1st - €7,392.00 2nd - €2,400.00 3rd - €1,200.00 4th - €600.00 5th - €300.00 Fine

FormscanBy Eamonn Murphy - He's been disappointing no doubt but hopefully the ground is safe enough for MILSEAN to take his chance here.The selection starts off on what could be his true of jumping fences.Now an eight-year-old,the Milan gelding has his third outing for the Gordon Elliott yard in this extended three mile one furlong event.Great hopes were held out for the Gigginstown House Stud-owned dual bumper scorer,and he looked well on his way to fulfilling those aspirations when victorious in a Navan maiden hurdle in November 2014.Milsean went on to finish second to Martello Tower in the 2015 Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle the following spring for Willie Mullins.A notably robust looking type,he was then sidelined for 625 days before being moved to the Mouse Morris yard.Four starts for the Everardsgrange handler yielded nothing.Clues to Milsean's prospects over the larger obstacles can be found as far back as 2013.He won his point-to-point at Dromahane at the first time of asking in April of that year.Vincent Halley had care of the Paul Power-ridden youngster for Sarah Keane at that stage.Interestingly he was spoken of in the same breath as other winners from the same weekend at the Mallow point-to-point course,No More Heroes and Black Hercules-subsequent Grade 1 winners.Bryan Cooper rides Milsean here and he is likely to be chiefly battling for honours with Baily Moon,Go It Alone and Mahler Ten.

A steeplechase for five yrs old and upwards that have not won a steeplechase
Weights - 5-y-o 11st 8lb; 6-y-o and up 11st 12lb; Mares allowed 7lb;