Competitive Coral.ie Day in the offing A field of 25 horses will contest the Coral.ie Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday. The Willie Mullins-trained Ivan Grozny heads the weights for the €100,000 event and the champion trainer will also be represented by clear favourite Kalkir, Bamako Moriviere and Buiseness Sivola. Gordon Elliott relies on Desoto County and also declared are leading ante-post fancies Whatsforuwontgobyu, trained by Tony Martin and Noel Meade’s De Name Escapes Me. Barry Geraghty will ride After Rain for Shay Barry and the same trainer will be also have high hopes for Bentelimar, the mount of Luke Dempsey. Willie Mullins also supplies the top-weight for the €100,000 Coral.ie Leopardstown Handicap Chase. Blood Cotil will be his only runner in the race and will be ridden by Ruby Walsh. Bryan Cooper rides Killer Crow for trainer Gordon Elliott who has also declared Cause Of Causes. Fine Rightly will carry the hopes of Stuart Crawford while last year’s winning trainer, Ted Walsh, runs Seabass, the mount of his daughter, Katie. Jonathan Burke will ride Lyreen Legend for Curragh trainer Sandra Hughes. The Grade 2 "Money Back On Fallers" At Coral.ie Novice Chase has attracted a field of five runners with the exciting Killultagh Vic a likely favourite for Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh. Jessica Harrington's Walk To Freedom and the Gordon Elliott-trained Lord Scoundrel look to head the challenge while Tony Martin’s Blair Perrone and Patrick Griffin's Captain Hox complete the line-up. Ahead of Sunday's meeting, Pat Keogh, Chief Executive of Leopardstown Racecourse, said, "We're looking forward to the very first Coral.ie Hurdle Day at leopardstown. The feature races looks to be a strong contest and the €100,000 bonus to any horse that can win the Coral.ie Hurdle and go on to land the Coral Cup at Cheltenham certainly adds a new intriguing dimension!"
