15:30 Clonmel

Tuesday 24 March 2020

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Live Streaming On The BoyleSports App Beginners Chase

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 4m 34.30s

Bitsandpieces²⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 12-0| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁷⁾| T: M Winters| OR: 115| D

5/2

Scored twice over hurdles and best efforts over fences, including one in December, suggest he is also well capable of winning in this company. Last two completions have seen him some way below that level, however.

Form: 33-35F3

Celtic Dancer²²

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: E McNamara

33/1

Won three handicap hurdles at Limerick on good ground last summer. Needs to improve on that form and, after 174-day break, this month's chase debut suggests he is best watched for now, including with lots to prove on testing ground.

Form: 5114P0

Chesterville^h⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: P Neville

12/1

Needs marked improvement but this is his first season and his best form came when sent chasing (3m and 2m1½f) on last two starts.

Form: 904744

Classic Concorde¹⁴⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: B J Cooper| T: A McNamara| BF

9/2

Makes his chasing debut and last autumn's minor honours in handicap hurdles, albeit over 3m, put him in the mix on form. It might help to have yielding in the going description instead of heavy.

Form: 840242

Empire Burleque^p,t²²

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott| D

14/1

Started his career winning a maiden point and bumper but he's not lived up to that, particularly on last three outings. Latest was his chasing debut.

Form: 0-44890

Global Fert¹⁴²

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: D Queally| D

3/1

Fell twice over hurdles in 2018. Sole hurdling win was in December 2017 and although his third of 19 in handicap at Gowran (2m4f, soft) last March was creditable, there have been two backward steps since. Has left Dermot McLoughlin. Chase debut.

Form: 2/FF3-9P

Mutadaffeq⁸⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell

9/1

Best hurdles efforts, notably last spring, give him an each-way chance. He needs better than last three performances, though, and the last two were over fences.

Form: 795007

Fox Le Bel¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: J S McGarvey| T: Miss E Doyle

8/1

Chase debut at Naas last time was his heaviest defeat. Lightly raced but he also needs to improve upon best hurdling form.

Form: 493545

Cushinstown Finest¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁷⁾| T: C Bowe

10/1

Won two points, also a 2m5½f maiden hurdle last September. 33-1 for chase debut at Thurles (2m2f, first run in the mud) 19 days ago and never near the principals but that 26L fifth was her best form and it contained some promise.

Form: 486145

Humps And Bumps¹⁵²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: A W Short⁽³⁾| T: P Croke

33/1

Won her only point. In the form of her life when last seen in the autumn contesting handicap hurdles at around 2m6f. Also acts on soft. This chase debut requires some improvement, though.

Form: 354166

Mlily²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: P Rooney

66/1

0-22 over hurdles and below form on last two outings. Peak efforts came in the mud over 2m3f-2m7f this winter but she does not look good enough unless this switch to chasing brings about marked improvement.

Form: 933397

Shotgun Sally¹¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: G Ahern| OR: 68

66/1

Won her only start in a point-to-point but low-level form in her eight starts under rules, including a chase on penultimate outing. First run since leaving Oliver Greenall for £800 in January.

Form: 7808P-P

Non-Runners

Direct Image¹⁹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 7

T: R Tyner J: Reserve 1

Dawson's Gate²¹

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: E P Harty J: Reserve 2

An Marcach³⁴

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: D Donovan J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Bitsandpieces (5/2), Global Fert (3/1), Classic Concorde (9/2), Fox Le Bel (8/1), Mutadaffeq (9/1), Cushinstown Finest (10/1), Dawson's Gate (11/1), Chesterville (12/1), Empire Burleque (14/1), An Marcach (16/1), Direct Image (20/1), Celtic Dancer (33/1), Humps And Bumps (33/1), Shotgun Sally (66/1), Mlily (66/1)

Easily the best form, over hurdles and fences, belongs to Bitsandpieces but his 21L third of six in a 2m4f novice handicap at this track last time out does not prompt huge confidence that he is about to take advantage. Perhaps the heavy going was too much for him. While testing ground could be a problem for Celtic Dancer and the other opposition is none too convincing either, Classic Concorde needs a second look on his chasing debut and CUSHINSTOWN FINEST holds some interest on this her second go at the chasing, the first having yielded improved form at Thurles 19 days ago.