4.50 4m. 2f. 12 Declared. Mongey Communications Schase (La Touche) of €30,000.00 5-y-o plus
1st - €18,000.00 2nd - €6,000.00 3rd - €3,000.00 4th - €1,500.00 5th - €900.00 6th - €600.00
FormscanBy Michael Graham - SPACE CADET looks a solid each-way play. The admirable 13-year-old gelding is a former winner of the Ulster National at Downpatrick in 2020 and ran a cracker in this year's renewal when third over the extended 3m4f trip at the start of the month. On his penultimate outing, he was beaten by a head over the banks course at Knockanard. The horse that beat him, Vital Island, is a more than decent yardstick in this discipline. He is due to line up, but ran on Tuesday over the banks at the festival and had a tough race in finishing second. A two-day turnaround would be tricky over this trip, although he did attempt it last season and unseated in this race after winning on the Tuesday. Stealthy Tom is clearly the horse to beat. He travelled smoothly before winning a 3m1f banks race at this track in Punchestown. This is a fair step up in trip but, if he travels, he should be difficult to beat.
A steeplechase for five years old and upwards over a special Bank/Chase CourseWeights - 5-y-o 11st 5lbs 6-y-o and up 11st 7lbs Mares allowed 7lbsPenalties - (to count from 1st January, 2022) For each steeplechase won 5lb extraRiders - 1. Riders who hold a Licence under I.N.H.S. Rules 2. Riders who hold a Licence under National Hunt Rules to ride in Steeplechases issued by any Recognised Turf Authority. 3. Riders who hold a Category ''C'' Permit to ride under I.N.H.S. Rules 4. Riders who hold a Permit to ride in Steeplechases issued by any other Recognised Turf Authority. The Stewards of the I.N.H.S. Committee have suspended Rule 78 to enable horses which run in this race (excluding the winner) to retain their Hunters Certificates for the remainder of the 2022/2023 Point-To-Point Season. The Stewards have also suspended the relevant parts of Rule 135 (iv) (c) and (v) for the purposes of this race.
