Conditions to suit Back In Thyne The euro may not be the unit of currency officially circulating in the North of Ireland but the Turf Club and Horse Racing Ireland pay no heed to such trifles and all today`s prizemoney is designated in this coinage, with the Powers Ulster National offering the most valuable steeplechase purse ever run at Downpatrick.Money alone does not suffice though to make a spectacle and 40 years ago this race with a fraction of the money attracted a mammoth crowd thanks to the presence in the line-up of a royal runner, Laffy, trained by Peter Cazalet and ridden by Willie Robinson. Laffy delivered under top weight of 12 stone but today`s top weight Pre Ordained may find the concession to the Enda Bolger-trained Back In Thyne beyond him.The overnight weather forecasts sugggest the ground becoming heavy and it was on such conditions that Back In Thyne ran a close second to Camden West at Clonmel.The handicap hurdle top weights have been decimated this winter but Jacksons Gold is napp
