Going - Straight: Good To Yielding Round: Good; Changed to Yielding-Soft (Str) & Yielding (Round) after 1st race. Heavy rain
Jackpot Pool - €10,139.74 Dividend - €373.50 Winning Units - 19. Placepot Pool - €37,377.58 Dividend - €737.00 Winning Units - 35.5. Pick Six Pool - €11,754.00 Not Won. Carried forward to Curragh on Sunday 28th May. Days Aggregate - €333,235.00 Last Year €535,428.00
Gasta takes the opener at the Curragh
She was a bit green but got the job done. I hope there is plenty of improvement in her, and two winners I had in this race before went on to win Group 1’s. The Albany is an option for her at Ascot.
Jewel rattles home in sprint handicap
He seems to love it here and likes a straight track. When I heard the rain was coming I was delighted. He’s been a good servant and gave me my first winner here last year and has been placed a few times. He’ll probably come back here at the Derby weekend.
Bear stakes Coventry claim in Marble Hill
That was fantastic as I was very worried about the ground. It was good to firm at Leopardstown and he skipped across it but today it was the complete opposite. He learned from his first run as he was quick out of the stalls today. He rolled around a bit on the ground in front. The Coventry Stakes is more than likely where he’ll go if all is alright but he has to step up again.
Veteran Gordon Lord Byron upsets the odds
He doesn’t relish that ground any longer but Chris was brave and said he’d ride him up there as nothing was going to come from behind here today on that ground. He went through it thank God but he’s a good actioned horse. He’s tough and he’s genuine. That’s his 16th win and I’d like to get to 20! He’s back up there close to the level when he won the Minstrel last year, and that’s a race he’s likely to go for again. It’s a privilege to have him and his owners. He’s a very special horse. He’ll be up in the invitation area now for races abroad again but he’s a horse that has always needed a lot of attention to keep him right. My head man Paddy O’Brien who led him up today takes care of him all the time. He gets a mile well so seeing the trip out today was going to be no problem to him but it’s nice to win over six furlongs as well.
Churchill completes Guineas double in style
Creggs Pipes gives Slattery first Group 2 win
She was in season yesterday morning but Evan Arkwright (Commercial Manager at the Curragh) rang me just before 10am to say there was only four in the race and we said we’d take our chance. Everything was in her favour today with the ground and the trip. That is my biggest winner, and we’ll go to Royal Ascot now for the Duke Of Cambridge.
Glamorous completes double for connections
She seems to be back to herself now. We’ll see how the handicapper treats her for Ascot.
