1st - €7,392.00 2nd - €2,400.00 3rd - €1,200.00 4th - €600.00 5th - €300.00 Overcast

FormscanBy Tom Weekes - RECKLESS LAD is just one win short of a record-breaking 10th win for a horse at Dundalk and Pat Martin's admirable, and very well placed, gelding could get the breakthrough here. He has won at distances ranging from 7f to 1m2f at the venue but is specialises over this trip and has already won six races at this distance and comes here clearly fit and well. He appears 2lbs 'wrong' at these weights but he has in fact gone up 2lbs for his runner-up effort here five days ago meaning he competes from his correct mark. RECKLESS LAD won in November when beating Georgian Bay into third and the latter too has solid claims on revised 2lbs better terms, with the drop back in trip likely to suit. Mr Ormsby has top weight but his rider takes off 4lbs and he ran well here latest and is also a course winner while War Hero, similarly ridden by a 4lbs claimer, ran a nice race on his comeback run latest and is likely to progress from the run. Amlad ran a nice race here 12 days ago but is likely to find the trip too sharp while Namazee has his first run since September but is a previous CD winner.%0A%0A

For three yrs old and upwards that, at entry, are rated 70 or less also open to horses rated 71-80
Weights - 3-y-o 9st; 4-y-o and up 9st 1lb
Penalties - Performances before 13th December for every 1lb above the rating of 70 1lb extra; On or after 13th December for every race won 5lb extra; Horses that have not run three times and/or do not have a published handicap rating are eligible to enter and run at the discretion of the handicapper.
Riders - Open to apprentices who are apprenticed to Trainers in Ireland only. Allowances (up to and including 16th December and which are not cumulative) Apprentices who have not ridden three *winners allowed 7lb Those who have not ridden twenty *winners allowed 4lb Those who have not ridden thirty *winners allowed 2lb