1st - €7,800.00 2nd - €2,600.00 3rd - €1,300.00 4th - €650.00 5th - €390.00 6th - €260.00

FormscanBy Tom Weekes - BALLYGUNNER CASTLE is an able performer and it is hoped he will leave behind a recent fall. A dual bumper winner and placed at Grade 2-level last April, he ran well on chase debut at Punchestown in early December before falling at that venue on New Year’s Eve. He is suited by testing ground and is his yard’s first-string. Spread Boss Ted finished fourth in Cheltenham’s 2024 Albert Bartlett Hurdle but then missed a year. His most recent Punchestown run was satisfactory but would prefer farther. Champagne Jury was well enough held on recent chase debut but is useful and can place. Grade 1-placed hurdler Supersundae’s overall form is inconsistent and was well held on a recent reappearance run.

A steeplechase for five years old and upwards that have not won a steeplechase
Weights - 5-y-o 11st 10lbs 6-y-o and up 11st 12lbs. Mares allowed 7lbs.