1st - €12,320.00 2nd - €4,000.00 3rd - €2,000.00 4th - €1,000.00 5th - €500.00 Overcast

FormscanBy Eamonn Murphy - I'll go with GETAWAY KID here. On St Stephen's Day at Down Royal Noel Meade's charge settled behind the leaders, and he was sixth at the halfway stage in a beginners chase. The chestnut improved to challenge before three out where he disputed the lead. Ridden to assert before the last, Sean Flanagan's mount kept on well to defeat Grotesque by three and three parts of a length. Meade said after that: "He has been super schooling, we haven't schooled a horse with as much scope as him for a long time. It just gave him another little bit of a gear which he maybe didn't have over hurdles." Home Place has plenty on his plate against this class of opponent but you'd be slow to rule anything else out in a race where we should learn plenty.%0A

A novice steeplechase for five yrs old and upwards that are EBF eligible and which at entry are rated 113 or less, also open to horses which, at entry, are rated 114-123 in steeplechases and to horses which, at entry, are rated 123 or less in hurdle races
Weights - 5-y-o 10st 10lb; 6-y-o and up 11st 3lb
Penalties - Performances before 8th January-for every 1lb above the rating of 113 1lb extra; On or after 8th January -for each race won 6lb extra; Note 1- Horses which, at entry, have not run in two or more steeplechases and/or do not have a published steeplechase rating may enter and run at the discretion of the handicapper provided their steeplechase rating is 123 or less. Note 2-Horses which, at entry, have not run in three or more hurdle races and/or do not have a published hurdle rating may enter and run at the discretion of the handicapper provided their hurdle rating is 123 or less. However hurdle ratings and performances will only be considered after steeplechase ratings and performances.