1st - €7,084.00 2nd - €2,300.00 3rd - €1,150.00 4th - €575.00 5th - €287.50 Fine but windy

FormscanBy Eamonn Murphy - With a thirteen and a half length fourth placing behind Cheltenham hero City Island to his name, AN FRAOCH MOR is possibly entitled to the vote. The Mahler gelding is back in trip from that Naas effort when he could have been closer had he not made a slight mistake and stumbled badly at the last. The one that finished a place ahead of An Fraoch Mor on that occasion, Chavi Artist, triumphed subsequently at Fairyhouse. Looking at the way Ross O’Sullivan’s charge is bred, I wouldn’t envisage testing ground being a problem. There are a few others that could come into it but it looks a weak enough contest all told. Perhaps Tapenade can make a hurdler after showing up reasonably well in his bumper starts.

A hurdle race for five yrs old and upwards, maidens at starting that, at entry, have run at least three times under any N.H. Rules and that, at declaration have not been placed first, second or third under any N.H. Rules or Rules of Racing
Weights - 11st 12lb; Mares allowed 7lb;