1.50 2m. 4f. 19 Declared. Welcome To Tipperary 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 Tom Weekes - BRAVE FORTUNE has good recent form. He has run well in each of his four starts todate, winning his point-to-point easily last October and from his Thurles race last-time-out, the winner, runner-up and fifth-placed horses have each scored subsequently. Recoded ran well when beaten 3.5 lengths by Staffordshire Knot and while he conceded 5lb the that recently-Grade 1-placed winner, hasn't run since and had previously been beaten in a Carlisle hurdle. Pour Les Filles is a point-to-point and bumper winner who ran well in a Grade 2 bumper last April. He nonetheless appeared green on Punchestown hurdles' debut (at one point jumping a pathway) and while he ran well, is absent since and now concedes a winners' penalty. Nas Na Riogh finished three lengths ahead of Park The Giant at Navan last December and while both are useful, might find this maiden too strong. Galway festival bumper winner Fortunate Lighting is probably best watched on her reappearance and hurdles' debut. Too Knov also faces a tough task while Depalma showed some promise on debut.
A hurdle for five years old and upwards, maidens at startingWeights - 11st 12lbs Mares allowed 7lbs