1st - €8,865.00 2nd - €3,000.00 3rd - €1,500.00 4th - €750.00 5th - €450.00 6th - €300.00 Fine

FormscanBy Tom Weekes - BLACKBOW should take plenty beating on his second hurdles start having failed to justify odd-on at Naas last month. A point-to-point winner on debut, BLACKBOW was high class bumper performer in 2017/18 and returned from a 563 days absence when beaten on hurdles debut at Naas. He should improve from that run and should prove hard to beat here. Sizing Pottsie was himself a capable bumper horse who has two hurdle outings to his name, and returned with a promising enough run at Punchestown last month. Sizing Pottsie was beaten 2.25L by winner Cavalry Master in that Punchestown race but on a strict formline, Cavalry Master was beaten 18.25L by BLACKBOW at Naas, meaning BLACKBOW holds a big enough form edge. Mr Lingo beat a subsequent bumper winner when landing his point-to-point win at Dromahane in April 2017 and while he was bought for GBP250,000 later that month, hasn't been seen since and is surely best watched on return today. Belfast Banter has shown ability in bumpers for Dan Skelton, winning at Newton Abbot in July but faces a far bigger task on debut for his new trainer today.

A hurdle for four 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 old
Weights - 4-y-o 11st 9lbs ;5-y-o and up 11st 12lbs ;Mares allowed 7lbs ;The Final of this Series will be run at ;Fairyhouse in April, 2020 ;