Thurles

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This is a nice winner as the owner's wife passed away recently and the horse was named after her. They had Natalies Fancy (Galway Hurdle heroine in 1992) before. The visor was a big help to this mare as we felt she wasn't concentrating. She loves heavy ground which is a big plus. James Joseph Mangan, trainer

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He's in at Down Royal on Wednesday and he'll run there if he's okay. Colin Bowe, trainer

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He's holding his improvement and we'll try to go up the ladder slowly with him. If we could find another few like this I'd be very happy. W P Mullins, trainer

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She's a mare that'll probably be better over fences. She doesn't really have respect for those hurdles but she'll go down the mares novice hurdle route now. She's a fine big mare and she'll carry weight over a fence. She might come back here in March for that novice hurdle that comes up before Cheltenham. The Grade 1 mares novice hurdle at Fairyhouse would be a possibility as well. She was bought from the same trainer in France that had Arvika Ligeonniere - Philippe Peltier. W P Mullins, trainer

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She's owned by two brothers, Michael and Tony O'Brien from Nenagh. Tony's wife Trish died yesterday. I'd declared the mare to run on Friday, obviously with the intention of running, but I thought she'd be a non-runner until Mike phoned and said to run her saying that's what Trish would have wanted. Denis Gerard Hogan, trainer