (Harnett) and I needed that winner. He gave her a peach of a ride. Fair play to Jamie Bergin, who is the head of the syndicate, as keeping 20 lads happy is never easy and he had been getting stick for her not winning on the Flat. The lads are all training for Drom & Inch (Tipperary) tonight and there's a match Friday night, so I said the hurling comes first. They are all good hurling men but other than that, they'd all be here.