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I think Noel has brought him on incredibly well this year. His run in Cheltenham was fantastic. He is very closely related to Road To Riches so I'd say clearly good ground is the key to him and he got good ground in Cheltenham and he got good ground here today. Yorkhill is clearly the superior horse but we are very happy to win one. We thought about running him in the National. He worked on Wednesday and we just thought he might need another week. If he’d worked better we might have run him in the National but it’s all worked out great. The other horse (Yorkhill) did it all wrong and we benefited from that. He’s obviously a very good horse. We were hoping Willie’s horse would do that and he did. All is fair in love and war!. I think he’s a proper Grade One horse anyway. He was electric at Cheltenham and he’s proved it. I think our fella will improve and get further. I don’t know if he’ll go to Punchestown. We’ll have to discuss it with Eddie and Michael (O’Leary) but that more than likely will be it for this season. He’s a horse that doesn’t take a lot of work, and I think the less you do with him the better he is. Noel Meade, trainer

A novice steeplechase for five yrs old and upwards
Weights - 5-y-o 11st 6lb; 6-y-o and up 11st 10lb; Mares allowed 7lb