The Talbot Hotel Carlow Steeplechase of €20,000 (Generously sponsored by Talbot Hotel Carlow) Of which the second will receive €4,000, the third €2,000, the fourth €1,000 and the fifth €500 A steeplechase for four yrs old and upwards that have not won more than two steeplechases About two miles and four furlongs €140 to enter, €40 extra if declared to run Weights: 4-y-o 10st 5lb 5-y-o and up 11st Mares allowed 7lb Penalties (handicaps excluded) - Winner of a steeplechase 6lb extra Of two steeplechases 10lb extra Allowance - Horses that have not won a steeplechase before 30th April, 2017 allowed 5lb No allowance to reduce a horse's weight below 9st 10lb HRI Directive 6 (ii) (b) is suspended for the purpose of this race.