8.10 2m. 2f. 9 Declared. Millennium (C&G) Pt-To-Pt INH Flat Race of €10,500.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €6,300.00 2nd - €2,100.00 3rd - €1,050.00 4th - €525.00 5th - €315.00 6th - €210.00
FormscanBy Alan Magee - JACKSTELL was placed on both point-to-point starts for Denis Murphy before joining current connections at a cost of 70,000 pounds in December. He was third on debut at Ballycrystal in a race that has thrown up a couple of subsequent winners and it will be interesting to see how strong he is in the market here. Block Rockin Beats has joined Terence O’Brien since beating Milo Miller at Castlelands in March and the runner-up has gone one better since. Kerlogue won his only point start at Punchestown in February while Mic Drop and Val Venus are others to consider having also scored between the flags last time. Norr’s Cross has been let down by his jumping in two point starts this year.
An I.N.H. flat race for four years old and upwards colts and geldings only that have not won a race under any N.H. Rules or Rules of Racing and which have been placed first, second, third or fourth in a Point-to-Point steeplechase in Ireland or run in two or more Point-to-Point steeplechases in Ireland between 1st October, 2023 and 1st May, 2024Weights - 4-y-o 11st 8lbs 5-y-o and up 12stRiders - Qualified Riders under I.N.H.S. Rules All horses which run in this race must hold a current Hunters Certificate. a? A Hunters Certificate valid in accordance with Rule 78 for the 2023/2024 season for each horse engaged must be registered at the Office of the I.N.H.S. Committee, The Curragh, Co. Kildare not later than 1st May, 2024 or the horse will not be qualified to start. N.B. The IHRB have suspended the relevant part of Rule 78 to enable horses which run in this race (excluding the winner) to retain their Hunters' Certificates for the remainder of the Point-to-Point season. HRI Directive 10 is suspended for the purpose of this race and the following procedure will be used for elimination and balloting of horses. (i) The number of horses declared will be reduced by first balloting those horses that have not finished first, second, third or fourth in a Point-to-Point steeplechase since 1st October, 2023. (ii) The number of horses declared will then be reduced by balloting those horses that have not won a Point-to-Point steeplechase since 1st October, 2023. (iii) In the event of Paragraphs (i) and (ii) not achieving the recommended limit a random ballot will then be applied to t