3.20 2m. 194yds. 11 Declared. Friends Of Brian Opportunity H'cap H'dle of €15,500.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €9,300.00 2nd - €3,100.00 3rd - €1,550.00 4th - €775.00 5th - €465.00 6th - €310.00
FormscanBy Mark Nunan - RED BALL OF FIRE can enhance her fine record at her local track. She won twice over hurdles here last year and has been placed twice on the level on her two most recent visits. In between the five-year-old was runner-up on her most recent hurdles outing at Downpatrick and cheekpieces are applied for the first time in this sphere. Peckham Springs won readily when cheekpieces were fitted on him for the first time at Downpatrick but he faces a stiffer task now off an 8lb higher mark. Two Shoe Tom beat Ena Baie at Ballinrobe in May and there was little wrong with her latest second at Kilbeggan. The top weight should be thereabouts again. Guido Reni has a very poor strike-rate but has been placed on all three runs at this track and could reward each-way support.
An extended handicap hurdle for four years old and upwards rated 80-123Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race after calculation of the handicap shall carry 7lb extra for each hurdle race won.Riders - Confined to Professional Riders who have not lost the right to claim the allowance under Rule 52 (iii) (up to and including 6th July) Allowances - Riders who have not ridden the winners of 25 *races allowed..........4lb Riders who have not ridden the winners of 40 *races allowed..........2lb These allowances are not cumulative and no allowance to Riders under Rule 52 (iii) may be claimed. *Including races under any N.H. Rules or Rules of Racing.