14:00 Tote+ Pays You More At Tote.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Race preview

The top-weight is rated 97 so a modest enough contest and maybe ELLE DORADO ROCK can step forward from some mildly promising efforts. Tony Martin's five-year-old has been brought along steadily on the Flat and over hurdles and his last couple of runs have been in more competitive handicaps, including one won by the massively progressive Maxxum. He's likely to be suited by this longer trip and it will be a surprise if there isn't a day or two in him before long. It's hard to know if the omission of the tongue-tie worn recently is a positive or not but hopefully it won't harm his chance. The veteran Cher Why Not has been running well in similar contests at Punchestown after winning over 3m at Clonmel in September and is very likely to reward each-way support. Mahler Approach went close on testing ground at Galway in October. He's lightly-raced and probably capable of better than he showed when a beaten favourite at Limerick last time.