Sheehan back in Ireland to ride a winner for friends

He works quite well at home and won his point-to-point well. The boys (Up The Hoops Racing Club) bought him off Eddie Ahern off Facebook,. We got him for a young lad in the yard to ride and school on but the young fellow hasn't got a licence yet so we ran him in a point-to-point. His jumping was a bit dodgy though, so we thought there was no point in running him back in a point-to-point. He seems to handle that bit of better ground and he could go on and win again. The reason Gavin (Sheehan) rode him is that the fellow that is the head of the syndicate, Paul Burns, works in Clive Cox's in England and is born and bred in Downpatrick. Gavin is friendly with them over in Lambourn.

Victoria Bay brings up plenty of bets

Turbo's mistake hands victory to Ravenhill

Those owners (Try Ravenhill Syndicate) are from all over the north of Ireland so it's great for them to get a winner,. The other one (Turbo) probably made it a bit easier when he made a mistake (at the last) but in fairness he (Ravenhill) wasn't beaten. That's more his trip and we'll keep him going over the summer, he likes the good ground.

Killiney Court regal in Downpatrick

Downpatrick brace for Elliott and Russell

Davy is lucky for me! He doesn't do much wrong anyway!. It's great for the Sloans who are big supporters of the yard. He had the form to win but he just jumped his hurdles too carefully, that's why I put the cheek-pieces on today. He won well when he got the gap. There is improvement over hurdles (to come) and he could be a horse to go back on the Flat.

Oliver has a 1-2 in penultimate at Downpatrick

We ran him here the last time over a longer trip and we thought we'd bring him back. It went well and he loves that ground and loves the track. He's a handy horse with a good attitude. Andrew (Lynch) knows him well and gave him a great ride and said we would just try and be positive and we rode him as we said we would. It worked out perfectly. The other horse (Go Guarantor) ran well. He's a reluctant participant at times so unfortunately he had to be beaten by one of my own but at least he has shown a wee bit of form now. He has plenty of ability so hopefully that's something to work with.

64/1 Downpatrick treble for Elliott

We liked her and she came on a good bit from the last day. We'll go for a winners' mares' bumper in Perth in six or seven weeks time. The owner is from Scotland so we are going to go back over there with her. The runner-up is grand, she wants a trip.