2.35 2m. 7f. 131yds. 6 Declared. Visit Irish Bloodstock Sales With ITM Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Class 4 ) of £8,500.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €4,629.00 2nd - €2,133.00 3rd - €1,066.00 4th - €534.00
Formscan - Runner-up in a point-to-point previously, IDEFIX DE CIERGUES should relish going up to almost three miles, having run with plenty of credit on his last two starts. The six-year-old could not justify short odds over the extended 2m3f here last time out, but he rallied well for second towards the finish and gets the vote ahead of Face D'music, who unseated at Ascot last time out but is better judged on his pair of second-placed efforts at Hereford. Runner-up here last December over shorter, Magical Escape is another to consider.