Tuesday 27 April · Punchestown, Eire
16:50 Killashee Hotel Handicap Hurdle (Grade B)
- Distance
- 2m 0f 100y
- Going
- Yielding (Good to Yielding in places)
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 50000
- Runners
- 24
Race preview
Course maiden winner RUAILLE BUAILLE was a good third in a similar big-field handicap at Fairyhouse and may prove the best of Willie Mullins' seven runners. The Salutino mare is unexposed in handicaps and can reverse form with Fairyhouse runner-up Magic Tricks at the revised weights, and with the likelihood of a stronger pace in this very competitive event. Stablemate Jazzaway has been absent since chasing home Pertemps winner Mrs Milner last summer at Galway but is unlikely to be found wanting for fitness and is off a nice weight. Champagne Gold was one of the few Henry de Bromhead horses to disappoint at Cheltenham but had run a cracker on handicap debut at the Dublin Racing Festival and can be fancied on that form. Midnight Run, who beat the smart Colreevy on hurdling debut, is of interest returning from a spell over fences, with Jordan Gainford claiming a valuable 7lb off his back.