4.50 2m. 149yds. 25 Declared. Goffs Defender Bumper of €100,000.00 4-y-o
1st - €60,000.00 2nd - €20,000.00 3rd - €10,000.00 4th - €5,000.00 5th - €3,000.00 6th - €2,000.00
FormscanBy Gary Carson - Sermandzarak is the sole winner in the field but was awarded that race after finishing second to Colcannon, who weighed in light here in February. It was still a promising effort by Gordon Elliott's charge though and he is entitled to improve. The eye is drawn to the Willie Mullins-trained newcomer KING RASKO GREY. The British and Irish champion trainer was really taken by the Galiway gelding after they paid €250,000 for him at the Arkle Sale last June and he is a fascinating debutant in this now. Henry de Bromhead's runner Dino Roque is another interesting newcomer as she is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Readin Tommy Wrong.
An I.N.H. flat race for four years old only that have not won a race under any N.H. Rules or Rules of Racing other than one, two or three I.N.H. flat races or N.H. flat races or a combination of such races and which had been catalogued in the Goffs Arkle National Hunt Sale (in partnership with Defender) of June 13th, 14th and 15th, 2023 (Lots 1-708 inclusive) and have been declared by Goffs Bloodstock Sales Ltd. as being eligible to enter and run in accordance with the relevant Conditions of Sale. Horses which do not have a registered name and are not Returned In Training with a Licensed Trainer by Wednesday, 27th March, 2024 will be automatically struck out of this race. (Please note for Irish and British bred horses, trained in Ireland, an acceptable naming application should be made to HRI by Thursday, 20th March, 2024 at the very latest. For all other foreign bred horses, trained in Ireland, naming applications will take longer to process)Weights - 11st 10lbs Fillies allowed 7lbs