See also » Silk Hall causes surprise in Grimes Hurdle
he (Silk Hall) didn't become a bad horse overnight and was once third in the Scottish Champion Hurdle. He was well up to competing in races like the Swinton Hurdle but maybe he was getting lazy in his old age and the blinkers made him more focussed. I told Eddie (O'Connell) to be positive on him and that he'd definitely stay. He's a bit tubby and can be lazy so we put blinkers on at home last week and they seemed to work the oracle. He won't run in the Galway Hurdle as he is better over two and a half miles and will instead run in the 2m6f Grade C handicap hurdle on the Saturday at Galway. J J Lambe, trainer

A hurdle race for four yrs old and upwards
Weights - 4-y-o 10st 8lb; 5-y-o and up 11st; Mares allowed 7lb
Penalties - (to count from 1st July, 2011) Winner of two hurdle races 4lb extra; Of three hurdle races or a Grade 3 hurdle race 7lb extra; Of two Grade 3 hurdle races or a Grade 2 hurdle race 9lb extra; Of a Grade 1 hurdle race 11lb extra;