13:15 Galway

Sunday 25 October 2020

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 6m 1.80s

Alpine Cobra²⁶⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: D J McInerney| T: C Byrnes

50/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Latest win in hurdle at Punchestown in November. 11/2, bit below form fifth of 9 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, soft). Off 8 months. Makes chase debut.

Form: 312525-

Braeside¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: B J Cooper| T: G Elliott| D

33/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Fairly useful winner at 22f over hurdles. 4/1, fourth of 6 in novice chase at Kilbeggan (25f, soft) on debut over fences 13 days ago.

Form: 3316F-4

Coko Beach^p²²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott

10/1

Useful hurdler. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable ninth of 25 in handicap hurdle at Cheltenham (21f, soft, 40/1). Off 7 months. Makes chase debut.

Form: 512F09-

Diol Ker³⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

5/4

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Useful winner at 20f over hurdles. 7/2, career best when winning 16-runner novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy), forging clear. Makes chase debut.

Form: F1532/1-

Dromore Lad²⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 120| D

50/1

Fairly useful chaser. Twelve runs since last win in 2018. Respectable fourth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (20f, soft, 5/1) 29 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 0049-24

Forza Milan^h¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Paul Townend| T: J Nash| OR: 138

5/1

Useful chaser. 3/1 and hooded for 1st time, last of 3 in minor event chase at this C&D (soft) 18 days ago, barely adequate test. Can make presence felt.

Form: 5U224-3

Pencilfulloflead²²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: G Elliott

5/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Fairly useful winner at 22f over hurdles. Creditable fourth of 8 in novice hurdle (3/1) at Navan (22.4f, heavy). Off 7 months. Makes chase debut.

Form: 14214-

Speak Easy²⁵²

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 142| BF

3/1

Useful chaser. 2/1, bit below form 19 lengths third of 6 to Captain Cj in Ten Up Novices' Chase at Navan (24f, heavy). Off 8 months. Yard in good form. Has good chance on form.

Form: 532/3F3-

Forecasts

Diol Ker (5/4), Speak Easy (3/1), Pencilfulloflead (5/1), Forza Milan (5/1), Coko Beach (10/1), Braeside (33/1), Dromore Lad (50/1), Alpine Cobra (50/1)

SPEAK EASY has been let down by his jumping in Graded events on his last 2 starts but this drop in class gives him a big chance after 8 months off. Diol Ker and Coko Beach were both useful over hurdles so are likely players starting out in this sphere.