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It was great and we're very happy with him. We expected him to run well on the best of his English form. He's been very straight forward at home. He came in later to us, in February, and got a good old break after coming from England. I was told he had a good freshen up and to take him and play with him and see what he was. This race presented itself and he was ready to go. I would say five or six with him and ground's not a problem to him. He just seems to be very straight forward. We're after winning first start and are just hoping to build on that. It's great for the Gaelic Thoroughbreds club. It's there first winner and I hope it's the first of many. They have three older horses, two of which have run and hopefully we'll win with them. Then we have three two-year-olds. It's the first venture for the group of lads and it was set up by David Spratt. It's fantastic. Our yard is not known for syndicates but it's a nice way in. Instead of having one horse they've six horses and they will have action all year around. That's the whole idea of it. David is good at buying these horses in training and I'm good at the two-year-old's so between us we should give them plenty of fun. G M Lyons, trainer

An extended handicap for three yrs old and upwards (100 = 10st)
Penalties - (after calculation of the handicap) A winner shall carry 6lb extra; for each race won.