Going - Soft (Hurdle/bumper); Soft to Heavy (Chase). Overcast
Jackpot Pool - €1,920.84 Dividend - €1,344.50 Winning Units - .35. Partial Carry Over of €880.05 to Dundalk on Friday 15th December. Placepot Pool - €19,400.04 Dividend - €827.70 Winning Units - 16.44. Days Aggregate - €175,643.90 (8 races). Last Year (7 races).
'Real chaser' Blood Destiny makes big impression on chasing bow
Money Heist grabs the money
He was gutsy to get back up and he jumped well everywhere bar the last two. He loves that ground. He travelled well with the cheekpieces on and I wouldn’t think he needs much further. I don’t know if he’s a horse that would back it up quickly as he didn’t after Galway (last year), so we won’t be in a hurry to get him back out again.
Mullins and Townend at double through Quai De Bourbon
Iron Allen shows his toughness in Naas
Only By Night seals brace for Cromwell and Donoghue
She’s a nice mare and when she won a Listed bumper you would hope she could come on and do that. She jumped well and was very straightforward. The first day (in Limerick) she was a little bit keen with Derek (O’Connor) and the last day in Navan she improved from that. You can even see it in her work at home she used to be a bit keen, but she’s grown up now and is very straightforward. Hopefully she could be good enough to aim at the mares' novices' hurdle at Cheltenham. We might as well dream here as in bed!
Red-letter day for Jackson on Tuckmill
Cristiano Marealdo scores and gives Byrne a boost
I ran her in Gowran the last day on bottomless ground. She was very weak last year and I thought she’d run a nice race in Gowran but, after travelling well up the back straight, she stopped stone dead at the top of the hill — she just couldn’t get out of the ground. We said we’d go back to two miles and drop her in and Joey was excellent on her. Peter Byrne is an owner/breeder and has had horses with me for years. I bought a few fillies for him with pedigrees and this filly came out of the Derby Sale for five grand. He’s been very patient with her, and I’m delighted she’s won for him. His health wasn’t very good last year and he’s lucky to be with us. He’s got a huge kick out of this today.
Wingmen graduates to the track with a wide-margin success
He’s a nice horse, a next-year horse. I think he’ll be better with a jump in front of him and you probably won’t see too much more of him this year. There is a massive engine there but he’s a bit hard on himself, a bit too keen. We might give him a run over hurdles later on in the season.
