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it was a good opportunity for her and it’s great that she’s won. She had a couple of runs over fences in England and I’m sure she did plenty of schooling with Paul Nicholls. She’s always been a good jumper since we got her. She jumped the last great which was probably the winning of it. W P Mullins, trainer

Owing to the low elevation of the sun, the Stewards granted permission for fences #4,5 and 6 to be omitted from this race

The Stewards enquired into an incident inside the final one hundred yards involving Difficult Decision, ridden by S. Fitzgerald and She's Commanche, ridden by S.W. Flanagan, where it appeared that She's Commanche was checked when crossed by Difficult Decision. Evidence was heard from the riders concerned. In his evidence S.W

Flanagan stated that he had received a little interference when crossed close to the line by Difficult Decision and checked off heels. S. Fitzgerald stated that he had his whip in his right hand when his mount veered quickly to the left and into the path of She's Commanche. Having viewed the recording of the race and considered the evidence, the Stewards advised S. Fitzgerald to ride with more care in the future

S. Fitzgerald, rider of Difficult Decision trained by Oliver McKiernan, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount veered left approaching the finish

A.P. Kelly, rider of Outside The Door trained by Padraig Roche, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount made a noise on the approach to the last fence.