With the Connacht Hotel over 3400m the feature.

There will be 20 contestants in this big race for amateur riders and as usual it is quite open.

It used to be in the good old days "back Dermot Weld" at Galway but Willie Mullins has sneaked into the picture in recent times and will saddle four here with Lot of Joy keen to improve her record in the race = she's on 4/1.  Alphonse Le Grande recently wo the Northumberland Plate and comes into this on 9/2, the same quote as Galway specialist Teed Up.

Our sort of roughie here is Pinot Gris on 9/1 and we are not under the influence of the name as we write this!