Going - Good (Round), Good To Yielding (Straight). Overcast
Jackpot Pool - 5,989.59 Dividend - 748.70 Winning Units - 5.6. Placepot Pool - 23,858.82 Dividend - 8.50 Winning Units - 1948.3. Pick Six Pool - 10,000.00 Dividend - 1,272.70 Winning Units - 5.5. Days Aggregate - 306,333.00 Last Year 94,593.00
Mogul dominates from the front under Moore
He's a lovely horse, . Obviously he has a great pedigree and he's a big strong boy. He travelled and was very smooth through the whole race, I was very happy with him.
Cayenne Pepper is hot stuff for Harrington
It's always a bit frightening because she hadn't run since July,. We've been waiting for this and it's great that Jon and Sarah (Kelly) are over here as well. She did it the hard way. She stays great and she is so easy and straight-forward. She quickened twice, into the wind and everything, she was great. I was very nervous beforehand. I'll have to talk to Jon and Sarah now. She's in the Fillies Mile which is a possibility. They are all in everywhere because you never know when one could get sick or lame. You have to keep all the options open but she seems to go on any ground and she's very very straight-forward.
Favourite Fernandez takes Round Tower Stakes
Blairmayne gets up late to land spoils
He's done very well and we're all very pleased,. He was in good form and we were positive coming here. He was a bit unlucky the last time in Leopardstown when he didn't get any run and he did well today. He loves the Curragh and Shane gave him a brilliant ride, he knows him well. He's so tough and honest and always runs his best. It's great to have a horse like that in the yard.
Goddess claims Group 3 success in Snow Fairy
Weld and Slattery a profitable alliance
I think Andrew has ridden seven winners from 18 rides for me,. Of course he won the big handicap here on Guineas weekend on the same horse. Everything went to plan, he always travelled there nicely. He just didn't handle the track in Galway. We've no definite plans. We'll see how he comes out of the race before making a decision where we go with him. The seven-furlong handicap (Sovereign Path) in Leopardstown is probably the race for him. I think he showed enough pace there for it and that would be the logical place.
Two winners in two days for Paddy Harnett
I think he deserves it. He's been running well, knocking on the door, and has come up against a few decent horses,. He was a head off Ado McGuinness' horse, Current Option, in Cork and he's finished second in the Cambridgeshire tonight. We were hopeful of a big run and he won well in the end. Paddy rides very well. He ran me about six months ago looking for a ride but I didn't have one at the time and I said when it came available he was the man to get. Two winners in two days so he can't complain. I think this horse is okay, he should come on from that and hopefully win another one or two for us. I'll try and find a mile race for him, seven is probably even a little bit on the short side for him. There is one in Listowel, but it might go too soft for him there. He'll go on anything bar the extremes. We went down to Listowel last year and he couldn't handle it.
O'Connor goes the shortest way round on Shamad
I'm delighted with him and everything went smooth the whole way through,. We freshened him up a little bit. His last couple of runs were good and the horse that won the last race was behind him when he won in Gowran. He's just got his confidence and he's stepping up and improving, it was a good performance. I'm delighted for Fergal O'Neill of Direct Bloodstock who has a lot of horses in with us at the moment. Fingers crossed we might find something for him in Listowel. He has a handicap mark of 95 over hurdles. Derek gave him a great ride, he's a brilliant rider, and he plays a big part with Fergal because he does all his breakers and pre-trainers. As does James O'Haire, who had this horse and had him schooling over hurdles and everything for us.