See also » Winged Leader has "come of age" and gains 1st racecourse win
He has really come of age this year. Last year myself and Barry (O'Neill) took quite a lot of stick when he got beat a couple of times,. He was nearly kind of bolting and running away. It would have been so easy to turn him into a horse that you could only run flat out with. We rode him out the back, and rode him out the back, and a couple of times we let him down when he got there to win it and he just came second, and we took a lot of stick about it. It was the making of him. That's a year in getting him settled, there's a lot of work has gone into that horse - from Barry riding him to ourselves at home. He's only a six-year-old and he is a proper horse. I have ambitions with him. The whole thing with him was never to get too carried away and just take it wee steps at a time. If we did that, the horse would come to us. If we did the opposite we would ruin him. I'm delighted for the horse and for us. In a normal year you would be thinking of the Joseph O'Reilly or Punchestown. He is ready for that but now we are in a situation where we don't know what we are doing with plans. It is great that he has put that under his belt now - great for him, great for the owners and for us to have something to build on. D M Christie, trainer

A steeplechase for ? Certified Hunters five years old and upwards that have not won more than one Steeplechase confined to Certified Hunters and that have been placed first, second, third or fourth in a Certified Hunters Steeplechase in Ireland or in a Point-to-Point Steeplechase in Ireland between 1st October, 2016 and 11th March, 2020
Weights - 5-y-o 11st 3lbs; 6-y-o and up 11st 7lbs; Mares allowed 7lbs;
Penalties - (to count from 1st January, 2019) Winner of a steeplechase 7lb extra
Riders - Qualified Riders under I.N.H.S. Rules. ? A Hunters Certificate valid in accordance with Rule 78 for the 2019/2020 season for each horse engaged must be registered at the Office of the I.N.H.S. Committee, The Curragh, Co. Kildare, not later than 11th March, 2020 or the horse is not qualified to start.