2.35 2m. 3f. 9 Declared. RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction M'dn H'dle of €20,000.00 4-y-o plus
1st - €12,000.00 2nd - €4,000.00 3rd - €2,000.00 4th - €1,000.00 5th - €600.00 6th - €400.00
FormscanBy Mark Nunan - Point-to-point winner SENIOR CHIEF was second in a Cork bumper in the spring and that form has worked out well. He was a beaten favourite on last month's hurdling debut at Clonmel, where he had IK's Man back in sixth, but that form has also been boosted with the third winning easily earlier in the week. This longer trip should suit Henry de Bromhead's charge and this looks a winnable contest. Chautuaqua won a Clonmel bumper on heavy ground and wasn't disgraced in a Listed contest at Cheltenham. Her hurdling debut fifth at Thurles has been franked by wins for the first and second. Purse Price, placed in her last two starts over hurdles, has every chance of being in the money while Della Casa Lunga chased home a subsequent hurdles winner in a bumper on the inner track here last month. %0A
A hurdle for four years old and upwards, maidens at starting that are EBF eligible and which had been purchased as an unraced three or four year old at Public Auction under the hammer in Ireland or Great Britain for #30,000 or less at a recognised National Hunt Sale and that have not been purchased at Public Auction under the hammer in Ireland or Great Britain for any more than #30,000 at any time and that have not won a race under any N.H. Rules or Rules of Racing other than one I.N.H. flat race or N.H. flat race value not more than #12,000Weights - 11st 12lbs Mares allowed 7lbs