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that's my first winner in Ireland and both my horses today ran excellent races. It's a great prize to win. We've always had a lot of confidence in him but from last year he needed to mature so we castrated him over the winter. Before Monsieur Joe won at York he (Line Of Reason) did the best piece of work I've rode him and I knew when the ground dried up that, when he got a fast pace that there was a big race in him. We might go for William Hill Sprint now and he could go for a few of those big six furlong handicaps. P Midgley, trainer

P.J. Smullen, rider of Alkasser, trained by D. K. Weld, reported to the Stewards' Secretaries that his mount never let himself down on the ground.

An extended handicap for three yrs old and upwards that, at entry, have run at least twice under any Rules of Racing and are eligible for a handicap rating (105 = 9st 12lb)
Weights - Top weight in the original handicap shall not; be less than 9st 12lb
Penalties - (after calculation of the handicap) A winner shall carry 5lb extra for each race won Any horse rated above 105 shall initially be treated as having that rating and the highest weight allotted shall be 9st 12lb. Subsequently, the excess over 105 in any rating shall be added to the weight allotted to that horse. (For the purpose of this note, any three year old rated above 105 shall have the applicable weight for age allowance then prevailing deducted from the horse's rating prior to the original calculation of the handicap)