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he ran a nice race first time out and being a big horse, Dundalk then maybe came a bit soon. We should have left him alone that year and he had a nice enough run here first-time out this year. We hoped this was the natural progression putting him into a race like this. He would have got in at bottom-weight, but luckily the weights went up and then Billy got the ride. Billy gave him a lovely ride, he just took his time and produced him at the right time. He was getting every yard of the trip, so it looks like we have options and he handled that bit of ease. We'll see what the handicapper does and he could possibly step up in trip. A Oliver, trainer

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Veterinary Officer examined Madbadanddangerous, trained by Noel Meade, at the request of the Raceday Stewards and reported the animal to be post race normal

GENERAL INFORMATION The following Raceday Stewards acted on behalf of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board at this race meeting: Mr L. McFerran (Chairman), Mr P. G. Stewart, Mr M. Todd, Mr J. Martin-Smith, Mr L. Walsh

After the running of race one the official going description was changed to yielding Following the late arrival of the IHRB Medical Officer, which contributed to a 53 minute delay to the off time of race one, the Raceday Stewards referred the matter to a Senior Racing Official for further investigation

An extended handicap for three years old only that at entry have run three or more times under any Rules of Racing and are eligible for a handicap rating (100 = 9st 12lbs)
Penalties - (after calculation of the handicap) A winner shall carry 7lb extra for each race won.