3.00 2m. 4f. 12 Declared. Holden Plant Rentals H'cap H'dle of €10,000.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €6,000.00 2nd - €2,000.00 3rd - €1,000.00 4th - €500.00 5th - €300.00 6th - €200.00
FormscanBy Alan Magee - LUIS VAN ZANDT was quite lightly-raced for Tony Martin but looked a certain future handicap winner when third in a competitive 22-runner Fairyhouse event last year. The Scorpion gelding has joined Gavin Cromwell this year and made a bright start at Limerick when keeping on one paced behind Laureate. This extra half-mile could well suit. Shannon Fields is an obvious threat. Eric McNamara’s charge was far from disgraced in some big field maidens last winter and went off favourite when switched to a handicap over this trip at Tipperary last month. The six-year-old could well progress from that solid effort and is preferred to Yeah Babe and the selection’s stablemate Captain Courageous. Any market move for point-to-point winner Doyen Dancer would be interesting.
An extended handicap hurdle for four years old and upwards rated 80-102 Weights - Top weight in the original handicap and after the time of declaration shall not be less than 12st and the minimum weight is 9st 12lbs Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race after calculation of the handicap shall carry 5lb extra for each hurdle race won.