Going - Soft. Showery
Jackpot Pool - €476.66 Dividend - €73.40 Winning Units - 4.54. Placepot Pool - €21,578.32 Dividend - €62.60 Winning Units - 241.13. Days Aggregate - €129,930.32 Last Year €140,437.89
McCreery unearths another treasure
she had been a bit keen at home so the whole thing was trying to settle her but that was a bit of a waste of time today! Nathan (Crosse) was good on her and she loved that ground. This year I'm trying to find my way with her and next year will be her year. she's a half-sister to Loveday and my wife Amanda bred her. It is a great family and every one of them has won and Loveday was second in two Listed races and third in a Listed race last year as a two-year-old. I'm delighted to get another win for the family and Amanda has a yearling filly, a half-sister by Bungle Inthejungle and a colt foal by Bungle Inthejungle. She's the first of the family that I thought might get six (furlongs) being by Gregorian but I'm trying to get her to stay five! She's just doing too much early on.
Easy win for Mile End
that 12lbs was a fair hike for any two-year-old, but she is getting it together and since the blinkers went on she has sharpened up.
King collects with Conversant
Lynam's Rough Diamond good to follow in Navan
He's not premier handicaps - when he drops a bit, I think he is better. It is good to get it and Trevor (Dalzell, owner) is with me yonks so it is nice to get winners for him. He's out of a mare (Good To Follow) that has had four foals with us now - the first one won three, the second one, Tide Of Time who was second in this last year, won eight and we have retired him. This one has won three anyway I'd say and Gobi Star fell in in the north (Down Royal) the other day. The mare has been good to me. It's the Slade Power family. No (he hasn't matured at all), he is the type of fella if you're on the last bus he is the type you meet!
Third time lucky for Salt Lake City
Murtagh double moves trainer to best total
that's our best ever year - 42 winners. The last couple of weeks we were getting close, so I was hoping that we would do it. this filly had a few little niggles through the year. She did well in Galway and got a big penalty (11lbs) and I was going to claim off her, but it is all about black-type with Ballylinch (Stud, owners) and if she was going to be a black-type filly, she had to come and do it today off 84. She has just won but probably deserves a shot at black-type. There's not much left although there are fillies' races in Naas and Leopardstown. She likes soft ground and probably wants a mile and a quarter. I'm delighted to win two races with her this year. Ben is great and is a great lad.
Heffernan's handicap winner has hurdling hopes
it wasn't looking good two furlongs out but she stayed on very well. I'm not sure yet whether we'll keep her on the go or not, I'll have a chat with the doctor (owner/breeder Andrew Heffernan) and see what we'll do. She didn't have an overly hard summer but she's after having two quick enough runs now. We haven't schooled her yet but could go hurdling with her - that was 1m2f with cut in the ground, so she has a chance of getting the trip.
Brave Troop wins Navan's finale
the change of scenery helped I suppose and Rory (Cleary, winning jockey) said he was run off his feet early, was pulling too hard and then settled him in. He was doing enough in front, he just pricked his ears and Rory said he had loads left. We'll find a race quick enough for him while he is fresh and well and he's a nice horse to go forward with. That ground really helped and 1m2f suited. we came up early today and got him to the start early with the red hood on. Lorraine does a lot of work with him at home and it is a good team effort to get him where we got him today. He has been working well and has been out in the paddock in an unstressed environment as much as we can.
