No trouble for Aintree heroine Katie Mai on 2nd hurdles start

She got the job done anyway but I thought she made hard work of it. We'll have to see where we go from here, and I'll talk to Frank Berry about a plan for her. It's a relief to have that behind us,.

Ward O'Sullivan link-up continues to blossom

That was great. He has climbed from 86 to 95 today. We'll see how far he can go. Mark said he handled the ground fine, it was the complete opposite to the last day. It's great that he handled soft ground today, it gives us more options,. He settled better today, my biggest fear was that he'd be keen on that ground. He was very keen the last day. If he keeps climbing it will be great, he might go for another handicap now after Christmas. He'll keep going the handicap route for the time being and we'll see how far we can go. The owner has been lucky for me. We've had four runners for him now and four winners. We could just keep climbing with him, or step him into a better handicap off a light weight. We'll see what is there for him. Two miles seems to be okay for him at the moment.

Harrie best of Willie's four

That was good from the first two. I'm delighted with Harrie, that he got his head in front, and I'm delighted with Buck's Billionaire who was doing the job he probably should have been doing all along, but there you are, we had to try and win a bumper with him,. Harrie was very keen and jumped very well. I think he was putting himself in the race way too early, which meant he was using himself up a lot. It was great to see him coming back at the end on a second wind. He always works well at home, and is a fantastic jumper. Jumping is the key to him. I think we will bring him back in trip to two miles, and push Buck's Billionaire out in trip. There is plenty to look forward to with both of them.

Castle Arms place to be tonight after Hill's 2nd win in 15 days

That was great. Paddy O'Hanlon and Seosamh Murphy own him. Paddy is a veterinary surgeon from Abbeyleix, while Seosamh, who also bred him, owns the Castle Arms Hotel in Durrow. We are only a small outfit and they are all needed,.

O'Brien praises Splaine after Springs breaks maiden on 18th attempt

He wasn't winning out of turn. It was the ideal race for him to be honest. If I entered him in a handicap he would probably have a mark of 120 over fences, so I was trying to win one of these,. He is hard to get right, but he could be a good horse in time. I'm not sure where we will go with him now. He is well-handicapped over hurdles, so he might go for a handicap hurdle the next day.

Dullea delivers for Tramore punters again

That's great and Conor gave him a great ride. It was a surprise the last day but we were expecting to him run very well today and he jumped very well on the whole bar the last,. We are lucky around here so that was probably a help as well. Every winner we have means the world to us. He is owned by David Kiely (who is an undertaker) from Dungarvan, and it's great to get a winner for a local at his local track. Depending on the handicapper he might come back here on New Year's Day.

Punters on top at Tramore as odds-on Final List wins bumper