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He had been showing signs and was working well enough at home. He should come on from that,” . Jack said he was idling in front but it was a nice pot to win. Hopefully he'll be ok and he'll be alright when he jumps a fence in time. Gordon Elliott, trainer

D.N. Russell, rider of Busty Brown trained by M.O. Cullinane, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount never travelled and was pulled up thereafter. D.G. Hogan, rider of Fiosrach trained by Denis Gerard Hogan, reported to the Clerk of Scales that his mount hung badly and felt lame. Owing to the low lying of the sun, the Stewards granted permission for the third last hurdle to be omitted in this race and for the remainder of today's hurdle races.

An extended handicap hurdle for four yrs old and upwards (130 = 11st 10lb)
Weights - Top weight in the original handicap; shall not be less than 11st 10lb
Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race after calculation of the handicap to carry 6lb extra for each hurdle race won. Any horse rated above 130 shall initially be treated as having that rating and the highest weight allotted shall be 11st 10lb. Subsequently, the excess over 130 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 130 shall have the applicable weight for age allowance then prevailing deducted from the horse's rating prior to the original calculation of the handicap)