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I thought we were maybe third, or second at best, so it's a lovely surprise,. He's a grand little horse and will learn plenty from it. It was as rough a two-year-old race as I've seen and we were out of it thank God. That was probably the winning of the race, Colin used his head, took his time and educated the horse. I'm delighted for Damien Nolan who is an old owner of mine but is part of this syndicate. I didn't know it but he's just in from France and has his mother here, so it's nice. There should be plenty of improvement in him but I'd say the secret was just being out of the schmozzle. We'll have a look at a winners race and see if we could go for a premier nursery or something along the line. We'll take what we can and won't get carried away. G M Lyons, trainer

D.P. McDonogh, rider of Champagne Marengo trained by J.P. Murtagh, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount got no run in the straight

S. Foley, rider of Man Of The Sea trained by K.J. Condon, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount never handled the track.

For two yrs old only maidens at starting that are EBF eligible and which had been purchased as yearlings or as two year olds at Public Auction under the hammer after 1st July, 2017 for E48,000 or less (the first sale after 1st July, 2017 to govern the price if sold more than once)
Weights - 9st 7lb; Fillies allowed 5lb
Allowances - (which are not cumulative) If purchased for not more than E40,000 allowed 2lb If purchased for not more than E32,000 allowed 4lb If purchased for not more than E24,000 allowed 6lb If purchased for not more than E16,000 allowed 8lb If purchased for not more than E8,000 allowed 10lb