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He wasn't impressive going past the winning post first time and just his class won the race for him,. Ruby thought he would be in better form going to the third last but he wasn't. Once he pulled him out and sent him about his job he did it though. The ground was real tacky and maybe he doesn't like that now. As they get older horses get a preference for ground. We'll see where we go from here. We'll probably put him away now. He just had an off day in Cheltenham. He only did enough today. Maybe next year we'll ride him like a normal horse as he's always been very keen and we've been trying to settle him. He settled at Leopardstown in January but he settled too much at Cheltenham. My job now is to try and get the Champion Hurdle back. Zaidpour ran a cracker and I thought he was going to cause an upset but he just got done for a bit of speed. He could go to France as could Thousand Stars. W P Mullins, trainer

A hurdle race for four yrs old and upwards
Weights - 4-y-o 11st 2lb; 5-y-o and up 11st 12lb; Mares allowed 7lb