16:10 Listowel

Tuesday 12 September 2017

All14:1014:4015:1015:4016:1016:4017:10

John F. McGuire Beginners Chase

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 4m 47.4s

Alto Esqua²⁶⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: C Byrnes

11/2

Distance winner on debut at Clonmel in February 2016. Only raced once last season when second of seven in a Limerick hurdle on heavy ground in December last year.

Form: 17/2-

Bamako Moriviere^t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Ruby Walsh| T: W P Mullins| BF| D

11/4

Jumping was his undoing when falling at Kilbeggan on chase debut in June and has followed that up with two mistake-ridden performances since. Those short-comings will no doubt have been addressed by the champion trainer and better expected here.

Form: 101-F23

Capital Force¹⁸²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D N Russell| T: H De Bromhead

11/10

Interesting return for the gelding thought good enough to run in the Supreme novices hurdle at Cheltenham in the spring. From a strong trainer/jockey combination.

Form: 24318-

Checker Hill¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: E O'Connell⁽⁷⁾| T: J Brassil

66/1

Winning point-to-point gelding and pretty much, all-round consistent in that field but well beaten on chase debut at Killarney last month.

Form: 3341-28

Hand Of The King^b1¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: M A Enright| T: P Neville

50/1

Second-rate maiden hurdler and a well beaten 66L on chasing debut at Killarney last month. Difficult to see what improvement first-time blinkers will bring.

Form: 07P-9

Linkup⁸⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: B J Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: Stephen Kelly

66/1

Well beaten in both point-to-points and hurdles and simply looks to have too much on here on second chase start after failing to complete at Punchestown in April.

Form: 5/F34F-0

Roconga¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 129| D

4/1

Has produced some rock-solid and concrete chasing performances in the spring and more recently last month. Can be expected to take a leading role here.

Form: 332422

The Dack's Man⁴⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr P J O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: Kevin McDonagh

66/1

15-race gelding under rules and has failed to complete in his last four starts including on chasing debut when falling at Ballinrobe.

Form: PPPP-FP

Well Joey²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: A W Short⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs P Dobbs

33/1

Now a 13-race maiden who has failed to muster any encouragement over hurdles. Others preferred on chasing debut.

Form: 5-66369

Non-Runners

Inis Meain¹⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 10

T: D Hogan J: D G Hogan

Rebelion Boy¹⁷

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: Mrs J Harrington J: R M Power

Forecasts

Capital Force (11/10), Bamako Moriviere (11/4), Roconga (4/1), Alto Esqua (11/2), Inis Meain (20/1), Rebelion Boy (25/1), Well Joey (33/1), Hand Of The King (50/1), Checker Hill (66/1), The Dack's Man (66/1), Linkup (66/1)

Bamako Moriviere jumping is to be taken totally on trust with two of his last three defeats solely down to mistakes. The Henry De Bromhead-trained Capital Force is sure to make his presence felt during the race under Davy Russell, but the consistent seven-year-old ROCONGA can build on a number of rock-solid performances to take the honours here.