1st - €8,008.00 2nd - €2,600.00 3rd - €1,300.00 4th - €650.00 5th - €325.00 Fine

FormscanBy Tom Weekes - HE'S OK is a hopeful pick in a winneable maiden. He showed up well when finishing third in a better maiden at Naas in January (the runner-up since won) and while he was held in sixth when falling at the last at Thurles subsequently, that was a much stronger race to this and he should get involved at the business end today, in a first-time hood. Kolumbus is a third-season novice who has in the past burst blood vessels and is still searching for his first hurdles win. It is almost three years since he won his Kilbeggan bumper and while his best form is useful, he can be quite in-and-out and, shouldering a winners' penalty, looks to have a tough task on reappearance run, albeit he will encounter favourable ground conditions. Bianca Minola was progressive on the flat last year and while there was nothing extraordinary about her initial two hurdle runs, she does at least have that experience behind her now and should be able to get involved. Generalisation has some reasonably good bits of form to his name but is clearly vulnerable to any capable types while City Limits has also shown some bits of useful form but might also bump into a few today. State Of Cognac disappointed latest but had previously run well at Fairyhouse in January.

A hurdle race for five yrs old and upwards, maidens at starting
Weights - 11st 12lb; Mares allowed 7lb
Allowances - Horses that have not won a *race allowed 8lb *Including flat races under any National Hunt Rules or Rules of Racing
Riders - Confined to Professional who have not lost their right to claim the allowance under Rule 52 (iii) Allowances (up to and including 20th March) who have not ridden the winners of 25 **races allowed 4lb who have not ridden the winners of 40 **races allowed 2lb These allowances are not cumulative and no allowance to riders under Rule 52 (iii) may be claimed.