3.30 2m. 7f. 213yds. 10 Declared. Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) (Class 1 ) of £325,000.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €182,878.00 2nd - €68,900.00 3rd - €34,482.00 4th - €17,225.00 5th - €8,645.00 6th - €4,322.00 7th - €2,145.00 8th - €1,105.00
FormscanBy Gary Carson - KLASSICAL DREAM is clearly a lot better than he showed at Gowran last time and it may pay to draw a line through that run. He has been very good on his previous two runs over this trip and is a real class act on his day. He was scintillating first time over three miles at Punchestown last April and beat Flooring Porter at Leopardstown over Christmas. That was a bit of a controversial success after he was allowed to fly the start but regardless he looked in total control at the finish. Flooring Porter obviously made all in this last year and is best when getting his way in front. Tactics could play a big part here and it will be interesting to see who goes forward. It was great to see Paisley Park get back to winning ways over course and distance in late January and he is a big player at his best.