1st - €6,600.00 2nd - €2,200.00 3rd - €1,100.00 4th - €550.00 5th - €330.00 6th - €220.00

FormscanBy Mark Nunan - Lifetime Ambition ran a blinder when fourth in the Champion Hunter Chase at the Punchestown festival and that makes him the one to beat, but he was turned over at odds-on in this race last year and is taken on with SOLITARY MAN. Enda Bolger's eight-year-old has won four times at this venue and will appreciate stepping back up in trip after finishing fourth to Journey With Me over 2m4f at Cork. The latter was a Grade 2 winner over that trip when trained by Henry de Bromhead, but his stamina will be stretched over this distance.

A steeplechase for ] Certified Hunters five years old and upwards that have been placed first, second, third or fourth in a Certified Hunters' Steeplechase or in a Point-to-Point Steeplechase in Ireland between 1st October, 2022 and 5th May, 2026 and that have not won a Race under any N.H. Rules or Rules of Racing since 1st March, 2025 other than Certified Hunters Steeplechases
Weights - 11st 7lbs. Mares allowed 7lbs.
Penalties - (to count from 1st January, 2024) Winner of a steeplechase 4lb extra Of two steeplechases 7lb extra Of three or more steeplechases 10lb extra
Riders - Qualified Riders under I.N.H.S. Rules. ? A Hunters Certificate valid in accordance with Rule 78 for the 2025/2026 season for each horse engaged must be registered at the Office of the INHSC, The Curragh, Co. Kildare, not later than 5th May or the horse is not qualified to start.