Going - Yielding to Soft. Overcast
Khafaaq claimed following Roscommon success
he's been a great servant and that's eight he has won now for us. Last April I didn't know whether we were ever going to get him back to win a race but he's come back fine. If he's claimed he's claimed, he's eight years of age now and we bought him for five grand, and he has won eight races for us. he was well in at the weights, I only put him in for eight grand because he has a few issues. The plan was to keep it simple, follow Magnetic North and hit him with one run. Cian is coming on nicely and his claim is handy in those races.
Beauty Thunder gets his maiden 'opening'
we're delighted with that, he's (Beauty Thunder) a work in progress. He was fresh and free for the first furlong in Galway, where he got a bump coming out of the stalls and it lit him up. Galway made a man of him, he learned an awful lot from it. there was a little bit of a ragged start there, and the lads were shouting, and he was in Colin's hands but because of Galway he did everything right in front. He was very game. He's a Night Of Thunder and they handle that ground, which is a plus. Colin said hopefully going forward he might get a nice mark for a nursery and then we can take it from there.
Lightly-weighted Nemonte returns to winning ways
Maiden success for Murtagh's Aga Khan-filly
Kinirons continues good run with Roscommon win
he loves that ground and he's a really honest horse. We had him for one run previously and we fancied him today. The ground is probably the key to him and we'll tip away on soft - Listowel is a lucky track for us and there could be a nice handicap in him. I'm delighted to get the horse back to form and he's a fun horse for us. It's great, he's another horse bred by the Brownes (Kilnamoragh Stud), and it's great to have another winner for Ray McSharry. I had a filly for him that won two for us last year - they are great owners and enjoyed that one. I am very impressed with Sean (Bowen) who did exactly what we asked. Sean will be getting plenty of rides for us after that, we were very impressed. the horses are going great and are really hitting form. They were hit-and-miss early in the season and hopefully we are reaping the benefits of it now. We have a lot of nice maidens to come out and looking forward to it. We haven't ran any two-year-olds this year but have a few nice ones to come up. Hopefully we'll have a good end to the year.
Comer collects with a 200/1 winner - and third!
Coen completes double in finale
we can't put our finger on him, he's promised to do that but he didn't deliver until today. He won well over hurdles but it just hasn't worked completely for him. He's odd but it worked well today which is great. He's won over hurdles so he's well able to mix it.
