Going - Yielding, Good in Places. Overcast
Jackpot Pool - €3,057.54 Not Won. Carried forward to Roscommon on Monday 4th September. Placepot Pool - €20,875.91 Dividend - €3,805.50 Winning Units - 3.84. Pick Six Pool - €207,123.00 Dividend - €72,493.00 Winning Units - 2. Days Aggregate - €240,992.00 (8 races). Last Year €117,728.00 (7 races).
Cheap buy Powersville makes her mark
She has learned as she went along in her races. I’ll try to get some black type with her and could look at the Blenheim Stakes. She only cost 2,500 so she owes us nothing now, .
Cross proves his class
Doonard Prince is in seventh heaven
Blue bounces back to land nice pot
She did what we thought she would do and is a filly that we like,. One of the owners, Amy Vaughan King, flew in from Texas for the day to see her run at the Curragh the last day. The ground was wrong but we let her run. On another day we probably would have withdrawn her but she learned plenty from it and got her mark. The other owner is Nicky Varney who is based in New York. The aim is to go black type as she is owner bred but she just has to learn to switch off a tad more. She is just too honest. Hopefully she will be a lovely filly next year. She will probably go for the Blenheim Stakes.
Lucca scores again for Fahey & Whelan
Ronan thought the last day he got trapped in a little bit and he was still competitive off his mark. He gave him a great ride to win it. At places in the race we thought we were going nowhere but he stuck it out well. He’s a good old battler and he stuck his head out all the way to the line. We will probably bring him to Listowel for a 50-80 handicap over a mile and a half if the ground is anyway in his favour. The easy side of good seems to really suit him.
Expensive filly strikes Gold on debut
It’s always nice to win with a filly as well-bred as she is. She has been working well but we’ve had a few little hiccups along the way,. She was a bit weak last year so we didn’t run her, and a few times we had her ready to run this year and she had small little problems, nothing serious. She was declared to run a few times and she got rained off one day. She doesn’t want soft ground but she handled that well today so she might handle a little ease in it.
Smullen shines as Indian swoops
She was drawn on the outer and we decided to take our time and he gave her a great ride. I was a bit worried turning in but she has a great turn of foot,. She is very honest and could go to Listowel for a mile handicap. Hopefully the handicapper isn’t too hard on her. I was half afraid that she might not stay the mile and a quarter as it was a big step up. They went very fast and it’s the most testing track in the country.
Connections Happy after Company win
