1st - €6,900.00 2nd - €2,300.00 3rd - €1,150.00 4th - €575.00 5th - €345.00 6th - €230.00

FormscanBy Alan Magee - The form of the bumper that YOUNG LUCY won here last year has worked out well since and while she hasn’t added to that success, there were plenty of positives to be taken from her return to hurdles over 2m5f at Cheltenham last month. The selection finished well when beating all bar favourite Double Powerful and gets the vote over Johnny Blue who won a Worcester bumper for Nicky Henderson and now joins Willie Mullins having filled the runner-up spot twice in maiden hurdles last season. From The Ashes enters calculations on his second at Leopardstown last spring and should benefit from a recent run over fences, while Killaney King and Whatsafellatodo are others to consider.

An extended handicap hurdle for four years old and upwards rated 80-116
Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race after calculation of the handicap shall carry 7lb extra for each hurdle race won.