PUNCHESTOWN, 28 April 2007, Good

5:10 Ballymore Festival (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race (Div I) (5-7yo) 2m2f

[off 5:21] £4,668.92, £1,087.84, £479.73, £277.03

1 Our Bob W P Mullins 5 11-6 Mr P W Mullins(7) 3/1F 76 102+

2 1½ Carrickmines Ms Margaret Mullins 5 11-6 Mr B Connell(7) 20/1 74 99+

3 hd Sher One Moor Joseph Crowley 6 11-7 Mr B T O´Connell(7) 12/1 75 98

4 2 Ellas Cavallo C Roche 6 11-7 t C D Maxwell(7) 14/1 73 96

5 1¾ Proform Native James G Sheehan 5 11-8 Mr R P McNamara(5) 14/1 70 93

6 2 Classic Moon (GER) J J Lambe 6 11-7 Mr D MacAuley(7) 25/1 69 92

7 1¼ Osborn (FR) Seamus Neville 5 11-6 A B Joyce(7) 10/1 67 90

8 ¾ Billy To Jack F Flood 5 11-10 Mr J P O´Farrell(3) 16/1 66 89

9 3½ Getbackinline Daniel O´Connell 6 11-9 Mr R P Quinlan(5) 20/1 63 87

10 1¾ Oscar Supreme C P Donoghue 7 11-11 t Mr C J Sweeney(3) 7/1 61 85

11 3 Siul An Sli R H Lalor 5 11-6 Miss E A Lalor(7) 33/1 57 81

12 7 Be Lucky Luke Ms Caroline Hutchinson 5 11-6 Mr A G Jordan(7) 33/1 50 74

13 ¾ Rossini Rose Timothy Doyle 5 11-8 Mr K E Power 16/1 44 68

14 1¾ Glasslackens Lad Anthony John Black 5 11-8 Mr R O´Sullivan(5) 33/1 47 72

15 2½ Beneath The Radar P J Rothwell 5 11-6 Mr D G Porter(7) 20/1 44 69

16 3½ Dark Smile J R H Fowler 7 11-2 A P Fagan(7) 16/1 37 62

17 1 Royal Lulu F G Hand 5 11-1 Mr A T Duff(7) 20/1 35 60

18 3 Go Calypso M J P O´Brien 6 11-11 Mr D W Cullen(3) 25/1 37 63

19 8 Lucky At Last Patrick Martin 5 11-13 Miss N Carberry 16/1 27 54

20 1¼ Mini Mountain F Oakes 5 11-1 M P Butler(7) 50/1 21 47

21 7 Nimrod Paul Patrick Moloney 6 11-7 B S Carey(7) 33/1 19 46

22 12 Saddler Sam C W J Farrell 6 11-9 Mr J T McNamara 16/1 1 29

PU Your Sum Man Anthony Mullins 5 11-10 Mr J P Magnier(3) 4/1 — —

SU Balrath Leader S J Treacy 5 11-1 S W Flanagan(7) 33/1 — —

SU Yankee Princess Niall Moran 5 11-1 Mr M J Quinlan(7) 33/1 — —

25 ran TIME 4m 15.30s (slow by 5.30s) TOTAL SP 163%

NON RUNNERS: Amicus Curiae ,Miss Acorn ,Uncle Junior

1st OWNER: Trevor Hemmings BRED: David Maher TRAINER: W P Mullins

2nd OWNER: Barry Connell

3rd OWNER: Last Call Syndicate

TOTE WIN £4.20 PL £1.80, £9.60, £3.50, £5.10; Ex £214.90; CSF £79.75

Anyone who backed second-favourite Your Sum Man is entitled to feel hard done by as the son of Pistolet Bleu galloped riderless for several minutes before the race. To make matters worse, he jumped away miles off the pace, losing any chance, and was eventually pulled up.

