1.42 2m. 7 Declared. Bar One Racing H'dle of €17,000.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €10,200.00 2nd - €3,400.00 3rd - €1,700.00 4th - €850.00 5th - €510.00 6th - €340.00
FormscanBy Tom Weekes - KING OF KINGSFIELD has been employed as a pacemaker recently - including in last month’s Champion Hurdle, but drops markedly in grade today. An able type, he was twice Grade 1-placed in his novice season of 2023/24 and, last November, he had performed well twice when conventionally-ridden. He was unable to sustain his gallop in Leopardstown and Cheltenham but will be far more restrained today. Joseph O’Brien won the Galway Hurdle with Nurburgring last summer and his Intellotto has a similar profile. He makes his seasonal reappearance though, and is also 14lb ‘wrong’ with the selection. Lincoln-placed Smooth Tom has recent form but needs to improve to win.
A hurdle for four years old and upwards that since 1st January, 2024 have not won a weight-for-age hurdle race value more than #12,500Weights - 4-y-o 10st 8lbs 5-y-o and up 11st 2lbs Mares allowed 7lbsPenalties - Penalties (handicaps excluded) - to count from 1st January, 2024 Winner of a hurdle race 5lb extra Of two hurdle races 10lb extra