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In-form Meade strikes with Roseriver Has

Roseriver Has in front at TipperaryRoseriver Has in front at Tipperary
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Roseriver Has stayed on stoutly to give Noel Meade and Colin Keane a winner in the extended mile and a half maiden on Tipperary's card.

The five-year-old grey gelding was on the shoulder of Days Without End turning in and was given the office by Keane with a furlong and a half to travel.

He was kept up to his work to see off Great Trango by a length and a quarter at 4/1. He brought up plenty of winning wagers having been as big as 10/1 in the morning.

Great Trango (5/2) was doing his best work at the finish. He was half a length up on third-placed Days Without End the 13/8 favourite.

Noel Meade said: "I'm delighted with him. The good gallop suited him and he'll go a little further probably.

“He'll probably run in a handicap at some stage but I think his next run will probably be over hurdles.

“He's not over-big and that's sort of why we went back to the Flat. We thought after his last run that he could win a maiden. He wasn't far behind the favourite the last day.

“Nina (Carberry) said when she won a bumper on him that he doesn't like being hit. I said it to Colin and he didn't, he said you're probably right and it was a help.

“He'll jump fences in time too, he's big enough to do that. He's not huge but he's big enough to do that.”

This was a 10th winner in the last three weeks for Meade - eight National Hunt and two on the Flat.

Additional reporting by Gary Carson

About Michael Graham
Michael has worked in horse racing journalism for more than 15 years, having also written a weekly betting column on Gaelic football and hurling for a newspaper. He is involved in writing the My Racing Story features on this website. He spent a year in South Africa completing a Diploma in Business Administration and also studied Newspaper Journalism in Belfast. He enjoys playing 5-a-side football on a regular basis.