Tom Murphy Car Sales Race Day 31st May Chase

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 5m 55.4s

Monatomic⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 130| BF| CD

11/2

Good 2L second in a valuable 2m4f novices' handicap chase at Naas (good) in February. Faller at Leopardstown subsequently but remains of interest having won at this venue in the past.

Form: 351F2F

Augustin³³⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: D J Mullins| T: W P Mullins| OR: 132

11/1

Disappointing in two starts since finishing third in a valuable 3m novices' handicap chase at Navan (3m, heavy) in March last year. Represents a leading stable on return from 11 months off the track.

Form: P/213P-0

Class Conti^t1³⁶⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

11/4

Dual hurdles winner but form tailed off in France and pulled up in a competitive 2m3f handicap chase at Compiegne (heavy) when last in action 12 months ago. Tongue tie tried for the first time on stable debut.

Form: 4/462FP-

Pylonthepressure³⁵²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: Ruby Walsh| T: W P Mullins| OR: 131

7/2

Successful in a beginners chase at Thurles (2m, soft) in February last year and ran well over 4m subsequently. Pulled up final two starts of 2018 however but looks the stable pick on jockey bookings following nearly 12 months off the track.

Form: 1/415PP-

Velocity Boy⁴³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: D F O'Regan| T: William P Murphy| OR: 129

6/1

Ran well when 14L second in a 2m4f handicap chase at Naas (good-to-yielding) in February. Pulled up subsequently however and more needed in this contest.

Form: 9-2F62P

Jaime Sommers¹⁶⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Brian Hayes| T: M J Bowe| OR: 118

20/1

Decent effort when 15L third in a six runner hurdle over 3m at Galway (yielding) in October last year. Absent since and looks up against it on return to fences.

Form: 633443

Beyond The Law^h,v¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Phillip Enright| T: M F Morris| OR: 132

10/3

Dual hurdles winner but struggled since finishing 10L second over an extended 2m5f at Fairyhouse (yielding) in a beginners chase back in January. Interesting runner receiving weight all round.

Form: 5526F5

Forecasts

Class Conti (11/4), Beyond The Law (10/3), Pylonthepressure (7/2), Monatomic (11/2), Velocity Boy (6/1), Augustin (11/1), Jaime Sommers (20/1)

MONATOMIC is taken to concede weight to his rivals and in the process register a second victory over fences in this conditions contest. Pylonthepressure is returning from nearly a year off the track and he can finish runner-up ahead of stablemate Class Conti who is making his debut for this yard.