6.30 2m. 1f. 142yds. 16 Declared. Michael Cawe Suspended Ceilings Hcp Hdle 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 Eamonn Murphy - SPRINGFIELD LODGE is now rated 95 over fences after a couple of successes in that sphere and no doubt she’ll have plenty of followers in this handicap hurdle off 82. Mike O’Connor will get the leg-up on Eoghan O’Grady’s daughter of Scorpion and connections can make the lengthy trek up from County Cork pay. From limited numbers it’s quite a while since O’Grady struck at the Mayo venue, that coming about when Chasers Chance landed a September 2009 handicap chase. It’s good to see Johnny Moore back from injury and he has a chance as Different Beat makes a second appearance for the Gavin Cromwell yard. Eddie Harty’s pair, Lily Light Foot and Christmas Jumper, are potentially interesting. John Joe Walsh is also two-handed with Golden Glen and Johanna Yeats doing battle for him. Others to take the eye are Balkos, Lyla Garrity and Unlaoised.
An extended handicap hurdle for four years old and upwards rated 80-95Weights - Top weight in the original handicap and after the time of declaration shall not be less than 12st and the minimum weight shall not be less than 9st 12lbsPenalties - Winner of a hurdle race after calculation of the handicap shall carry 5lb extra for each hurdle race won.