Friday 17 September · Downpatrick, Northern Ireland

14:00 Franco Hughes Bookmaker Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Distance: 2m 2f 165y
Going: Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places)
Class: 0
Prize: EUR 11000
Runners: 12

Race preview

DAZZLING DARREN has been a great servant to the Gavin Cromwell yard and gained the latest of six wins on the Flat at the Galway Festival meeting this year. The Dragon Pulse gelding successfully reverted to hurdles at Down Royal last month and, despite a 7lb hike, remains on a reasonable mark. Massons Castle has been put up the same amount by the handicapper for scoring in good style here, while Amlad also comes here off the back of a victory, having kept on well close home within the last fortnight at Wexford. Jack Kennedy makes a welcome return aboard Saeer, who hasn't lived up to his pedigree but looks capable of winning over hurdles off this mark.

Pos	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Wgt	SP
1	So Near So Farhh	9P0-465	J P O'Sullivan	C A McBratney	11 8	14-1
2	Dazzling Darren	5960-81	C D Maxwell	G P Cromwell	11 7	9-4
3	Amlad	523-571	B J Cooper	A McNamara	11 5	9-2
4	Saeer	0033-65	Jack Kennedy	G Elliott	11 11	13-2
5	Back To Bataan	6-79974	Jennifer Torrens	M Torrens	10 4	9-1
6	Odd Venture	U935	Derek McGrath	R K Watson	11 12	33-1
7	Massons Castle	804-01	A W Short	D A McLoughlin	11 8	12-1
8	Decimal Day	4-5455	C J Orr	W Durkan	11 13	14-1
9	Knock On Steel	83P824	R Deegan	B Jordan	12 0	6-1
10	Jazz Ranger	4-24668	Shane Fitzgerald	J Fahey	11 5	22-1
11	Ocean Legacy	000-	P J O'Hanlon	D A McLoughlin	10 8	100-1
12	Building Bridges	4080-94	Mr O McGill	Gary McGill	11 13	12-1