1st - €10,005.00 2nd - €2,465.00 3rd - €1,160.00 4th - €725.00 Overcast

Formscan By Alan Magee - EGYPTIAN WARRIOR has plenty of racing experience from the flat and, with the possibility of the going changing due to the forecast for showers, it’s interesting that he took a Listowel maiden in clearcut fashion on heavy ground last year. The son of Galileo stays well having been just denied in a 1m6f handicap at Leopardstown this summer, and seemed to appreciate the step up to this trip when recording his second hurdle win at Clonmel. The lightly-raced Kolaphos may provide the chief threat. He caught the eye when staying on behind subsequent Grade 3 novice winner Rich Coast in a summer maiden at Tipperary, and will certainly have no stamina worries having landed a morning price touch over 2m6f at Kilbeggan. Lord Scoundrel and Mumbo Bay are both probably viewed as chasers in the making but add further interest to a tightly knit four runner affair.

A novice hurdle race for four yrs old and upwards which, at entry, are rated 123 or less
Weights - 4-y-o 10st 12lb; 5-y-o and up 11st 3lb
Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race 4lb extra; Of two hurdle races or one value E12,500 7lb extra; Horses that have not run three times over hurdles and/or do not have a published handicap hurdle rating may enter and run at the descretion of the handicapper provided their performances are rated 123 or less.