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Like every one else, I thought we were struggling at halfway and we were looking like we weren't at the races. I don't think Denis could go any quicker but from three out I thought we were getting back into it,. I started shouting at the second last as the two in front went so quick and mightn't keep it up and there was not a lot between him and Fury Road over hurdles. My lad jumped reasonably well but going as quick as that, maybe he was struggling a bit on the ground. You'd have to think three miles is his trip and the three-mile race at Leopardstown over Christmas is the obvious next race for him. He has a bit of blood on his nose - I've never seem him bleed before but sometimes they can get that from up high (in his nostril) or sometimes it can happen when they hit a fence. It didn't stop him today anyway. I feel sorry for Nicky Richards who bought him as a Landrover (Sale) horse and he had to sell him because he couldn't get an owner for him; he called him Beacon Edge because he had a fella who owned the Beacon Hotel who he thought would buy him but still didn't. Noel Meade, trainer

D.N. Russell, rider of Grand Paradis (FR) trained by Gordon Elliott, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount made a few jumping errors prior to pulling up

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board Veterinary Officer examined Lifetime Ambition, trained by Mrs John Harrington, at the request of the Stewards and reported the animal to be post race normal

A novice steeplechase for four years old and upwards
Weights - 4-y-o 11st 3lbs 5-y-o and up 11st 12lbs Mares allowed 7lbs