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I'll enter him in the November handicap and see what way they assess him,. If for some reason Go Native didn't go to the north (Down Royal) that would be an option but he wouldn't run in the November handicap then. It'll be one or the other. I probably overdid it a little bit with him last season and I have to stop myself doing that again. After his next run he'll have to mix it with the big boys. When he tailed off last year he tailed off very bad. We couldn't find anything wrong with him but it must have been something. He had a very hard race against Hurricane Fly and maybe that took more out of him than we thought. Then we brought him to Navan at Christmas and that was probably too soon. I just have to mind that I don't do that again. Noel Meade, trainer

A hurdle race for five yrs old and upwards which have not won a hurdle race before 27th April, 2008
Weights - 11st 2lb; Mares allowed 5lb
Allowances - Horses that have not won a hurdle
Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race 4lb extra; Of two hurdle races 7lb extra; Of three or more hurdle races 10lb extra; race before 3rd May, 2009 allowed 4lb