An enquiry was held afterwards with rider JP Magnier stating he felt there was a certain amount of confusion in relation to how much time remained prior to the start of this race. The stewards were satisfied that the horse was fitto run and the starter had affected a fair start, but felt there may have been a misunderstanding of the pre-start procedures. They apportioned no blame and took no further action.

Victory went to the favourite OUR BOB, who arrived to take up the lead approaching the final furlong and kept on well. The extra trip and better ground suited the winner, according to Willie Mullins, who intends sending him over jumps soon. He looks a nice prospect.

The eyecatcher of the race was runner-up Carrickmines. The son of Saddler's Hall was doing his best work in the closing stages and looks a nice type for the future, especially when he goes jumping.

Sher One Moor had shown potential as a four-year-old on a few occasions and seemed to cope with these quicker conditions - the first time he has encountered them in his career.

FAIRYHOUSE, 10 March 2007, Soft To Heavy

5:15 Fairyhouse Members (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race (5-7yo) 2m

[off 5:17] £4,668.92, £1,087.84, £479.73, £277.03

1 Jack The Bus Peter Casey 7 11-7 Mr J T Keeling(7) 25/1 59 103

2 2 Our Bob W P Mullins 5 11-5 Mr P W Mullins(7) 6/4F 54 99

3 shd Split Ear Anthony Mullins 5 11-5 Mr B Connell(7) 14/1 54 99

4 8 Keep Me Sean Byrne 7 11-7 Mr S P Byrne(7) 9/1 45 93

5 2½ Devil Winds M J P O´Brien 6 11-11 Mr D W Cullen(3) 5/2 42 90

6 15 Afterthegoldrush Anthony Mullins 7 11-11 Mr J P Magnier(3) 12/1 21 75

7 3½ Major Yates Sean Aherne 6 12-0 Miss N Carberry 8/1 17 72

8 1½ Jack Cairo (GB) R K Watson 6 11-7 A B Joyce(7) 33/1 14 70

9 1¼ Bob´s Army C Byrnes 5 11-7 Mr R P McNamara(5) 7/1 11 67

10 dist Snap Happy Paul Nolan 6 11-7 Mr B O´Neill(7) 10/1 — —

11 2½ Hunters Dream Miss A M Winters 5 11-7 Mr J P McKeown(5) 25/1 — —

12 5 Lord Celtic J T R Dreaper 6 11-7 D A McLoughlin(7) 25/1 — —

12 ran TIME 4m 18.70s (slow by 45.70s) TOTAL SP 140%

NON RUNNER: Jamestown Bay

1st OWNER: Seamus Murphy BRED: Peter Casey TRAINER: Peter Casey

2nd OWNER: Trevor Hemmings

3rd OWNER: Barry Connell

TOTE WIN £25.80 PL £8.10, £1.10, £7.40; Ex £193.50; CSF £71.75

JACKPOT Not won. Pool of @3,426.50 carried forward to Naas on Sunday 11th March.

Off the track since finishing down the field in a Clonmel bumper ten months ago, JACK THE BUS sprung a surprise. After moving into contention with less than half a mile to run, he made his bid for the lead early in the straight. He then went to the front with over a furlong to go and, despite drifting over to the stands' side, kept on gamely to prevail. The seven-year-old looks like he will be well suited by stepping up trip and there should be better to come from him.

Our Bob was looking to improve on his fifth to stablemate Cooldine over this course and distance two weeks ago. He took over the lead with half a mile to run and kept on well when pressed by the winner in the straight but he was unable to fend off that rival's challenge. He looks good enough to win a bumper.

Split Ear was putting in his best work on the far rail over the final furlong and a half. This was an encouraging performance on his first start since September and he can be expected to improve on this. He had run quite well on his two previous starts and has shown that he can handle better ground.

Keep Me ran respectably and probably produced a similar effort to the one that saw him chase home wide margin winner Nuvelli in a Navan bumper last month.

Devil Winds was looking to build on his fourth to Cheltenham bumper hopeful Fiveforthree in a Punchestown bumper last month. He held every chance turning in but had no more to give inside the final quarter of a mile.