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Saturday 4 February 2017

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Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Mares Beginners Chase

Off time: 13:10 | Winning time: 6m 2.7s

Girly Girl¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: D E Mullins| T: Mrs J Harrington

11/2

Was a decent hurdler when with Dan Skelton in UK, minor promise in four starts over fences since joining current trainer and has place prospects in this field.

Form: 533FF3

Goulane Davina¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: B J Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: S Spillane

7/1

Made a decent enough fist of things on first chase start at Naas last month, needs to iron out some jumping errors but step up in trip should give her extra time to do just that.

Form: 232132

Leaders Questions³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Mark Walsh| T: R Tyner

16/1

Distant runner-up behind smart looking odds-on favourite at Limerick over Christmas, since run fair race over hurdles and should go well in this field.

Form: 255320-

Micras^p²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: C M Leonard⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy

66/1

Modest record over hurdles, she makes her first start over these obstacles here and will need to step up to get involved.

Form: 40-8009

Misty Lady¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: J Cullen| OR: 118

11/2

Chase debut at Cork was promising, things gone awry in two further starts since going up in trip including early unseat latest. Has more to offer at this game.

Form: 204025

Monbeg Rose^h³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 111

10/1

Pulled up first attempt at this sort of trip last month at Thurles, has some work to do with a couple of these rivals on Limerick and Naas form previously.

Form: 5PU645-

Rancher Lass^t⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Donagh Meyler⁽³⁾| T: K Thornton

50/1

Former point-to-point winner is lightly raced under rules, form of three spins over hurdles doesn't inspire for this chasing debut.

Form: 1-87

Retour En France⁷²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Ruby Walsh| T: W P Mullins

4/5

Twice beaten at odds-on since joining champion trainer, including chase debut at Sligo in September having travelled best only to be out-battled after the last.

Form: 2/22154-

Routes Choice¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey

33/1

Makes first start over fences in this and form over hurdles suggests she'll struggle to master some of these rivals.

Form: 315-F7F

Twiss's Hill¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: P E Corbett⁽³⁾| T: D H Kelly| OR: 114

14/1

Has had three starts over fences and never looked like taking a forward role so far, has it all to prove with some of today's rivals on the formbook.

Form: P0563F

Non-Runners

Too Many Notes³³

Weight: 11-7| Age: 8

T: Mrs D Foster J: M A Enright

Forecasts

Retour En France (4/5), Misty Lady (11/2), Girly Girl (11/2), Goulane Davina (7/1), Monbeg Rose (10/1), Twiss's Hill (14/1), Leaders Questions (16/1), Routes Choice (33/1), Too Many Notes (33/1), Rancher Lass (50/1), Micras (66/1)

It is a worry that Retour En France already has a clear tendency for finishing second, she looked the winner all over at Sligo on chase bow before being outgunned after the last. The form of that race hasn't exactly stacked up and so, at the likely odds, she's worth taking on for this comeback run. GOULANE DAVINA made a fair start at this discipline last month at Naas, she needs to jump better but the step up in trip now should assist her in that regard and she's capable of coming forward. Girly Girl and Misty Lady are a couple that should do better in time, having shown some promise to date while Leaders Questions was a Limerick runner-up over Christmas on her first start over fences and should get involved once more. 1. Goulane Davina 2. Retour En France 3. Leaders Questions