Bill shows Meade hasn’t lost touch

The days when Noel Meade was a major force at Galway are in the distant past, but he showed last night he hasn’t lost the touch when saddling Curley Bill to land the featured Guinness Handicap.

“I’m delighted for different reasons,” said Meade. He soon revealed what the principal one was.

“I sold him to a few fellows before he ran badly in a maiden hurdle at Punchestown,” he continued. “We shook on it, but they didn’t pay. I’m not going to say who it was, but they know who they are.”