1st - €11,385.00 2nd - €2,805.00 3rd - €1,320.00 4th - €825.00 Overcast

FormscanBy Gary Carson - CROGHILL TUPPENCE will appreciate the step up in trip after a nice run to finish third here over two-and-a-half miles last month. Things just looked to be happening a bit quick last time but he stayed on well at the end. He has a good record around here, having won his maiden hurdle and beginners chase at the track, and remaining on the same mark as last time he looks to have a good chance of going in again. Tulsa Jack put a couple of falls behind him when lunging late to score here last month and off just 3lb higher he looks a danger after that confidence boosting win. Illtakeitfromhere has been in good form and warrants respected. He is just a pound higher than when third at Tramore last time and takes a significant leap up in trip now. Down Under was well beaten in Galway last time but was a course and distance winner previously and can't be discounted.

An extended handicap steeplechase for five yrs old and upwards (123 = 11st 10lb)
Weights - Top weight in the original handicap; shall not be less than 11st 10lb
Penalties - Winner of a steeplechase after calculation of the handicap to carry 4lb extra for each such steeplechase won Any horse rated above 123 shall initially be treated as having that rating and the highest weight allotted shall be 11st 10lb. Subsequently, the excess over 123 in any rating shall be added to the weight allotted to that horse. (For the purpose of this note, any four or five year old rated above 123 shall have the applicable weight for age allowance then prevailing deducted from the horse's rating prior to the original calculation of the handicap)
Riders - Confined to riders who have not ridden more than 10 winners under any National Hunt Rules between 1st September, 2014 and 1st September, 2015.