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Reports in which Take Cover (GB) was mentioned

Bunyan hoping rains stays away for Flying Five Bid

Darren Bunyan is praying there is not too much rain at the Curragh ahead of Hit The Bid’s run in the Derrinstown Stud Flying Five on Sunday. Sun 16th Sep

Review dundalk 20th Oct

Take Cover continues to roll back the years and showed great tenacity to take top honours in the Al Basti Equiworld Mercury Stakes at DundalkFri 20th Oct

Veteran Cover so game in Listed race win

In the Listed Al Basti Equiworld Mercury Stakes strongly backed odds on favourite Take Cover put in a performance befitting the five furlong dash's feature race status at Dundalk. Fri 20th Oct

Review dundalk 23rd Oct

Take Cover produced a telling performance from the front to land Listed honours at Dundalk in the Mercury StakesFri 23rd Oct

Take Cover wins as British dominate

Not surprisingly there was no hiding place in the five furlong Listed Mercury Stakes at Dundalk, and in the end Take Cover (Fran Berry up) led home a 1,2,3 for British trained runners. Fri 23rd Oct

After race at Dundalk Fri, 20th Oct, 2017 (1st)

That's great and he's had a cracking season,. I was a bit worried when he got headed but it takes a good one to get by him or beat him when everything is right. He doesn't mind the all-weather and he battled back really well. I thought it was a cracking run from the second, being a three-year-old with a 3lb penalty. I'm delighted and it was so worth the trip over. Dave said the wind knocked him off balance about two out and he changed his legs a little bit and it took him time to get balanced. He does, for the most part, hang right quite a lot and that didn't help either, it pushed him more right. He could go to Hong Kong but he's 113 and they don't really look at you until you are 115. That's probably it for the season as he's won three listed races now and a Group three. He'll probably have a break and come back at 11 with a bit of luck next year. That sounds daft but hopefully he is as good as ever.

D C Griffiths