Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Beginners Chase

Off time: 13:10 | Winning time: 4m 30.01s

Bonarc¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| BF

16/1

Fair hurdler. 5/4, below form fifth of 10 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.4f, soft) 17 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: D60725

Heaven Help Us¹⁸⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Danny Mullins| T: P Hennessy

8/11

Useful hurdler who was last seen contesting Supreme Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham (16.4f, soft) in March. Interesting recruit to chasing.

Form: 134237-

Lucky Phil^h,t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: B J Cooper| T: T Cooper

6/1

Fairly useful chaser. 18/1, good fifth of 14 in Flat handicap at Roscommon (11.7f, good to soft) 14 days ago and claims back chasing if her confidence hasn't been dented by a late fall in July.

Form: 190-2F8

Lunch In Adare¹⁹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: K C Sexton| T: Peter Fahey

14/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, heavy, 20/1), pulled up before last. Off 6 months. Makes chase debut.

Form: 30/41PP-

Misty Mountain²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Lambe| CD

66/1

Fair hurdler. Winner in hurdle here in August. 16/1, ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle at this course (17.5f, good) 26 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: P0-5189

Smiling Eliza^p²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott

25/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Off 13 months, may have needed run in Bellewstown handicap hurdle on reappearance 20 days ago. Fell first sole previous outing over fences but can figure if her jumping holds.

Form: 9/91F7-7

Zarkareva^t1⁵⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: R M Power| T: H De Bromhead| D

7/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Held in sixth when fell 2 out on Tipperary chase debut in July. Tongue tie added. In good hands and no surprise if she fares a lot better this time.

Form: 167-0F

Forecasts

Heaven Help Us (8/11), Zarkareva (7/2), Lucky Phil (6/1), Lunch In Adare (14/1), Bonarc (16/1), Smiling Eliza (25/1), Misty Mountain (66/1)

HEAVEN HELP US had some very useful form to her name over hurdles last season and should take a bit of stopping if taking to chasing. Zarkareva was well beaten when falling on her chase debut 8 weeks ago but has the potential to leave that behind and may provide the chief threat ahead of Smiling Eliza.