4.05 2m. 5f. 19yds. 30 Declared. Randox Topham Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (Class 1 ) of £150,000.00 5-y-o plus
1st - €84,195.00 2nd - €31,665.00 3rd - €15,825.00 4th - €7,905.00 5th - €3,975.00 6th - €1,980.00 7th - €1,020.00 8th - €540.00 9th - €300.00 10th - €150.00
Formscan - Gentleman De Mee won the corresponding race last year when beating the runner-up Lisnamult Lad less than a length. Willie Mullins' charge will likely launch another bold bid and makes more appeal than stable companion Ile Atlantique. Madara could also have a say in proceedings off the back of justifying favouritism at Cheltenham last month with WILL THE WISE back in second. However, that was the latter's first start since December and, reopposing on more favourable terms, Gavin Cromwell's improving seven-year-old is taken to turn the tables. This quicker ground should suit Boombawn, while we may not have seen the best of the progressive chasers Coming Up Easy and Prairie Wolf just yet.