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He's progressing all the time. We tweaked his wind after Cheltenham and it's done a great job. He just loves it. He's very clever for a big horse, he can go in and fiddle. He just gallops and jumps and he's just decent. We put him in the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham this week and we'll certainly look at it, you wouldn't be averse to going after that. He's going to get a big enough mark so we're going to be restricted where we can go, but in a good way. He's won a lot of his races making the running and he loves doing it. He doesn't pull or anything, he just likes doing it and he's relentless. He's hard to peg back and he has a great attitude, he just likes to win. I was bottling it last night, thinking of taking him out, and looking at other alternatives. There is nothing in Ireland though bar a couple of Grade 2s. We could do that or could go straight to Cheltenham. All the big handicap chases are on the agenda as well, there are a lot in the UK worth a lot of money. There are loads of options with him, he's only a young horse. John C McConnell, trainer

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Veterinary Officer examined Shantreusse, trained by Henry de Bromhead, at the request of the Raceday Stewards and reported the animal to be post race normal

P. Townend, rider of Aione (FR), trained by W.P. Mullins, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount made a respiratory noise in running and was pulled up.

A steeplechase for five years old and upwards that have not won a steeplechase
Weights - 5-y-o 11st 4lbs 6-y-o and up 11st 12lbs Mares allowed 7lbs