Hunter Chases at Down Royal and Limerick recieve healthy entry

Down Royal and Limerick will once again play host to their annual Christmas hunter chase’s which take place during their Christmas festivals and both have received a healthy entry.

The Bluegrass Hunter Chase at Down Royal on St Stephen’s day will be the first of the two fixtures to kick off proceedings, having received an entry of 26, the Northern fixture looks set to have a competitive contest on their hands with some big names featuring.

The in-form Arctic Skipper will be making his hunter chase debut if lining up, the ten-year-old ended last season on a good note when winning his final race at Monksgrange and has continued that good form when winning his only two starts between-the-flags this season, beating graded winner Black Hercules on his most recent win.

Burning Ambition features among the entries and has an advantage here having already won around the Down Royal Hunter Chase course back in March in the hands of Rob James.

Irish Gold Cup winner Edwulf looks set to line up in the race and the son of Kayf Tara made his point-to-pointing debut at Loughrea back in October when scoring by an impressive six lengths on the day under Aine O’Connor, who picked up the ride due to Derek O’Connor being out injured at the time.

It Came To Pass could make it two in a row having recorded an impressive success in the opening hunter chase of the season at Cork in November with Maxine O’Sullivan aboard on the day for her father Eugene O’Sullivan.

To view the full list of entries for the Down Royal hunter chase please click here.

An entry of 19 follows on the 27th December at Limerick in the Earl of Harrington Memorial maiden hunter chase, which looks to be another exciting contest.

The likes of Call It Time, Saint Benedict, Samuri Cracker and Super Citizen all feature in the race, all whom have claimed a number one spot in point-to-points.

To view the full list of entries for the Limerick hunter chase please click here.