Tramore Racecourse Directors Chase

Off time: 15:13 | Winning time: 5m 35.1s

Articulum^t⁷⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 11-8| J: K J Brouder| T: T O'Brien| OR: 149

10/3

Smart chaser. Pulled up in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Leopardstown (24f, soft) 70 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Can make presence felt.

Form: UF2-32P

Bapaume^t¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins| OR: 149

11/8

Smart chaser. 5/2, respectable second of 8 in hurdle at Cork (16f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Significantly back up in trip. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 8-6P012

Kildorrery³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: T M Walsh| OR: 126| C

14/1

Useful chaser. Twenty one runs since last win in 2018. Below form fifth of 14 in handicap chase (28/1) at Gowran (18f, heavy) 37 days ago, having hopeless task from position.

Form: 338035

Spyglass Hill¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 142

11/4

Useful chaser. Respectable 4½ lengths second of 6 to Waitnsee in Imperial Call Chase at Cork (24f, good to soft, 9/2) 14 days ago.

Form: PP2632

Us And Them^b,t³²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 143

13/2

Smart chaser. 14/1, below form eleventh of 19 in Grand Annual at Cheltenham (15.9f, good to soft) 32 days ago, doing too much too soon. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 3-08F70

Non-Runners

Davids Charm¹⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 10

T: J J Walsh J: A McCurtin

Swordsman¹³

Weight: 11-8| Age: 7

T: Mrs D Foster J: Jack Kennedy

Minx Tiara²

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: D M O'Brien J: Sean Flanagan

Forecasts

Bapaume (11/8), Spyglass Hill (11/4), Articulum (10/3), Davids Charm (5/1), Us And Them (13/2), Minx Tiara (10/1), Kildorrery (14/1), Swordsman (20/1)

DAVIDS CHARM is open to significant improvement over fences having won at Tipperary last summer and could be the way to go on the back of a pipe-opener over hurdles at Cork after 9 months off. Bapaume is the obvious danger, while Spyglass Hill has a shout if keeping the mistakes down.