Going - Yielding changed after race 1 to Yielding, Yielding to Soft in places. Cloudy
Jackpot Pool - €1,120.30 Not Won. Carried forward to Sligo on Thursday 6th August. Placepot Pool - €23,648.63 Dividend - €54.70 Winning Units - 302.66. Days Aggregate - €123,048.97 Last Year €110,117.32
Taj Crown off the mark in Sligo Claimer
Thatwilldoso gains compensation for narrow Galway defeat
Lady Patrona sheds her maiden tag under Keithen Kennedy
Well-backed Hi Corbett Court lands nursery
He's a nice horse and did that well. He ran well the first day (at Navan) and my horses were out of sorts when he ran at Curragh. I didn't run any two-year-olds for a couple of weeks after that. Then he ran well over five (furlongs) in a well-contested race at Cork. We felt he fitted into this race nicely and he was better back up to six today. If I'm allowed, I'd like to run him in a 0-80 nursery at the Curragh on the 16th, but we'll see what the handicapper does. He's in the Goffs Million and the owners had a runner in it last year and enjoyed the whole experience, so I'd say that might be his ultimate target.
Pietropaolo excels with front running ride on Sand Art
Canon lays down the Law as Cleary doubles up
It's great to be here on an autumn evening in Sligo, under the shadow of Ben Bulben. I read Yeats' poetry for my Leaving Cert, and that wasn't today or yesterday!. We were a long time in the wilderness, either with horses who just lacked ability or were out of form, but they're really well at the moment. It's great for the lads in the yard, my owners and my wife Shirley. I said to her a couple of weeks ago that I thought I'd have four winners in a fortnight, and she told me to lie down and that she'd call the doctor. These owners are great, they have six horses with me. Three of them have now won, and I think the other three are capable of winning as well. This horse had been running well. It was a bit quick for him the last day at Cork and he appreciated the easier ground today.
Anightaway wins Sligo finale for Sean Davis
After he ran in Navan, he wasn't right and in fairness to my 'back man', Shane Rattigan (equine physio based in Athlone) he did a lot of work with him and got him right. We took our time with him and his work had been getting better and more consistent. There aren't many of these 0-6os over a mile and a half, and after he worked well last week and the rain arrived, we said we'd come here. I don't know much about the market support for him. I said to my partner Sinead this morning that I thought he'd run well, so maybe she was pressing a few buttons at home! . We'll enjoy this and look for something similar, he seems to stay well.
