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My nephew rang him (Maguire) this morning because he rides her the whole time. We said ‘if you get done for being late we won’t mind’ because once she hits the front she actually stops. What could he do. He said she didn’t travel down the back but the way she battled back! I’m speechless, it’s the first time ever!. This is for all the lads at home. It’s not just me, it’s all the boys at home. We don’t ever ring a jockey beforehand, but my nephew Michael rides her the whole time and he knows her so we just said we’d let him know that if he gets done on the line for being late we wouldn’t lose a night’s sleep over it. His hand was drawn; he was just cruising. It looked down the back like she was struggling but she just devoured the ground. She came home like a train but in saying that she had to battle at the same time. I still think we don’t know how good she is. The way we train them at home, up the hill, we don’t ever drill them. She’s working with Battle Of Ridgeway, who runs tomorrow, and he’s a good yardstick. I’d give him a serious shout tomorrow. It’s our first graded winner and it’s special, especially at the Dublin Racing Festival. She’s going to be entered in everything but whether we go to Cheltenham or wait for the mares’ races, we’ll see. The young lad warned me ‘don’t mention Cheltenham!’ so we’ll probably wai Martin Hassett, trainer

Mr S. Connor, rider of Royal Hillsborough, trained by S.R.B. Crawford, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that he misjudged the winning post

Mr A.P. Ryan, rider of Tiktok Casey, trained by Peter Fahey, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount hung left in the straight

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Veterinary Officer examined Wonderful Everyday, trained by W.P

Mullins, at the request of the Raceday Stewards and reported the animal to be post race normal

The Raceday Stewards interviewed Mr S. Connor, rider of Royal Hillsborough, trained by S.R.B. Crawford, concerning his riding in the straight where it appeared that he misjudged the winning post losing out on first place as a result. Evidence was heard from the rider concerned who stated that he glanced up at the big screen and thought the 50 yard marker was the winning post. Having viewed the recording and considered the evidence, the Raceday Stewards found the rider in breach of

An I.N.H. flat race for four, five and six years old mares only that are EBF eligible that have not won a race, including races under any N.H. Rules or Rules of Racing, other than I.N.H. Flat Races or N.H. Flat Races or a combination of such races and which have not run in a hurdle race
Weights - 4-y-o 10st 9lbs 5 and 6-y-o 11st 7lbs.
Penalties - Winner of a Listed or Grade 3 I.N.H. Flat race or a N.H. flat race 4lb extra Winner of a Grade 1 or 2 I.N.H. Flat race or N.H. flat race 7lb extra