Immutable opens hurdling account in Cork opener

Mullins doubles up on Bay

He is a fine big horse, is a chaser in the making and his bumper form was very good. He finished behind a champion bumper winner the last day so we thought we had a good chance. He was backward and we tried running him at five but he was too weak and said we'd wait. It has been worth waiting for though and he'll go chasing next season. We'll either look for a novice hurdle now or see what mark he gets and work from there. He stays all day, is a real three-miler and was still babyish today. His dam Oilily was a proper mare, won twice around here and finished second in the Punchestown Champion Bumper.

Rambler Shines for Walsh

The ground isn't as deep today as it was the last day and is drying out. I walked it on Tuesday and it wasn't too deep so we took a chance. Cal gave him a great ride, he waited and waited and came with one run.

Bridge back in winners' enclosure

Bob shows liking for Cork again

We are thrilled to get that as we were worried about running him back so soon after Limerick. When the ground was like this I said I'd keep going and three miles suited,. The minute he jumped the third hurdle I knew he was on song and was loving it. He really likes around here, seems to love the hurdles here and won here three years ago when it was like the river. He'll probably go for the 3m6f handicap chase at the Punchestown festival now as he finished second in it last year. There is a three-mile hurdle here during Easter but it is 0-116 and he might be out of it now.

Red letter day for Power

I have ridden him in the past and he had a heavier weight when I rode him at Naas and has come back down the handicap now. My father Walter Power trained track and point-to-point horses and is farming now and I started off with ponies and then riding racehorses at home. I ride out for Paul in the mornings and David Kiely in the evening. That is mighty and Alice deserved it as she works hard. She is very dedicated and rides and schools our young horses as well. I'm delighted for her as she is with us every morning as we are busy enough with point-to-pointers. She is very good to us. The horse is 12 but there is still life left in him and for some reason he seems to love it around here. He might come back here at Easter as he acts better here than anywhere else. We have mostly point-to-pointer horses which are going well and had a nice four-year-old horse which we recently sold.

Mozzies makes big impression in bumper

That was brilliant. We bought her from Ciaran and Liam Fennessy who I am friendly with and they recommended her. I rode in point to points with Ciaran for years and he told me to buy this one. We didn't have her long before her (second) point to point and I took a chance running her as it was local, but she bolted up. I knew when she was only 70% ready, that there was a lot more to come. I was hoping to come here for the point to point bumper on Easter Monday but we made a small change and were able to book Maxine. She might get an entry at Aintree or Punchestown, depending on what the syndicate think but she is decent. She is a lovely racehorse and I am mad about her. The owners (For The Love Of It Syndicate) are a good crew of farmers from west Waterford and they're thrilled to have a good one.