2.30 1m. 6f. 8 Declared. Ir Stall Farms EBF Vintage Tipple Stakes of €47,500.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €28,500.00 2nd - €9,500.00 3rd - €4,750.00 4th - €2,375.00 5th - €1,425.00 6th - €950.00
FormscanBy Mark Nunan - KASTASA can pick up where she left off last year and land this Listed contest. Dermot Weld’s filly won five of her six starts in 2019, progressing through the handicap ranks and signing off with a Group 3 win over 2m at the Curragh. An almost ten-month lay-off is a concern, but her class can see her through. Heliac is on an upward trajectory as well, having won four of her last five starts, and handled the step-up to 12f well when taking a Listed event at Leopardstown. She goes up in trip again, and has 7lbs to find with the selection on ratings. Joseph O’Brien’s pair of French imports Traisha and Mighty Blue fought out the finish in a Killarney handicap, and are unexposed, race-fit and open to improvement over this longer distance.
For four years old and upwards fillies only that are EBF eligibleWeights - 9st 2lbsPenalties - (to count from 1st August, 2019 - for races of eleven furlongs or over) Winner of a Listed race 3lb extra Of a Group 3 race 5lb extra Of a Group 2 race or Group 1 race 7lb extra