Irish Stallion Farms EBF Captain Christy Rated Novice Chase

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 6m 7.9s

Rueben James⁶¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 115| D

11/1

Fairly useful chaser. 1 win from 2 runs this season. Didn't need to improve to win 14-runner novice chase at Kilbeggan (19f, good to soft, 20/1) 61 days ago, staying on to lead last. Up in trip.

Form: P23P/41

Touch Of Oscar²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 123| C

10/3

Fairly useful chaser. 1 win from 3 runs this season. Latest win in chase at Navan in September. Creditable second of 5 in novice chase (7/2) at Punchestown (20.9f, good) 2 days ago. Big shout.

Form: 28P-712

Whatsyourstatus^t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G O'Loughlin| OR: 119

7/2

Fairly useful chaser. 1 win from 3 runs this season. 17/2, career best when winning 12-runner novice chase at Tramore (21.4f, good) 14 days ago, cruising clear.

Form: 363-631

Aforementioned^p,t²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 125| BF

3/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, bit below form fifth of 9 in novice chase (2/1) at Ballinrobe (23f, good to soft) 25 days ago.

Form: 4/0-2425

Fred The Foot^p,t¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: R M Power| T: J C McConnell| CD

5/2

Useful winner at 24f over hurdles. Creditable second of 6 in novice chase at Navan (20f, good, 11/4) 12 days ago, none too fluent and no match for easy winner.

Form: 140-P42

Ozzie's Way^t¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Donagh Meyler| T: D Hogan| OR: 120| C| D

14/1

Fair chaser. Ran one of lesser races when sixth of 10 in novice chase at Listowel (20f, good, 4/1) 10 days ago. Likely to find a few too good in here.

Form: 7-68326

Non-Runners

Atlantic Shore²⁰⁰

Weight: 11-5| Age: 7

T: P Fenton J: Brian Hayes

Forecasts

Fred The Foot (5/2), Aforementioned (3/1), Touch Of Oscar (10/3), Whatsyourstatus (7/2), Atlantic Shore (15/2), Rueben James (11/1), Ozzie's Way (14/1)

A competitive novice chase on paper, with TOUCH OF OSCAR getting the vote to come out on top just 2 days on from his creditable runner-up effort at Punchestown on Tuesday. Aforementioned is proving expensive to follow but rates as a big danger all the same, ahead of Fred The Foot and Whatsyourstatus.