1st - €7,800.00 2nd - €2,600.00 3rd - €1,300.00 4th - €650.00 5th - €390.00 6th - €260.00

FormscanBy Dan McEvoy - Former Galway Hurdle winner NDAAWI (3) is the class act in the race. Rated 150 over hurdles, Gordon Elliott's charge comfortably won the Pat Smullen Cancer Trials Charity Race last time out under Nina Carberry, proving an ideal preparation for this assignment. Ocastle Des Mottes sets the chasing standard with a rating of 126 and he has an experience edge. Paul Townend's mount can be unreliable at his fences at times, and he may need to improve to win. Captain Ryan Matt improved through last spring, culminating in a fifth-place finish at Aintree's Grand National Festival, recording a hurdles rating of 132. His finishing effort is a slight concern, especially up this testing run-in, but he can complete the frame.

A steeplechase for four years old and upwards that have not won a steeplechase
Weights - 4-y-o 11st 2lbs 5-y-o and up 11st 12lbs. Mares allowed 7lbs.