1st - €6,000.00 2nd - €2,000.00 3rd - €1,000.00 4th - €500.00 5th - €300.00 6th - €200.00

FormscanBy Tom Weekes - WILLITGOAHEAD won last year’s renewal of this race and had a good recent run at Down Royal. A capable type who finished third in Cheltenham’s Open Hunters in March, the selection is ideally suited by a sound surface and while he disappointed at both Aintree and Punchestown at the end of last season, bounced back over Christmas, when he finished second to another top hunter. Lifetime Ambition finished third in the Aintree Foxhunters and while he is now 11, has held his form and won well at Turtulla in November. Solitary Man is a nice recruit to hunter chasing and has done well in recent point-to-points.

A steeplechase for ] Certified Hunters five years old and upwards that have between 1st October, 2022 and 12th January, 2026 been placed either first, second, third or fourth in a Steeplechase confined to Certified Hunters in Ireland or in a Point-To-Point Steeplechase in Ireland and that have not won a race under any N.H. Rules or Rules of Racing since 1st March, 2025 other than Certified Hunters Steeplechases or Farmers Races
Weights - 5-y-o 10st 13lbs 6-y-o and up 11st 7lbs. Mares allowed 7lbs.
Penalties - (to count from 1st January, 2024) Winner of a steeplechase 4lb extra Of two steeplechases 7lb extra
Riders - Qualified Riders under I.N.H.S. Rules. ? A Hunters Certificate valid in accordance with Rule 78 for the 2025/2026 season for each horse engaged must be registered at the Offices of The INHSC, The Curragh, Co. Kildare, not later than 12th January or the horse is not qualified to start.