2.00 2m. 5f. 110yds. 7 Declared. Ulster Carpets M'dn H'dle of €10,000.00 5-y-o plus
1st - €6,000.00 2nd - €2,000.00 3rd - €1,000.00 4th - €500.00 5th - €300.00 6th - €200.00
FormscanBy Eamonn Murphy - MASON CITY fell in a point-to-point but he’s not anticipated to have any jumping issues on his debut over hurdles. Interestingly Mason City’s year older full brother Masons Honour had a success the weekend before last in the eventing sphere. Diarmuid Keeling, an employee of the Willie Mullins yard, and associated with the likes of Asterion Forlonge, Vautour and Champagne Fever, won aboard Masons Honour at Lisgarvan House, County Carlow. These hurdles will seem positively trivial compared to what horses face in the eventing fields. Of course the speed involved here is a different requirement and Mason City has that as he displayed with a Kilbeggan bumper success. The staying nature of this contest won’t be a problem either. Jack Kennedy is on Gordon Elliott’s other runner, Fancy Foundations, and market movements should be revealing. Captain Mc and a few others have place prospects.
A hurdle for five years old and upwards, maidens at startingWeights - 12st Mares allowed 7lbs