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

Formscan By Eamonn Murphy - If course and distance hurdle winner, Pass The Hat, is fancied in the market, then he'd be the selection. However, with the possibility of him needing this first handicap outing for the experience, it might be best to look elsewhere. Elsewhere in this case basically means BARNEYS HONOUR. A 14Ib penalty for a Navan hurdling success, stopped this fellow in his tracks on Thyestes Day at Gowran. However, a mark of 102 in this sphere, equates to just a postage-stamp of nine stone twelve here, suggesting strongly that he'll be hard to beat. The rest could well be playing for placings.

An extended handicap steeplechase for five yrs old and upwards (130 = 11st 10lb)
Weights - Top weight in the original handicap shall; not be less than 11st 10lb
Penalties - Winner of a steeplechase after calculation of the handicap to carry 6lb extra for each such steeplechase won. Any horse rated above 130 shall initially be treated as having that rating and the highest weight allotted shall be 11st 10lb. Subsequently, the excess over 130 in any rating shall be added to the weight allotted to that horse. (For the purpose of this note, any five year old rated above 130 shall have the applicable weight for age allowance then prevailing deducted from the horse's rating prior to the original calculation of the handicap)