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That's great and it's very nice to do it on the Curragh, to get that box ticked,. The owners are from all over, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Cork. It's a syndicate that we had in England, that Jodi and I ran in England. When we knew we were coming home we started to get some home interest. She was in training here last year and she moved to us for this campaign. It was always something that we wanted to do, was to train in Ireland. I spent the last six years in England, the latter part with Roger Varian. The opportunity to move into Currabeg came up and we took it with both hands. We don't have a whole pile of older horses, it would be dominated by two-year-olds so we are looking forward to the summer. We've been blown away by the support that has come. We've got a very high quality of two-year-old so hopefully we can compete here in Ireland. John (Oxx) is incredible and he was the first man to congratulate me. His advice is incredible and to have him looking over your shoulder is a huge plus. We've got a couple of nice two-year-olds so we'll try and get them to win and see what they can do. I'm 29 and we've got 23 in training at the minute, with a couple more to come in. We bought one or two older horses to try and get the box ticked, knowing that we were going to be very reliant on two-year-olds. John Stephen O'Donoghue, trainer

J. Kearney, rider of Amazing Emma trained by Liam McAteer, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount acted up in the stalls

M.A. Gallagher, rider of We're On The Way trained by Ross O'Sullivan, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount got tight for room and got no run in the closing stages

J.A. Heffernan, rider of Wild Eyed Girl trained by Brian Nolan, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount met with interference a furlong and a half out

A.J. Slattery, rider of Breach (GB) trained by J.Halley, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount got no run inside the final furlong

Siobhan Rutledge, rider of Maccliff trained by Gerard Michael Hussey, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that her mount was checked a furlong and a half out

The Stewards requested a report from W.M. Lordon, rider of Cactus Tree, who fell on the flat in this race. The rider reported that his mount clipped a heel and fell. He further added that there appeared to be little movement from any rider prior to the fall. Having considered the report and viewed a recording of the incident, the Stewards were satisfied that no further action was warranted

GENERAL INFORMATION The following Raceday Stewards acted on behalf of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board at this race meeting: Mr. Justice Tony Hunt (Chairman), Mr. Sean Barry, Ms. Mary Cosgrave, Mr. John Martin-Smith, Mr. P.D

Matthews

An extended handicap for three years old and upwards rated 47-65
Penalties - (after calculation of the handicap) A winner shall carry 7lb extra for each race won.