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He didn't jump as fluently as I was hoping he would but he showed a nice turn of foot. I think he is possibly Supreme Novice-bound if Simon and Isaac want to go there. I'm not sure that he stays, the couple of times we've tried him over longer trips he hasn't been up to it yet. I liked what I saw there, liked the turn of foot that he has, and he's going to make a very smart novice chaser, I think. He works very smartly at home and we just ran him over the wrong trip last year on his first run when Simon and Isaac were over in Ireland. That taught us a lesson to just keep him to the minimum trip for the time being. I think he's going to be way better over fences, he'll probably have more respect for bigger jumps because he's well able to jump. W P Mullins, trainer

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Veterinary Officer examined American Mike, trained by Gordon Elliott, at the request of the Raceday Stewards and reported the animal to be post race normal.

A novice hurdle for four years old and upwards that are EBF eligible and have not won more than two hurdle races and have not won a Grade 1, Grade 2 or Grade 3 weight for-age hurdle race and have not run under any Rules of Racing as a two or three yr old and have not won a steeplechase
Weights - 4-y-o 10st 7lbs 5-y-o and up 11st 5lbs Mares allowed 7lbs
Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race 4lb extra Of two hurdle races 7lb extra