3.00 2m. 3f. 185yds. 13 Declared. www.roscommonracecourse.ie H'cap H'dle of €11,000.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €6,600.00 2nd - €2,200.00 3rd - €1,100.00 4th - €550.00 5th - €330.00 6th - €220.00
FormscanBy Eamonn Murphy - CHASING ABBEY caught the eye at this venue last time on his reappearance off a 342 day break. On that occasion over a furlong further the Yeats gelding got a patient steer from a rear of mid-division sit, and he could have done without the couple of slight mistakes that he made on the way around. However he got into a position to chase the leaders in the straight, keeping on without threatening from before two out. He ended up in third, beaten four lengths and a length and three parts behind Quamino and Mutadaffeq. The six-year-old is up a pound in the handicap for that effort, which definitely served notice that his turn shouldn’t be long delayed. Paul Flynn’s charge is a course winning maiden hurdler, that success coming around this time last year. In a competitive enough looking heat all told, last time out scorers Cornakill Rose, Tiger Twenty Two and Bread And Butter are certainly worthy of consideration.
An extended handicap hurdle for four years old and upwards rated 80-109 Weights - Top weight in the original handicap and after the time of declaration shall not be less than 12st and the minimum weight is 9st 12lbs Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race after calculation of the handicap shall carry 5lb extra for each hurdle race won.