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Overweight alert

Sun 27th Mar 2011, 16:00

Jockey Joseph O'Brien is on over-weight 'alert' for his ride on hot favourite Apache in the concluding Leopardstown Leap Maiden at Leopardstown this evening.

O'Brien is putting up 1lb overweight, at 9st01lbs, on Empowering in the upcoming 1,000 Guineas Trial but is due to claim 5lbs from 9st00lbs in the concluding event.

Updates will be relayed on irishracing.com

Trainers Aidan O'Brien

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