THE Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee have re-affirmed their support to races for older horses, with their INHSC winners race worth €5,000 set to once again take centre stage in their plans for the division.

Introduced last year, the race was confined to horses aged six-year-old and upwards that had not won a race under rules, and prior to the start of the point-to-point season, were also a maiden.