See also » 'Proper horse' Sandor Clegane routs the field
Sean said he felt like a proper horse and said three out he just came alive. He said 'it's going to take a good one to beat me' and when he heard a horse coming behind him he just quickened up. Over a trip he can do that and he needs that trip. It doesn't happen very often, unless maybe at Limerick, but we actually think he'll handle real heavy ground every bit the same as that and that would put others out of their comfort zone. I was a little bit worried about the inside track first time around as you can see some of the horses aren't handling it. It's nice to get back with some of the good ones. We'll aim for the Albert Bartlett, we might as well aim high. Hopefully he'll come out of it grand and we'll work from there. We had very little during the summer and then a few little things went wrong. Hopefully we have a few nice ones to come, and he's one of them. He had got beat it was going to be a long struggle. Paul Nolan, trainer

At the request of the Raceday Stewards, P. Byrnes, rider of Green Glory, trained by C.Byrnes, reported to the Stewards' Secretaries that his mount was flat out all the way and stayed on one paced past beaten horses in the straight

A hurdle for four years old and upwards, maidens at starting that are EBF eligible and which had been purchased as an unraced three or four year old at Public Auction under the hammer in Ireland or Great Britain for #45,000 or less at a recognised National Hunt Sale and that have not been purchased at Public Auction under the hammer in Ireland or Great Britain for any more than #45,000 at any time and that have not won a race under any N.H. Rules or Rules of Racing other than one I.N.H. flat race or N.H. flat race value not more than #12,000
Weights - 4-y-o 11st 11lbs 5-y-o and up 11st 12lbs Mares allowed 7lbs