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He was missing the breaks catastrophically and in fairness to Colin Keane, who rode him the last day, said to take the crossed noseband off him as he resented it,. We did and he pinged out of stalls at home yesterday and if you look back on his old form in England he was probably well handicapped. It was very hard to have confidence with him and the noseband was the only thing we changed; he jumped fine for us at Dundalk in the past but all of a sudden started doing it and we were definitely on our last legs with him. I hope the owner had something on because I was just hoping he'd jump out! . He is owned by David Reilly, a very nice fellow from Dublin. John C McConnell, trainer

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Veterinary Officer reported to the Stewards that Snow Patch trained by D.J. Bunyan was found to have blood at both nostrils possibly as a result of exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage

The Stewards requested a report from John C. McConnell, trainer, as to the apparent improvement in form of Seanjohnsilver, placed first, as compared with its recent form. John C. McConnell stated that his charge has been awkward leaving the stalls on its previous runs and after its most recent run at Navan he suspected that his charge was resenting the drop nose band that all his horses run in. He felt that the removal of the drop nose band today coupled with the fact that his charge jumped well today had helped to bring about the improvement in form when compared with its recent form. Having considered the evidence the Stewards noted the explanation given.

An extended handicap for three years old and upwards rated 45-65
Weights - Top weight in the original handicap and after the time of declaration shall not be less than 10st 2lbs and the minimum weight is 8st 6lbs
Penalties - (after calculation of the handicap) A winner shall carry 6lb extra for each race won.