1st - €48,000.00 2nd - €16,000.00 3rd - €8,000.00 4th - €4,000.00 5th - €2,400.00 6th - €1,600.00

FormscanBy Alan Magee - FAKIR D’OUDAIRIES has filled the runner-up spot on his last five completed starts and can gain a deserved win here. Before that sequence the Joseph O’Brien-trained gelding took advantage of the fall of Samcro two out to win the Grade 1 Drinmore Novice Chase over this course and distance and he’s come up against star performers on his latest two starts. Allaho burned off his rivals from the front in the Ryanair Chase but the selection kept on gamely into second and a reproduction of that form should be good enough. Battleoverdoyen impressed when beating Easy Game in a Grade 2 over this trip at Down Royal in the autumn but hasn’t come near that form since and was particularly disappointing at Thurles last time. He appears best when fresh and hopefully can bounce back after a break.

A steeplechase for five years old and upwards
Weights - 5-y-o 11st 6-y-o and up 11st 4lbs Mares allowed 7lbs
Penalties - Penalties (handicaps excluded) - to count from 1st October, 2019 Winner of three steeplechases or of a Grade 3 steeplechase 3lb extra Of two Grade 3 steeplechases or a Grade 2 steeplechase 6lb extra Of a Grade 1 steeplechase 8lb extra