Going - Good To Firm. Fine
Jackpot Pool - €20,620.93 Dividend - €343.60 Winning Units - 42. Placepot Pool - €22,760.17 Dividend - €200.90 Winning Units - 79.27. Days Aggregate - €166,183.00 Last Year €213,261.00
Copia Verborum writes a 33/1 script in the Curragh
I was a bit surprised that Kevin didn’t go for him initially. He’d been working nicely but I suppose he was swayed by the experience of the other fella. He came home strongly, and will be able to step up (in class). He’s got an interesting pedigree and comes from the family of Turret Rocks and Goldikova.
Dom Carlos a ready winner for O'Briens
He’s stepped up plenty with each run. We always liked him and he was fairly impressive. He’s got plenty of pace. He wears the blinkers as he’s a bit lairy but he’s not ungenuine. He’s just a bit lazy and a slow learner so we stick them on him. It was quite a good race as the second, third and fourth are all winners and he’s won by four lengths.
Soffia provides Lynam with welcome success
It’s nice to get a winner for those colours. Lady O’Reilly has been with me for a long, long time. She goes well and she had a bit of form in the book. I don’t know how strong a race it was but she did it well and it’s a nice start to the year for her. I’ve had very few Kyllachy’s and I don’t know why because the best horse I ever had (Sole Power) was by him. They say they want cut but the ones I’ve had don’t seem to. She handled that fine. She’s from a good family, and was bought as a foal by my daughter. I think she was the first foal she ever bought, and I loved her so much I ended up buying her with Chryss. Chryss loved the family so we bought her as a yearling.
Curragh winner Blue Uluru 'could be anything'
Could it have gone any more wrong and she still won. They don’t have the pace to lead her and I said (to Colin) would you not let her go on but he said no as you see when she gets to the front that she wanders around. Pure talent got her home. She’s a nice filly and she’s after winning in spite of everything and it’s the next step on where we want to go. Once the handicapper finishes us off then we’ll concentrate.
O'Brien and Heffernan at double with Remmy D
He's progressing with racing and Seamie gave him a lovely ride. He got it nice and easy up in front and he got up to the line well. We put blinkers on him one day and they didn't seem to help but the cheekpieces suit him well.
Red-hot O'Brien seals four on evening through Tissiak
It's been a great evening, and we thought she was probably our best chance. She is a beautiful filly and had two very good runs. She has a fantastic pedigree, and will probably step up to a Stakes race now. She is in the Irish Oaks and we will probably work back from there now. Donnacha said he was going so easy that he thought it was going to turn into a sprint and he put her in gear. All of a sudden she took off on him and he had to stay going. I don't think he's ridden her before so he'll know her now for the next day.
