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I'm delighted with that. He had a good start in Roscommon, he was just unfortunate to miss the first one down the back. They just seemed to have got their wires crossed in Roscommon but stepped up from there. Denis gave him a grand ride, and hopefully he'll keep going the right way for us. He's finding it a bit easier over fences than he did over hurdles - the smaller fields suit him. He likes to bowl along up there and do his own thing. When the other horse came to him he put his head down and battled on. Nick (Peacock of owners Wicklow Bloodstock Ltd), unfortunately, couldn’t make it here but that's his third winner of the week (after the Willie Mullins-trained pair Wicklow Brave and Easy Game), and it's nice that this fellow didn’t let the side down, coming from a different camp. We'll have a look at Galway for him. Denis W Cullen, trainer

D.N. Russell, rider of Morgan trained by Gordon Elliott, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount mad a bad mistake at the sixth fence and was pulled up soon after.

A steeplechase for four yrs old and upwards that have not won a steeplechase
Weights - 4-y-o 11st; 5-y-o and up 11st 12lb; Mares allowed 7lb;