See also » Blake wins October Handicap after stewards enquiry
To be honest, they nearly had to give it to him. You can't stop them to that degree, can you? He absolutely stopped him and he's a big, long-striding horse. If you're riding a bike and you're stopped, it's very hard to get going again that quickly. It's a nice pot to win and he'll run in the maiden hurdle at Down Royal on Saturday week. That's the plan. He jumps great and we're looking forward to him heading over hurdles. Noel Meade, trainer

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Veterinary Officer examined Retracement, trained by J.P. Murtagh, at the request of the Raceday Stewards and reported the animal to be post race normal

The Raceday Stewards enquired into possible interference in the home straight involving Blake (GB), ridden by C.D. Hayes, placed second and Navy Waters, ridden by N.M. Crosse, placed first, where it appeared that interference may have occurred. Evidence was heard from the riders concerned. C.D. Hayes stated that he was carried wide early in the straight and at no stage did he get a fair run up the straight. He further added that as he got his mount going Navy Waters leaned in on top of him. He concluded by stating that he felt this interference had cost him the winning of the race. N.M. Crosse stated that his mount was hanging right and he did his best to keep him straight. He further added that Blake ran into the back of his hind quarters. Having viewed the recording of the race and considered the evidence, the Raceday Stewards were of the opinion that Navy Waters had caused interference to Blake and as a result of this interference had improved it’s finishing position

As a consequence, the Raceday Stewards amended the result to read as follows: Amended Result: First: Blake Second: Navy Waters Third: Teed Up Fourth: Speckled Meadow Fifth: Immutable Sixth: Bottler'secret Furthermore, the Raceday Stewards were of the opinion that N.M. Crosse was in breach of Rule 214 in that he had ridden carelessly, and having considered his clean record in this regard they suspended him for two racedays

C.D. Hayes, rider of Blake (GB), trained by Noel Meade, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount suffered repeated interference

R. Donaghue-Leahy, rider of Not Just Any Eagle, trained by Patrick J.Flynn, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that her mount leaned left throughout

N.M. Crosse, rider of Navy Waters, trained by W. McCreery, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount hung and ran around when he hit the front

Adam Caffrey, rider of Railwayview Lady, trained by A. Oliver, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount stopped quickly

GENERAL INFORMATION The following Raceday Stewards acted on behalf of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board at this race meeting: Mr. T. Breen (Chairman), Mr. D. Aiken, Mr. J.M. McGrath, Mr. A. Ring

An extended handicap for three years old and upwards that at entry have run three or more times under any Rules of Racing, at least one of those runs having been over a distance of nine furlongs or more on or after 1st September, 2024 (100 = 10st)
Penalties - (after calculation of the handicap) A winner shall carry 7lb extra for each race won.