1st - €6,796.50 2nd - €2,300.00 3rd - €1,150.00 4th - €575.00 5th - €345.00 6th - €230.00 Fine

FormscanBy Tom Weekes - STOWAWAY SARAH disappointed on her only previous hurdles start but is tipped to do better and win today, having shown useful bumper form in her career thus far. She has run in eight bumpers without winning but her best form is quite good, including a good third-placing at Galway and runner-up effort at Downpatrick last month. Her jumping wasn't perfect on hurdle debut at Killarney in July but she should improve from that run and this is a suitable opportunity and she receives weight from previous winner Savina. Savina herself did win a bumper on debut but that form is just ordinary and she was well held on hurdles debut at Cork since. She is clearly not whizzing past many horses in her work at Closutton as connections again opt to stick to three miles but she is nonetheless capable of a good showing here today. My First Symphony is a point-to-point winner who ran well when second in an unplaced maiden hurdle at Tramore last month. She should appreciate today's extra distance and can again place. Kaletto has also won a point-to-point and is another with place claims while Venta Garcia is absent since chasing home high class Honeysuckle in November but is quite possibly best watched in a first-time tongue-tie today.

A hurdle for four years old and upwards mares only, maidens at starting
Weights - 4-y-o 11st 1lbs ;5-y-o and up 11st 7lbs ;
Allowances - Mares that have not won a race, including flat races, under any NH Rules or Rules of Racing If 4-y-o allowed 5lb If 5-y-o and up allowed 8lb
Riders - Confined to riders who have not ridden more than 10 winners under any N.H. Rules from 1st September, 2018 to 4th September, 2019 inclusive (The winning owner in this race will receive a €5000 bonus should the winning filly be eligible for the Weatherbys Ireland/I.T.B.A. N.H. Fillies Bonus Scheme)