3.53 2m. 20yds. 7 Declared. Horse & Jockey Hotel H'dle (Grade 3) of €37,500.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €22,500.00 2nd - €7,500.00 3rd - €3,750.00 4th - €1,875.00 5th - €1,125.00 6th - €750.00
FormscanBy Tom Weekes - Top weight GAUCHER would prefer a sounder surface but recently finished fifth in the Galway Hurdle and won last year’s renewal. By Frankel, he admittedly has winning form on soft ground and while beaten by Jesse Evans, Enniskerry and Sunchart here in July, showed better form at Galway subsequently and is reliable. Heavy ground will play to Sunchart’s strengths and he finished runner-up in this race last year. A dual-winner of Naas’ Listed Devoy Stakes over 1m2f, he has poor recent form but operates much better on today’s testing ground. Cottesloe Sunshine showed smart novice form on a sound surface last season while Jesse Evans and Enniskerry are much better on good ground.
A hurdle for four years old and upwardsWeights - 4-y-o 11st 5-y-o and up 11st 1lbs Mares allowed 7lbsPenalties - Penalties (handicaps excluded) - to count from 5th May, 2024 Winner of two hurdle races 4lb extra Of three hurdle races or a Grade 3 hurdle race 7lb extra Of two Grade 3 hurdle races or a Grade 2 hurdle race 9lb extra Of a Grade 1 hurdle race 13lb extra