4.10 2m. 4f. 14 Declared. Irish EBF Honeysuckle (M) Novice 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 6th - €2,000.00
FormscanBy Alan Magee - THE BIG WESTERNER won a 2m7f Grade 2 at the Limerick Christmas meeting and was hampered after two out when beating all bar Jasmin De Vaux in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham. The drop back in trip shouldn’t be an issue on this rain-softened ground and she should be hard to beat now racing against her own sex. Stablemate Air Of Entitlement mugged Sixandahalf close home in the 2m1f Ryanair Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham and there shouldn’t be much between the pair again. Karoline Banbou was nearly nine lengths back in fourth with a number of these further adrift including Maughreen who lost her chance when whipping around at the start.
A novice hurdle for four years old and upwards mares only that are EBF eligibleWeights - 4-y-o 10st 9lbs 5-y-o and up 11st 5lbs