See also » Smitty Bacall pops up at 20/1 for Shay Barry
In fairness to the handicapper, he dropped him down to a fair mark because he was off for a long time and I'm delighted. It was Danny's own idea to go on the outside. I was hoping they'd go plenty quick and told him to follow the pace, he stays well, but Danny said they slowed it up and he got it spot on as it took the sting out of the rest of them. There are two races, a hurdle and chase, for him at Killarney and he's a lovely horse to have. J R Barry, trainer

The Stewards received a report from the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Starter,Mr. P.L. Malone, that C.J

Orr, rider of An Fraoch Mor, B. Hayes, rider of Blackstair Rocco, M.P. Walsh, rider of Tesseract, P.T. Enright, rider of Sean Says, J.S. McGarvey, rider of Bolbec (FR), B.J. Cooper, rider of Elite Trooper Grey, R.P. Treacy, rider of New Ross, J.M. Moore, rider of Harvest Bow, T. Joseph Kelly, rider of Rebel Waltz, D.J. O'Keeffe, rider of The White Volcano, K.J. Brouder, rider of Veneziano Springs (FR), D.E. Mullins, rider of Smitty Bacall and M.M. McDonagh, rider of Oneknightmoreihope had all failed to comply with his instructions, which resulted in a false start to this race. He was of the view that S.W. Flanagan, rider of Charlie Siringo had obeyed his instructions

Evidence was heard from all riders concerned. C.J. Orr accepted that he had disobeyed the starters instructions. B

Hayes was of the opinion that starting on a bend was a contributing factor. M.P. Walsh stated that his mount was only jigging forward. P.T. Enright stated that nobody charged the start. J.S. McGarvey stated that he was on the inside and was only jig jogging. B.J. Cooper stated that his mount was wearing blinkers and he was trying to obey the starter. R.P. Treacy stated that nobody forced the start. T. Joseph. Kelly stated that he was on the second line and did nothing wrong. S.W. Flanagan stated that he immediately obeyed the starters instructions. D.J. O'Keeffe stated that the horses were warm which made control difficult. K.J. Brouder stated that his mount was warm and he did his best to obey the starter. D.E. Mullins stated that he lined up and obeyed the starter at all times. M.M

McDonagh stated that he was on the second row and felt he had obeyed the starter. Having viewed the recording of the incident and considered the evidence, the Stewards were satisfied that all riders with the exception of S.W

Flanagan were in breach of Rule 208(v)(b)in that they had failed to comply with the starters instructions. Having taken each riders respective records in this regard into account, the Stewards cautioned C.J. Orr, M.P. Walsh, P.T

Enright, J.S. McGarvey, B.J. Cooper, R.P. Treacy, T. Joseph. Kelly, D.J. O'Keeffe and M.M. McDonagh on this occasion. The Stewards suspended B. Hayes, D.E. Mullins and J.M. Moore for 1 raceday and suspended K.J

Brouder for 2 racedays

C.J. Orr, rider of An Fraoch Mor trained by Ross O'Sullivan, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount never travelled and pulled up

P.T. Enright, rider of Sean Says trained by Rodger Sweeney, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount never travelled and pulled up.

An extended handicap hurdle for four years old and upwards (123 = 11st 10lbs)
Weights - Top weight in the original handicap and after the time of declaration shall not be less than 11st 10lbs and the minimum weight shall not be less than 9st 12lbs
Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race after calculation of the handicap shall carry 5lb extra for each hurdle race won.