6.00 2m. 100yds. 16 Declared. Goffs Defender Bumper of €100,000.00 4/5-y-o
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 John O'Riordan - Under the conditions of this race, SPECULATRIX escapes a penalty for her course and distance debut win earlier this year. On that occasion, the Gordon Elliott trained filly led over a furlong out and kept on strongly to repel all challengers. With that initial experience a big factor against a field made up largely of racecourse debutants, she sets a high standard. Predators Gold is an obvious danger representing Willie and Patrick Mullins. Anything the champion trainer runs at this meeting commands respect but his record in bumpers is second to none. Derek O'Connor is a significant booking on Farland for Sean Doyle. A half-brother to a Grade 1 winner over hurdles, he is out of a dam who also won at graded level over both hurdles and fences.
An I.N.H. flat race for four and five years old only that have not won a race under any N.H. Rules or Rules of Racing other than one, two or three I.N.H. flat races or N.H. flat races or a combination of such races and which had been catalogued in the Goffs Land Rover National Hunt Sale of June 7th, 8th and 9th, 2022 (Lots 1-715 inclusive) and have been declared by Goffs Bloodstock Sales Ltd. as being eligible to enter and run in accordance with the relevant Conditions of Sale. Horses which do not have a registered name and are not Returned In Training with a Licensed Trainer by Wednesday, 22nd March, 2023 will be automatically struck out of this race. (Please note for Irish and British bred horses, trained in Ireland, an acceptable naming application should be made to HRI by Thursday, 16th March, 2023 at the very latest. For all other foreign bred horses, trained in Ireland, naming applications will take longer to process)Weights - 4-y-o 11st 6lbs 5-y-o 12st Mares allowed 7lbs