See also » Found A Diamond stays on strongly for Markey & O'Sullivan
Tommy (Ward, owner) loves his racing, he eats and sleeps racing. He's not into golf or anything else, only the racing. It is great to see him get success. He gets a great kick out of it. It is owners that make racing and Tommy is so loyal to me. Very much appreciated (EBF sponsorship today) for these horses. Shane is from Monaghan and he would have started off with Anthony (McCann) and then he came down to the RACE school. He did his year in RACE and such a pity it is not there (anymore) because we used to always get jockeys coming through. It was a great grounding and you'd love to see it come back, and I hope it does come back. It needs to come back. Shane did his grounding there and got pupil of the year. He went to me for a while then went back to Anthony for a stint and then came back to me again. Great fella and a very hard worker. Lovely ride today on a horse that is not very straightforward. He is on and off the bridle, he is a little bit of a monkey hence the cheekpieces. He had to give him a little flick through the race to kind of keep him concentrating. He saves plenty for himself, but fair play to Shane. The horse caught him out the last day in Thurles, but he learned from that. He knew exactly what he was going to do with him today. Ross O'Sullivan, trainer

The Raceday Stewards received a report from the Clerk of the Scales that D.G. Whelan, rider of Elusive Prince, had presented to weigh out at 2.9 lbs overweight, none of which had been declared at declaration time. Evidence was heard from the rider concerned who stated that he has no problem doing this weight, having recently done lighter, and today's error was a genuine mistake. Evidence was also heard from James M Barcoe, Trainer of Elusive Prince, who confirmed that he was happy for the rider to put up the overweight. Having considered the evidence the Raceday Stewards allowed D. G. Whelan to take up the ride but they were satisfied that D. G. Whelan was in breach of Rule 198 and having considered his record in this regard (first offence) The Raceday Stewards fined D. G. Whelan €150 on this occasion

P. M. O'Brien, rider of Brianna Lily, trained by James M. Barcoe, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount never travelled

The Raceday Stewards interviewed S.R Markey, rider of Found A Diamond, concerning his use of the whip in the closing stages of this race. Evidence was heard from the rider concerned who accepted that he was in breach of the regulation and apologised for his actions. Having viewed a recording of the race and considered the evidence the Raceday Stewards were satisfied that S. R. Markey was in breach of Regulation 10.3.g (excessive frequency) and having considered his record in this regard (second offence) the Raceday Stewards suspended S. R. Markey for five racedays

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Veterinary Officer examined Themanintheboots, trained by Gordon Elliott, at the request of the Raceday Stewards and reported the animal to be post race normal

GENERAL INFORMATION The following Raceday Stewards acted on behalf of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board at this race meeting: Dr Frank Kenny (Chairman), Mr Laurence McFerran, Rev Colin Hall-Thompson, Mr John Osborne, Mr H. T. Hynes

The Raceday Stewards, pursuant to the provisions of Rule 29, appointed Mr Garvan Ware as Security Officer at this meeting

An extended handicap hurdle for four years old and upwards that are EBF eligible (120 = 11st 12lbs)
Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race after calculation of the handicap shall carry 7lb extra for each hurdle race won.