Going - Soft To Heavy. Fine and cold
Jackpot Pool - €10,832.30 Dividend - €755.00 Winning Units - 13.21. Placepot Pool - €38,872.03 Dividend - €18.90 Winning Units - 1436.67. Pick Six Pool - €23,594.74 Dividend - €7,864.90 Winning Units - 2.1. Days Aggregate - €162,654.00 (8 races). Last Year €219,333.00 (7 races).
Theatre World makes all to land a punt
That's great. He's improved again,. He won here the time before last and I thought he wanted a bit of nice ground but he handled the this ground fine in Limerick when he finished second. The form has stood up well from Limerick as the third horse Fit To Be Tied came out and won afterwards. We had him entered in a beginners chase at Fairyhouse last Monday but I didn't declare him as I saw this race coming up. I thought we'd have one more go at a hurdle race before we going jumping a fence. He's improved well and Luke was delighted with him. I know there were a few fallers but I think he still had a bit in hand going to the last. He's a lovely staying horse and you can't beat pedigree, he has a lovely pedigree. He's a King's Theatre and cost plenty as a three-year-old and the pedigree comes through. He'll jump a fence soon and he's a real three-mile chaser.
Abacadabras impresses in the For Auction
That's our 100th jumps winner of the season between England and Ireland so it's nice to get it in a graded race,. He's a nice horse. We thought a lot of him in bumpers last year and he ran a bit keen at both Cheltenham and Punchestown. He jumped well there today and Puppy liked him. Jack liked him the last day as well and he's probably another horse that will go to the Royal Bond in Fairyhouse now. Puppy said he was very quick getting away from his hurdles and he was very happy.
Bacardys too good for Apple's Jade in Lismullen Hurdle
. He looked fantastic in the parade ring beforehand and had a great coat on him. Myself and Willie had a bit of an argument about three weeks ago as he wanted to school him over fences and I was saying he should stay over hurdles. We won one argument with him which is unusual!. He ran very well in the spring in those staying hurdles but was always coming off a bad chasing preparation. Hopefully now with a full season over hurdles he can be competitive in the Stayers Hurdle at Cheltenham and Punchestown. He probably has the speed for the Hatton's Grace and maybe the Aintree Hurdle as well. All those options are open. He'll probably go for the Hatton's Grace now and then the three-mile hurdles in Leopardstown at Christmas. We'll probably leave the chasing alone now. He's much more comfortable jumping hurdles.
Andy Dufresne another exciting novice for Elliott
He's a nice horse. He did everything right and Mark said he showed loads of pace. He said you could even bring him back to two miles,. He's in the Royal Bond, obviously I have to talk to Frank (Berry) and all the lads. We thought a lot of him last year, we minded him. He's still not the finished article, he's still a big weak horse. Mark said he showed an awful lot of pace and thought he was actually going too slow the whole way, thought he was hacking. I stepped him out to two-and-a-half because I thought at home he was just a bit lackadaisical, a bit sleepy. That was good and we're very happy.
Ballyoisin brilliant over his fences in the Fortria
That was nice. We thought we had fitness on our side but I was just a bit scared that the ground might be a bit too heavy for him,. He bossed it all the way and his jumping again is his forte. I don't know where we're going to go next with him. We went on to Leopardstown last year and it didn't work out. He may be just put away for the spring. We'll see what the boss and Frank say. A place like here is up his alley with the line of fences down the back. I thought Leopardstown would really suit him, with the good ground, but it didn't go his way last year. They are good horses in behind him there today and he had 11-10 as well. It was a good performance all around. He got a lovely ride from the front as well. Mark rode him to go his own pace and he still had his ears pricked coming to the second last. Even though a lot of races have been over two miles he gets two-and-a-half as well and you have to around here. The older he's getting he's handling that ground better.
Dollys scores cosily under confident Orr
We gave her a break in the summer time and we thought she had improved,. We ran her in a schooling bumper at Moira on Tuesday and she won it handy enough on the bridle. We came here today thinking we'd give her a run and see what happens. I didn't expect that!. I didn't think she was as ready as that. She's a good wee mare. She started off in point-to-points but then we realised she had a lot of speed so we dropped her to two miles and she won her bumper over in Hexham. On her last four runs she's just improved and improved. She's bumped into a couple of good ones. We thought we'd come down here today and we'd have been happy with fifth or sixth but she flew home. We actually thought we'd run today, see how we go, and then come back here in two weeks time. So hopefully that'll be the plan.
Joshua Webb takes the bumper for Meade
He's a nice horse. I think the other lad is a nice horse too but they were so confident about Gordon's horse,. I was underbidder on his lad at the sales. He was telling me all week that he was very good so I got afraid. Jimmy Kernohan, who owns him, is only out of hospital and that'll be a bit of a pick up for him as he hasn't been well for the last week. He's a nice horse going forward and we'll probably go jumping now.
