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It's tougher ground out there today than he's ever ran in so we weren't sure how he'd handle it,. I suppose it's the same for them all. He handled it well enough and went about his business okay. He just jumped his hurdles very high and maybe that was the ground. Normally he flies the top of his hurdles and gains lengths. Probably because of the deep ground he was just jumping over them rather than flying them. He may go for a novice hurdle at Tipperary in a fortnights time. He's finished as a novice then so he'll have a break and then we'll look at Christmas for him. Oliver McKiernan, trainer

A novice hurdle race for four yrs old and upwards
Weights - 4-y-o 10st 9lb; 5-yo and up 11st; Mares allowed 7lb
Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race 4lb extra; Of two hurdle races 7lb extra; Of three hurdle races 10lb extra;