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I'm delighted with that. She's a nice little mare,. She had bits and pieces of form when we bought her and we thought there was a little bit of improvement in her. A few of the boys from England thankfully got involved in her. We picked this race out as we thought she wanted two-and-a-half miles, she was staying on over two. We worked her a few times and Kieren said she definitely wanted a trip. She won, it doesn't often happen like that!. I've been here since last April, I was in England for 40 years. I was in Pipes for 20 odd years, both with Martin and David. I was there in the good old days of Carvill's Hill. I trained under my own name for a while in the early 90s. I had five winners from 50 runners and 45 of them weren't off! I only had a handful of runners. We started off here doing a bit of pre-training and breaking, there are lots of yards around Meath. Then I got the restricted licence and a couple of lads I know very kindly sent me a few horses. I'm based in Lee Valley near Ratoath, I rented a yard there off David Eiffe. We have a few youngsters and they all look great until you run them. We have a couple belonging to Jim Bolger, a nice juvenile that will run in July. I'm originally from Wexford hence the Jim Bolger connection. That was the first place I went to as a 15-year-old. He said he'd support me and fair play to him he did. He's always been good that way. Edward Buckley, trainer

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Veterinary Officer examined Champagne Saloon, trained by Sean Aherne, at the request of the Raceday Stewards and reported the animal to have skin scrapes on both front legs and to be otherwise post race normal

Sam Ewing, rider of One Flew Eau Verte, trained by Peter Fahey, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount made a bad mistake at the fourth last and was pulled up thereafter

B.W. Harvey, rider of Walkonthebriteside, trained by John C. McConnell, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount hung left throughout

R. Deegan, rider of Drum Roll (FR), trained by Paul Nolan, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount unseated him on the way to the start

P.T. Enright, rider of Champagne Saloon, trained by Sean Aherne, reported to the Stewards' Secretaries that his mount stopped quickly.

An extended handicap hurdle for four years old and upwards rated 80-95
Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race after calculation of the handicap shall carry 7lb extra for each hurdle race won.