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It was a lovely opportunity for the horse. He should have won his maiden long before now, but that will give him plenty of confidence - I hope. It is my first winner for these owners (John Kirkland and Mrs Jim Ryan), they have been very supportive of me. They are an absolute pleasure to deal with and hopefully that will give them plenty of confidence to keep the support. This means a helluva lot to me. Hopefully, this horse will kick on and do a bit more in the winter. There was a bit of word for Joseph's (Seola) beforehand, so we were a little bit worried about the three-year-old filly getting all the allowances. She had a good run in Galway the last day. We were just keen to keep things very simple on him. He knows his job. We have probably a dozen in (for the winter) and we will lightly campaign the majority of the string. We had a winner last week, Instant Appeal, and hopefully he is one that will serve us well throughout the winter. We have a nice little squad of them. We have had to freshen up the whole team. Stephen Thorne, trainer

For three years old and upwards, maidens at starting
Weights - 3-y-o 9st 8lbs 4-y-o and up 9st 10lbs. Fillies allowed 5lbs.