Clonmel Oil Chase (Grade 2)

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 5m 46.10s

Cilaos Emery^h²⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 163

8/11

Top-class chaser. Creditable 9½ lengths fourth of 17 to Epatante in Champion Hurdle (7/1) at Cheltenham (16.4f, soft). Off 8 months. Switches from hurdles to chase. One to beat.

Form: 1/11F14-

Snow Falcon¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| OR: 154| D

11/1

Smart chaser. Ten wins from 38 NH runs. 40/1, 6¾ lengths sixth of 9 to The Storyteller in Champion Chase at Down Royal (24f, heavy) 12 days ago.

Form: 15630-6

Alpha Des Obeaux^b,t¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-7| J: Mark Walsh| T: G Elliott| OR: 154| C| D

16/1

Smart chaser. C&D winner. 40/1, 13 lengths last of 9 to The Storyteller in Champion Chase at Down Royal (24f, heavy) 12 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 2333-59

Bachasson²³³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: D J Mullins| T: W P Mullins| OR: 159| CD

9/4

Very smart chaser. Nine wins from 18 NH runs. Didn't need to be at best when winning 5-runner minor event chase (4/6) at this course (20f, soft), impressively. Off 7 months.

Form: F14/361-

Mortal^t³²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 153

16/1

Smart chaser. Latest win in chase at Killarney in August. Running well fell in handicap chase at Limerick (24f, heavy, 18/1) 32 days ago might have been placed.

Form: 43-U18F

Non-Runners

Paloma Blue⁴⁰

Weight: 11-7| Age: 8

T: H De Bromhead J: Rachael Blackmore

Forecasts

Cilaos Emery (8/11), Bachasson (9/4), Paloma Blue (7/1), Snow Falcon (11/1), Mortal (16/1), Alpha Des Obeaux (16/1)

CILAOS EMERY got no further than the first in the Grade 1 Dublin Chase when last seen over fences in February but he'd looked a top prospect prior to that and is fancied to make a winning reappearance, chiefly at the expense of stablemate Bachasson.