1st - €7,683.00 2nd - €2,600.00 3rd - €1,300.00 4th - €650.00 5th - €390.00 6th - €260.00 Raining

FormscanBy Tom Weekes - FATHER AILBHE has done well in recent months and might prove best here. A Lingfield handicap winner in 2018, he has since done well enough since switching to hurdling. He ran a cracker when second to an on-fire Once Cool Poet on the flat at Galway and then ran a solid race when fourth in a handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe, with the winner following up subsequently. Waitnsee has also shown a nice level of ability in two hurdle runs todate and has Darragh O'Keeffe's assistance. She gained experience in her two hurdle runs this month and should be able to progress to figure at the business end of this maiden. Make The Switch as indeed made the switch to John McConnell and jump racing, having been bought for 30,000gns last July. He showed fairly useful flat form for Dermot Weld, could be the type to do well over hurdles and represents a yard in good form. %0A%0A

A hurdle for four years old and upwards, maidens at starting
Weights - 4-y-o 11st 7lbs ;5-y-o and up 11st 12lbs ;Mares allowed 7lbs ;Allowance - Horses that have not won a race, ;including flat races, under any NH Rules or ;Rules of Racing ;If 4-y-o allowed 5lb ;If 5-y-o and up allowed 8lb ;
Riders - Confined to Professional Riders under I.N.H.S. Rules who have not lost the right to claim the allowance under Rule 52 (iii). Allowances - (which are not cumulative, up to and including 24th August) Riders who have not ridden the winners of 25 *races allowed..........4lb Those who have not ridden the winners of 40 *races allowed..........2lb No allowance under Rule 52 (iii) may be claimed *Including races under any N.H. Rules or Rules of Racing The Riders of the first three horses will receive €250, €150 and €100 respectively from the I.N.H.S. Committee Mr. J.P. McManus will present a trophy to the winning Owner, Trainer and Rider and will also present €200 to the Groom in charge of the best turned out horse in this race