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It's good to get that out of the way and we'll see what the handicapper does with him now,. He gets three miles really well but he been over-jumping a few fences and jumping his way out of races. He looked a certainty here if he reproduced his Fairyhouse run but it was a matter of reproducing that. He made a bad mistake here last time which cost him the race and also made a bad mistake down in Wexford. C A Murphy, trainer

A steeplechase for four yrs old and upwards that have not won a steeplechase and which, at entry, are rated 109 or less over hurdles.
Weights - 4-y-o 10st 9lb; 5-y-o 11st 7lb; 6-y-o and up 11st 12lb; Mares allowed 7lb;