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They kind of made the race for him too, it was for horses rated under 109 and he rated him 104 and the other lads are getting penalties. It was really made for him but he probably did improve a little bit with the run the last day. He just loves that good ground. The ground was a big factor. He's a big, big horse so maybe he's just only filling out. He was very close to being let go. Fair play to Eddie (O'Leary) the last day he ran real bad here, he said 'no, keep going with him. Give him another couple of tries'. He's going to go up a bit now. Bryan said not to delay too long over hurdles with him before going over fences. We'll see but I imagine he'll run in another novice hurdle. Noel Meade, trainer

A novice hurdle race for five yrs old and upwards that at entry are rated 109 or less
Weights - 11st 3lb
Penalties - Performances before 16th May for every 1lb above the rating of 102 1lb extra; On or after 16th May for each hurdle race won 4lb extra