1st - €6,000.00 2nd - €2,000.00 3rd - €1,000.00 4th - €500.00 5th - €300.00 6th - €200.00

FormscanBy John O'Riordan - U ASKING ME can make it two wins from his last three starts over hurdles. The Eoin Doyle-trained gelding won over this trip at Clonmel on his penultimate start, before finishing runner-up here over two furlongs less last time. Back up to his optimum distance at a venue where he is already proven, the seven-year-old should be hard to beat. Hatfield Hammer, who was runner-up in that aforementioned Clonmel race, should again be competitive. Paul Nolan's five-year-old has shown enough in ten starts to suggest he has the ability to win races at this level. Blue Reed will need to improve on anything he has shown in recent times but the five-year-old has to be respected on his first start for the Cian Collins stable.

An extended handicap hurdle for four years old and upwards rated 80-95
Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race after calculation of the handicap shall carry 7lb extra for each hurdle race won.