McHale Mayo National Handicap Chase (Grade B)

Off time: 19:46 | Winning time: 6m 16.50s

Odds by:

Live Odds

Odds

Alpha Des Obeaux

28/1

33/1

Shady Operator

4/1

7/2

Western Victory

12/1

Castlebrook

16/1, 18/1, 16/1, 18/1, 18/1

16/1

Fitzhenry

16/1

Popong

11/4

5/2

Auvergnat

50/1, 40/1, 50/1

40/1

Dromore Lad

12/1

14/1

Dounikos

28/1

25/1

Optical Confusion

9/2, 5/1, 11/2, 6/1

11/2

Agent Boru

11/1, 10/1, 11/1

12/1

The Dabbler

14/1, 12/1, 11/1

10/1

Definite Soldier

18/1

20/1

SP Book Percentage 123.07

Non-Runners

Contingency²⁵

Weight: 11-2| Age: 8

T: W P Mullins J: Danny Mullins

Konitho¹⁸⁴

Weight: 10-7| Age: 6

T: J P O'Brien J: J S McGarvey

Forecasts

Popong (5/2), Shady Operator (7/2), Optical Confusion (11/2), The Dabbler (10/1), Konitho (10/1), Agent Boru (12/1), Western Victory (12/1), Contingency (12/1), Dromore Lad (14/1), Fitzhenry (16/1), Castlebrook (16/1), Definite Soldier (20/1), Dounikos (25/1), Alpha Des Obeaux (33/1), Auvergnat (40/1)

A deserved success awaits POPONG, who may well have won had she remained on all fours at Leopardstown on Boxing Day (going well when falling at the last) and she encountered traffic problems at a crucial stage when third at the Punchestown Festival. Shady Operator, who produced much his best effort to date at Killarney 15 days ago, and hat-trick seeker Optical Confusion rate the main dangers.