12.55 2m. 14 Declared. I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF M'dn H'dle of €14,000.00 5-y-o plus
1st - €8,400.00 2nd - €2,800.00 3rd - €1,400.00 4th - €700.00 5th - €420.00 6th - €280.00
FormscanBy Tom Weekes - Cheltenham Bumper runner-up APPRECIATE IT has found a soft touch for his maiden hurdle and should win doing handstands. A point-to-point winner on his second start, he proved himself very good in bumpers and comes here as a fine hurdles prospect for the top yard. Another point-to-point winner and 98-rated handicap chaser Top Question is race-fit but drops to two miles for the first time for today's outing, which is his third hurdles start and has no chance of beating the selection, barring mishaps, but might place. Suil Alainn was beaten in fourth when falling at the final flight at Galway last month and is open to some improvement while Pepite De Belle has shown some useful bits of form. Philip Fenton's Mattie Cahill, for Michael Lowry's Glebeland Farm, is a notable newcomer being from the family of Stayers' Hurdle winner Shuil Ar Aghaidh.
A hurdle for five years old and upwards, maidens at starting that are EBF eligible and that have not run under any Rules of Racing as a two or three yr oldWeights - 12st Mares allowed 7lbs