Door And Floor Centre Supporting Meath GAA Joseph R. O'Reilly Hunters Chase

Off time: 19:22 | Winning time: 7m 22.1s

Sizing Coal⁵²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr J J Codd| T: J T R Dreaper| OR: 132| C

5/4

Fair effort behind useful Gilgamboa at Down Royal on Boxing Day (third) and made no mistake here over 2m5½f in February when odds-on to collect. Back up in trip and likely to be in the firing line.

Form: 2-13311

Venitien De Mai¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr M J O'Hare⁽⁵⁾| T: J T R Dreaper| OR: 135| BF

12/1

Tailed off beaten 47L last time out despite finishing second of four in a Cork hunters chase earlier this month. Could find it a struggle here.

Form: 124922

Felix Yonger¹⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr N McParlan⁽³⁾| T: C A McBratney| OR: 160

9/1

Winner of the Grade 1 Champion Chase back in April 2015 at the Punchestown festival and winner of four Grade 2 chases alone. In the veteran stages of his career now and this looks a tall order.

Form: P/11-P23

Fenno's Storm³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr D L Queally⁽³⁾| T: D Queally| D

6/1

Held off useful yardstick in Venitien De Mai to land one of these at Gowran Park (3m1f, heavy) last month at the second attempt. Worth a market check on second start for yard.

Form: 12P-PF1

Just A Normal Day^b1,t1¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Miss C Daffy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Howard| OR: 120

50/1

Modest 122-rated handicap hurdler for Dan Skelton and has struggled in four point-to-point challenges since for new connections. Unlikely to play a part in the finish.

Form: 6365-45

Wilcosdiana¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan

9/4

Put a couple of dour performances behind her when winning a Cork hunter chase over 2m4f earlier this month. Will need to reproduce something similar but not easily dismissed.

Form: 112PP1

Non-Runners

Drawn N Drank³⁶⁴

Weight: 11-5| Age: 12

T: E M O'Sullivan J: Mr Turlough O'connor

Forecasts

Sizing Coal (5/4), Wilcosdiana (9/4), Fenno's Storm (6/1), Felix Yonger (9/1), Venitien De Mai (12/1), Drawn N Drank (25/1), Just A Normal Day (50/1)

Last time out winning mare Wilcosdiana likes to get on with things from the front and will attempt to make all here as she did at Cork earlier this month in a 2m4f hunter chase. The mare will find this a tougher assignment stepping back up to 3m and may find the hat-trick seeking SIZING COAL a more formidable opponent. Fenno's Storm can fill third place.