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He's a not a bad little horse. Tom (owner Tom Doran) is stopping me going chasing with him but he'll probably go chasing sooner rather than later. He jumps really well and handles that ground. I'd say he'll handle any sort of ground but the softer the ground the more he'll have to come back in trip. Tom wanted to go for the two-and-a-half but I had Stormey in it and wanted to split them up. I thought I might have two winners. He'll get a few pounds for that. We'll see where we go now, Listowel is Tom's thing. I'm delighted for Tom because he sent me all the horses out of Gordon Elliott's which was a big ask. We have a couple of nice horse to come for Listowel. He's a great owner and great with me. He helps pick the races. Some trainer's don't agree with that but I think it's great because nothing gets by you. I love an owner telling me 'we'll go for that'. The horses just weren't firing the last month or two but thankfully we've had two winners this week and they are starting to turn a corner. There was nothing major wrong, they weren't scoping wrong or coughing, but when you let them out in the field they were walking out instead of galloping and rolling. S J Mahon, trainer

An extended handicap hurdle for four yrs old and upwards rated 81-123
Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race after calculation of the handicap to carry 4lb extra for each hurdle race won.