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She won this race last year and is in great order, probably the best I've had her all year. She got checked a bit on the bend, and the horse in front was idling,. I've put her into a two miles amateur handicap next Friday. I got an amateur licence recently and may ride her myself. There are about 50 people in the Phoenix Bloodstock Syndicate all together, and ten of them in this mare. They are from all over the country, and the idea we had was to try and get people interested in going racing who otherwise would just stay in a betting shop. Keith Henry Clarke, trainer

An extended handicap for four yrs old and upwards (75 = 10st)
Penalties - (after calculation of the handicap) A winner shall carry 5lb extra; for each race won. Any horse rated above 75 shall initially be treated as having that rating and the highest weight allotted shall be 10st. Subsequently, the excess over 75 in any rating shall be added to the weight allotted to that horse. (For the purpose of this note, any four year old rated above 75 shall have the applicable weight for age allowance then prevailing deducted from the horse's rating prior to the original calculation of the handicap)
Riders - Open to apprentices who are apprenticed to Trainers in Ireland only. Allowances (up to and including 23rd February and which are not cumulative) Apprentices who have not ridden three *winners allowed 7lb Those who have not ridden twenty *winners allowed 4lb Those who have not ridden thirty *winners allowed 2lb