The Christmas Cracker Handicap Hurdle was won by the Tony Martin trained Newbay Prop ridden by Paul Carberry and owned by William Moffett. The winner was a drifter in the ring opened up at 7/4 and was returned the 3/1 favourite.

Carberry raced his mount in rear of mid-division, took closer order approaching straight, hard ridden approaching two and kept on well to lead close home holding off the gambled on Christy Roche trained Line Ball (6/1 ? 100/30).

Martin said afterwards, "The race worked out lucky enough in the end. We will probably bypass Christmas. There is a lovely race in Warwick in January coming up over 3m 5f that we might go for or maybe The Thyestes in Gowran Park at the end of January."