2.05 2m. 40yds. 3 Declared. Unibet Morgiana H'dle (Grade 1) of €100,000.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €60,000.00 2nd - €20,000.00 3rd - €10,000.00 4th - €5,000.00 5th - €3,000.00
FormscanBy Mark Nunan - ECHOES IN RAIN was a big improver in novice company last season once she learned how to settle and finished off the campaign with a comfortable win over course and distance in April. She is by some way the lowest-rated in the line-up but is open to plenty of improvement and she is an exciting ride for Sean O’Keeffe to pick up with Paul Townend sidelined at the moment. Sharjah won this in 2018 and has won the Grade 1 at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting for the last three years. He had 2020 Morgiana winner Abacadabras well behind in fourth when runner-up to Honeysuckle here in April and both horses are having their first starts since then. Darasso won well over 2m4f last weekend at Navan but is likely to be done for finishing speed back at the minimum distance while this race should tell connections which way to go with Down Royal winner Zanahiyr who has been giving the impression that he will improve over longer trips.
A hurdle for four years old and upwardsWeights - 11st 12lbs Mares allowed 7lbs