1st - €18,450.00 2nd - €6,000.00 3rd - €3,000.00 4th - €1,500.00 5th - €750.00 Partly Cloudy

FormscanBy Eamonn Murphy - Grand National third placer Bless The Wings has been to Cheltenham, Fairyhouse and obviously Aintree, but he hadn't run in 2018 prior to this spring campaign and perhaps there's another big performance in the thirteen-year-old. He fell in the cross-country at Cheltenham this year, but the Winged Love gelding has shown his prowess in this sphere in the past, including when victorious at Cheltenham in December in the Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase. Twice a second placer in the Irish Grand National, Bless The Wings finished seventh here in 2016 behind Quantitativeeasing and JOSIES ORDERS with Nina Carberry up is just preferred. Just Wait And See meanwhile, bids to quickly supplement his win from here on Tuesday. Of the others, Auvergnat, twice a winner of the P.P.Hogan Memorial Cross Country Chase here, will justifiably be the choice of many.

A steeplechase for five yrs old and upwards
Weights - 5-y-o 11st 2lb; 6-y-o and up 11st 7lb; Mares allowed 7lb
Penalties - (to count from 1st January, 2017) The winner of a steeplechase to carry 5lb extra for each steeplechase won. No penalty to increase a horse's weight beyond 12st 7lb. Riders: 1. Riders who hold a Licence under I.N.H.S. Rules 2. Riders who hold a Licence under National Hunt Rules to ride in Steeplechases issued by any Recognised Turf Authority. 3. Riders who hold a Category ''C'' Permit to ride under I.N.H.S. Rules 4. Riders who hold a Permit to ride in Steeplechases issued by any other Recognised Turf Authority. The Stewards of the I.N.H.S. Committee have suspended Rule 78 to enable horses which run in this race (excluding the winner) to retain their Hunters Certificates for the remainder of the 2017/2018 Point To Point Season. The Stewards have also suspended the relevant parts of Rule 135 (iv) (c) and (v) for the purposes of this race.