The Irish contenders
5.30pm - Martin Pipe Handicap Hurdle
Five O’Clock (W Mullins)
The Goffer (G Elliott)
Chemical Energy (G Elliott)
Banbridge (J O’Brien)
Just one favourite - Sir Des Champs in 2011 - has won in the 13 runnings of the conditional jockeys event. Willie Mullins has won it four times in all, including with Galopin Des Champs in 2021. Often throws up a top class horse that in hindsight was ‘thrown in’ here. Last year’s runner-up Langer Dan will try to buck that trend.
Brian O’Connor’s Friday Tips
5.30 - Hollow Games