12.53 2m. 5f. 132yds. 16 Declared. www.thurlesraces.ie H'cap S'chase of €10,000.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €6,000.00 2nd - €2,000.00 3rd - €1,000.00 4th - €500.00 5th - €300.00 6th - €200.00
FormscanBy Shane Redmond - GORTMORE LADY (13) could well be closing in on a first success. Placed on a few occasions over hurdles in recent months, she ran a nice race on her first start over fences since November of last year when runner-up to favourite Mount Shenshan at Clonmel three weeks ago. Any improvement on that would see her in the mix and she might be fancied against both Way Down South, who won a beginners' chase at Cork at the start of the year and added to that in a handicap hurdle at Tramore last month, and Onefortheditch, rated 108 over hurdles, who was a well-backed favourite and in with every chance when unseating her rider three from home in a handicap chase at Clonmel last time.
An extended handicap steeplechase for four years old and upwards rated 0-100Penalties - Winner of a steeplechase after calculation of the handicap shall carry 7lb extra for each steeplechase won.