But it's one of those things, and this is still the original Classic. The Irish Champion may be on the same day, but I'm not sure it's looking quite so impressive this year, and we could argue that the Leger is still the premier race of the afternoon.

We have been managing the racecourse now for nearly a year and I am delighted that following extensive work between Arena and DMBC we have finalised this planning application.

We were fortunate to come out on top; it could have gone either way. It is tough to come to Meridian and win. I just have to commend our kids, especially for their second-half effort.

We knew Wayne County was quick on defense. They certainly won the turnover ratio. We missed two field goals early and that took some points away from us. We turned it over and our defense just got wore down.

It makes you wonder doesn't it.

It would have been lovely to have two or three more runners, obviously, but we'd rather have a good race with seven than not such a good race with a bigger field.

I don't know if we broke their back. They (Meridian High) are too good a team, you don't ever break their back. It took a lot out of them, gave us the lead and gave us a little momentum.

They came over here and played hard and whipped us. They wanted it a lot more than we did.

He does a good job at corner. The interceptions he had helped us tonight.