17:05 Kilbeggan

Saturday 1 August 2020

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Greville Arms Hotel Beginners Chase

Off time: 17:07 | Winning time: 4m 58.04s

Blaze A Trail¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E Doyle

22/1

Took him a while to get the hang of things over hurdles winning on his fifth appearance; has been beaten 99 and 55 lengths on his two chase outings; much more needed.

Form: 66810-7

Classic Concorde¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: M P Fogarty| T: A McNamara| C

14/1

Rated 102 over hurdles, the Shantou gelding has been soundly beaten on both his chase starts to date; step up in trip will help and while he likes a bit of cut in the ground, would not want it too testing.

Form: 02429-5

Father Jed^b,t¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Donagh Meyler| T: J P Ryan| OR: 109

20/1

Very experienced over fences but still looking for that first win; never finishes too far away and while he has a fair chance of success he may be vulnerable to some less exposed types.

Form: 36U-785

Man On The Run¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: H Morgan⁽⁷⁾| T: A Mullins

25/1

Point-to.point winner who struggled on all his hurdle starts around the turn of the year; well beaten but not disgraced on chase debut at Tipperary last month; can improve.

Form: 17458-4

Miracle In Medinah^b¹⁶⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: G Elliott

25/1

Lightly campaigned since his introduction four years ago (only raced 10 times in total); returns after last being seen being pulled up at Navan in February; in the right hands but hard to get excited about.

Form: 03/007P-

Napoleon Blue^p²⁴⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Ricky Doyle⁽³⁾| T: A Murray

50/1

Took some patchy hurdles form into his chase debut at Fairyhouse last November and connections saw him being beat by 88 lengths; difficult to see him being good enough.

Form: 3/28000-

Ourauldman^t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

33/1

104-rated handicap hurdler who two chases appearances have been woefully inadequate; has time on his side; too early to write off but too soon to recommend.

Form: 2440-0P

Pass Hymn^h,t¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: J J Slevin| T: G J Power

7/2

Has improved on each of his chase appearances finishing runner-up twice at Tipperary; only a matter of time before he break his maiden tag over fences and looks one of the leading candidates.

Form: 6532-52

Rueben James¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: E Doyle

20/1

Has been placed in half of his six starts over fences; may have needed recent run here last month when 4th of 12 over 2m6f; should be sharper here and can go well.

Form: 5P23P/4

Scully's Dream^h¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: M J Bolger| T: J Fahey| C

8/1

Struggled slightly over hurdles but showed a liking for fences when runner-up here last month on chase debut; step back in trip may suit and looks one of the more likely candidates.

Form: 0B76-02

Cocohulababy^b¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: N Meade| C

33/1

Returned from long break last month to put in a desperate performance here over hurdles; trounced on only chase outing to date and while open to improvement hard to pick here.

Form: 42130-9

Fulysse^p1,t¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Keith Donoghue| T: M J Smith

15/2

Generally struggled over hurdles but showed a liking for fences when running a fair though one-paced effort on debut at Tipperary last month; another open to improvement and an interesting contender.

Form: 0/260P-3

Josephina^t²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: A Mullins| C

2/1

Useful if inconsistent hurdler; has taken well to fences with placed efforts at Wexford and here over 2m4f; would not need to improve too much on those efforts to have every chance in this line-up.

Form: 17038-3

Something Sweet¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Phillip Enright| T: R J McGrath| D

10/1

Consistent profile over hurdles with 14 placed efforts and two wins in 27 attempts. Not disgraced on either chase outing to date and is another who would only need to show a bit more progression to be a serious challenger.

Form: 2136-54

Non-Runners

Doyen Dancer¹²

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: D Hogan J: Reserve 1

Get A Price¹⁵

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: T O'Brien J: Reserve 2

Royal Road³⁴⁸

Weight: 12-0| Age: 9

T: Paul Traynor J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Josephina (2/1), Pass Hymn (7/2), Fulysse (15/2), Scully's Dream (8/1), Something Sweet (10/1), Classic Concorde (14/1), Doyen Dancer (16/1), Rueben James (20/1), Father Jed (20/1), Royal Road (20/1), Get A Price (20/1), Blaze A Trail (22/1), Man On The Run (25/1), Miracle In Medinah (25/1), Cocohulababy (33/1), Ourauldman (33/1), Napoleon Blue (50/1)

A raft of these meet again after running at this track over 2m6f in mid-July. It was SCULLY'S DREAM who finished closest to the winner and he is taken to go one better and keep all his rivals at bay. The gelding seemed to benefit from a first-time hood (retained) that day and with that experience under his belt can kick on. He also won a bumper at this track back in 2017. Rueben James finished behind the selection in that race and it is not inconceivable he will reverse the placings given that was his first run since a break. Josephina has taken well to chasing and only needs to improve marginally to get involved while Pass Hymn is respected.