Going - Yielding (changed from Good after the second race). Raining
Jackpot Pool - €1,837.06 Not Won. Carried forward to Tramore on Sunday 16th August. Placepot Pool - €25,942.91 Dividend - €151.90 Winning Units - 119.52. Days Aggregate - €83,138.00 Last Year €80,392.00
Harrington filly easily lands maiden at Tramore
I'm absolutely delighted with that and she is really improving with each run. She has been slow to learn but is going to be a lovely filly going forward. Even next year she will keep improving because she has a massive big frame and is only starting to fill it.
Up in trip Scholastic teaches rivals a lesson
Queen just prevails to complete 44/1 double for Hoban
I thought she had won coming into the parade ring but then I met Conor and he thought we were chinned on the line. The ground is a little bit too slow for her, she just barely gets home on that ground. She loves quick ground, sure she loves Dundalk. It took me ages to get her fit, it took three runs. She had a bad draw the last day but what can you do, you have to run because you don't know when they'll get in again or if they'll be sick. So I ran her and she was a bit too far back but flew home. I knew she was fairly right after that run. She'll probably go for one of these again now or maybe a handicap hurdle, we'll see. I haven't really ran her much over hurdles yet because I knew there was another flat race in her. She is ground dependent and wouldn't go on anything slower than that.
Itsalonglongroad springs surprise under Coakley
Mandarin Monarch scoots around the bends to win well
He has been a super horse for us altogether and I think that's his seventh win for us now. I thought this might have been a hot contest but he seemed to handle the track no bother. I thought if we were going to have a winner it might have been the other fella (Amlad), but he was beaten fair and square.
Ten up for Shane Kelly aboard Martin's Bright Flame
We were just hoping the two miles would bring out that little bit of improvement. That and the ease in the ground, that's all he wanted. I'm delighted for his owner Michael Roe, he is a son of the late Johnny Roe (multiple champion Irish Flat jockey). He stuck with us for five years and that's his first winner. In fairness to him during the lockdown he said 'don't worry, I'll stick with you,' and that's what you want. He is a grand little horse we bought him cheap and hopefully he'll win another couple. We are based in Barntown outside Wexford town and we have ten in at the moment.
Coleman's mare not for passing in the finale
