3.40 2m. 94yds. 24 Declared. Specialist Group H'cap 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 Tom Weekes - UNDENIABLE ALIBI debuts in handicaps and has recent form. A point-to-point winner on debut, he won an ordinary February maiden and then ran well when finishing third at Naas last month, from which the fourth-placed horse has won since. Rumi returned from a year-long layoff when winning on the flat at Gowran. His fifth-placing to Irish Point in March 2023 reads very well and is unexposed in handicaps. Ballycallan King won quite easily at Limerick recently but has been raised 9lb while dual hurdle winner Killeenmore Lad ran well in a recent handicap and can compete. Bowmore remains a fraction unexposed despite being a beaten favourite when last seen at Thurles in December. Four-year-old Club Manager is 9lb higher than when winning on handicap hurdle debut last month and while open to further progression over jumps, was nonetheless rated just 65 on the flat. Holly is the first runner of her newly combined-training licensees and has recent handicap form. Judicieuse Allen wasn't beaten too far in a pair of subsequent Grade 3s but was pulled up in a recent Grade 1 although drops in distance. Catena Zapata was well beaten on handicap debut.
An extended handicap hurdle for four years old and upwards rated 88-123Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race after calculation of the handicap shall carry 7lb extra for each hurdle race won.