2.00 2m. 4 Declared. WhatOddsPaddy? S'chase (Grade 3) of €27,500.00 5-y-o plus
1st - €16,500.00 2nd - €5,500.00 3rd - €2,750.00 4th - €1,375.00
FormscanBy Tom Weekes - CILAOS EMERY has 3lbs to find with Daly Tiger on adjusted ratings but can give him 9lbs and win. CILAOS EMERY is high class on his day and won the 2017 Pucnhestown Champion Hurdle but has raced just 14 times in all and just five times over fences. He was beaten for, effectively, the first time over fences at Clonmel in November (he fell at the first another time) but that was his reappearance and was giving the good winner 5lbs. Fourth in last year's Cheltenham Champion Hurdle, CILAOS EMERY remains a little unexposed over fences and is capable of bettering his lofty 163 rating. Daly Tiger has the big advantage of race-fitness and comes here proven on testing ground at this trip. He has made big strides in handicap chases and while he was a good winner of the Dan Moore Chase last month, he had previously failed to make an impact in open Graded company and might struggle to beat the selection. Kildorrery has won just once in 17 chase starts and will surely pick up third place while connections of Cafe Con Leche, which jumped poorly on debut, might be content with fourth prize.
A steeplechase for five years old and upwardsWeights - 5-y-o 10st 12lbs 6-y-o and up 11st 3lbs Mares allowed 7lbsPenalties - Penalties (handicaps excluded) - to count from 1st August, 2019 Winner of two steeplechases 4lb extra Of three steeplechases or a Grade 3 steeplechase 7lb extra Of two Grade 3 steeplechases or a Grade 2 steeplechase 9lb extra Of a Grade 1 steeplechase 11lb extra