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He has always shown us a lot of ability. I'm delighted because he has just been disappointing, and I thought at the Curragh that he got a bad ride. He has been knocking on the door and I'd say it will be bigger handicaps for him from now on, maybe something like the November Handicap later on in the season. The ability is in him, he was placed in a Grade 3 over hurdles, so there is plenty of ability there, but he is just a bit of a head case. We have had him since the spring, around February time. That's his eighth run for us now and he has always been there or thereabouts. I thought he should have been placed the last day, and before that he was third to Order Of St George who is favourite for the St Leger. R K Watson, trainer

The Turf Club Veterinary Officer examined One Cool Poet, trained by A.L.T.Moore, at the request of the Stewards and reported the animal to be post race normal.

An extended handicap for three yrs old and upwards (75 = 10st)
Penalties - (after calculation of the handicap) A winner shall carry 5lb extra; for each race won. Any horse rated above 75 shall initially be treated as having that rating and the highest weight allotted shall be 10st. Subsequently, the excess over 75 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 75 shall have the applicable weight for age allowance then prevailing deducted from the horse's rating prior to the original calculation of the handicap)
Riders - : Open to all Apprentices who are apprenticed to trainers in Ireland only. Allowances (up to and including 4th September and which are not cumulative) Apprentices who have not ridden three *winners allowed 7lb Those who have not ridden twenty *winners races allowed 4lb Those who have not ridden thirty *winners allowed 2lb