1st - €21,900.00 2nd - €7,300.00 3rd - €3,650.00 4th - €1,825.00 5th - €1,095.00 Overcast and cold

Formscan By Mark Nunan - Not a lot of depth to this Grade 2 and MYSTICAL POWER, re-routed from Friday's rescheduled Grade 1 at Naas, may be good enough to retain his unbeaten record. Bred in the purple, the son of Galileo and Annie Power won his maiden hurdle on 'summer soft' at the Galway festival and the form is not without substance as the runner-up won a valuable four-year-old handicap at Listowel next time. If the five-year-old handles winter ground, he may have the gears to see off these rivals. Jigoro was prominent throughout when landing a big-field maiden at Navan last month. Connections feel he'll stay further in time and he'll probably be on the pace again here over this sharp two miles. Lombron had the experience of a run over hurdles in France when making a winning start in this country at Thurles. He beat ordinary rivals on that occasion but may be capable of significant improvement and it will be interesting how he goes in the market relative to his stablemate. Smart bumper horse James's Gate ran well after a long lay-off at Leopardstown and is now tried in a tongue-tie for this second start over hurdles.%A0

A novice hurdle for five years old and upwards
Weights - 11st 4lbs Mares allowed 7lbs
Penalties - Penalties (handicaps excluded) - Winner of three hurdle races or a Grade 3 hurdle race 3lb extra Of two Grade 3 hurdle races or a Grade 2 hurdle race 6lb extra Of a Grade 1 hurdle race 10lb extra