1st - €10,638.00 2nd - €3,600.00 3rd - €1,800.00 4th - €900.00 5th - €540.00 6th - €360.00 Fine

FormscanBy Eamonn Murphy - Hardly a race for big stakes, but with Paul Townend choosing RATHVINDEN ahead of Class Conti and Total Recall the Grand National third placer will do for me. The reason a big investment mightn't be advisable is obviously due to the fact that several of these are coming back off breaks. Rathvinden has won off 163 day and 305 day absences in the past. If the Heron Island eleven-year-old does happen to be very strong in the market then, for his first outing over hurdles since 2014, a punter would be more inclined to have a bet with some confidence. Gordon Elliott's The Storyteller looks the one most likely to get amongst the Willie Mullins trio, and it shouldn't be forgotten that he was a Grade One winner (albeit lucky) in his time. The Shantou gelding needs to find a return to form. He's only an eight-year-old yet, so time is on his side.

A hurdle for four years old and upwards that have not won a Grade 1, Grade 2 or Grade 3 weight-for age hurdle race
Weights - 4-y-o 10st 9lbs ;5-y-o and up 11st ;Mares allowed 7lbs ;
Penalties - (to count from 29th April, 2018) Winner of a hurdle race 6lb extra Of two hurdle races or one value ?10000 10lb extra