3.40 2m. 4f. 2 Declared. BetVictor Irish EBF Novice S'chase of €18,500.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €11,100.00 2nd - €3,700.00 3rd - €1,850.00
FormscanBy Tom Weekes - All three of these were Listowel festival chase winners last month with BLEU BERRY, winner of the 2018 Coral Cup at Cheltenham, likely to take beating. A smart type, BLEU BERRY seems to have retained his old ability and is well suited by this trip and good ground. Coach Carter won on his chase debut in Kerry and while he is younger than BLEU BERRY and thus open to far more improvement, was a lesser hurdler and might find the selection too good. Busselton receives 10lbs as a 4yo and while he also won Feale-side, was well held in third in a Tipperary Grade 3 subsequently and might struggle to win.
A novice steeplechase for four years old and upwards that are EBF eligible that have not won more than one weight-for-age steeplechaseWeights - 4-y-o 10st 9lbs 5-y-o and up 11st 5lbs Mares allowed 7lbsPenalties - Penalty (handicaps excluded) - Winner of a steeplechase 7lb extra