Reward leads home 1, 2 for de Bromhead

Flyer makes perfect start to hurdles career

Ruby said he was very keen,. It was nice to get his maiden win. We'll look at Christmas and well look at the race (Grade 1) at Naas in January.

Blackmore doubles up on Pearl

When you grab a hold of this fella he'll always find a little bit more. He just gives you enough,. He's a nice type of horse, he won around Leopardstown, and he's unlucky not to have won a few more — the saddle slipped on him one day and he got brought down over fences in Thurles. He's adaptable as he's 111 over fences, hopefully he can improve on that. We could possibly look at something over Christmas. The plan was today and we'll see where we go from here.

Min shows no mercy in the John Durkan

Ruby was maybe a bit bold there but he had to do what he had to do,. It was good and the horse responded. He jumped brilliant and I was very pleased with that. I don't mind going back to two at all, he pulled very hard in behind there today, and he has the speed for two. He'll probably go back in trip for Christmas but we'll see what we have in his division. We have Un De Sceaux there and Great Field so we could try and keep this fellow at a longer trip and try and find races for him. It didn't look like he was stopping today but it was a very slow run race, I thought, and he was very keen in behind but I liked the way he jumped even though he was keen. I'm not looking to go out to three miles with him to be honest .

Getabird impresses on chase debut

That was a good exhibition of jumping and he did it well. He likes this track,. Ruby thought he was in control the whole way. I thought they were lining up behind him at the third last but Ruby said he was very comfortable in front. I thought he was going to be beaten going to the last but the next thing he just flew it, was gone and put the race to bed so I'm very happy with that. He's better right-handed and Leopardstown is left-handed at Christmas. We might head towards Limerick for the new Grade 1 over two-and-a-half miles. That race has been lucky enough for us over the years. I don't know if he wants that heavy type of ground that they might get in Limerick but we'll have to take what we get. I'm easy enough about trip with him. It was the fact that the race was in Punchestown was why I ran him here.

Se Mo Laoch makes the breakthrough over fences

He was due it. He's been placed a lot over fences and has been ultra consistent,. I said to Derek that it looked like he needed a trip and he said he really picked up going to the last. He ran off 92 in Leopardstown last March and ran off 107 today. It was probably trainer error that he got beat off 92, he wasn't straight enough to be truthful. I thought it might be difficult off this mark but he's won well enough. The step up to three-and-a-quarter miles has probably helped him. Eoin (Mahon) has been riding him all along and he's gone point-to-pointing today. Thankfully he had a winner in the open at Borris House so hopefully he'll show up for work tomorrow!. Derek is a once in a generation rider. You don't have to tell him anything just hand him the reins. I'm based in Spancil Hill, I rent a yard off Noel Glynn. I'm a bio-chemist, I do that nine to five. I feed them in the morning before work and ride them out in the evening. It's a mad dash these days with the light fading. I've six or seven riding out and Eoin and myself get through them. Even if he hadn't won today I love it and it's all worth it.

Embittered takes the last on debut for O'Brien