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Cyclone set for Galway but not the Plate

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Hidden Cyclone is the latest horse to be all but ruled out of the www.thetote.com Galway Plate next Wednesday.

With original top weight Rebel Fitz more likely to take in another engagement at the meeting, trainer Shark Hanlon is set to keep his stable star away from the feature race of the Festival for at least a year.

"I'm 95% sure he won't go for the Plate, he'll go for the conditions race the day before," Hanlon told At The Races.

"It's the same trip. He's rated 150 and there mightn't be a higher-rated horse than him.

"It's his first run for six months and while it would be lovely to go and win a Plate, it can be a rough race and a lot of things can happen in it.

"We'll be hoping this race has a smaller field and he'll have a right chance.

"In a year's time he might be Plate horse.

"If he'd had a run before now the Plate may have been the race, but the other race is valuable in its own right."