Three Ireland Rated Novice Chase

Off time: 17:18 | Winning time: 3m 44.10s

Downthecellar^t³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 110| CD

7/2

Fair chaser. Career best when winning 13-runner handicap chase at this course (16f, good) 39 days ago by ½ length from She Tops The Lot. Thriving, so warrants respect for all she has a bit to find.

Form: 00-3111

Defan³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: H Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead

40/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Fair winner at 16f over hurdles. Eleventh of 16 in novice chase (20/1) at Limerick (18f, good) on debut over fences 33 days ago. Unlikely to feature.

Form: F010-0

Leahman³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: M Hamill⁽³⁾| T: T O'Brien

18/1

Modest chaser. 80/1, ninth of 16 in novice chase at Limerick (18f, good) on debut over fences 33 days ago. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 64/0F0-9

She Tops The Lot^t⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 112| BF

7/2

Fairly useful chaser. Two wins from 4 runs last season. Sixth of 9 in handicap chase (5/2) at Wexford (16f, good) 6 days ago. Likely to get back on track, but has a bit to find with her stablemate.

Form: 04-3226

Alice Avril^t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

8/11

Promising type. Won 9-runner novice chase at Roscommon (16.7f, good to soft, 5/6) 9 days ago, well on top finish. Going the right way, so every chance she can follow up.

Form: 751-31

Little Brother²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: Simon Torrens| T: J Nash

18/1

Fair hurdler. 11/4, creditable fourth of 8 in handicap at Leopardstown (15f, good) 21 days ago. Makes chase debut. Good on last hurdle outing.

Form: 61530-7

Non-Runners

Tisadream³⁴

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: H De Bromhead J: J J Slevin

Forecasts

Alice Avril (8/11), Downthecellar (7/2), She Tops The Lot (7/2), Tisadream (10/1), Little Brother (18/1), Leahman (18/1), Defan (40/1)

Having made all with a degree of comfort at Roscommon 9 days ago, ALICE AVRIL looks well capable of adding to her chasing tally at the likely expense of Downthecellar, who arrives on a four-timer, but faces a different assignment to the handicaps he's been winning lately. She Tops The Lot, a stablemate of the selection, could pose a threat if back on track after a lesser run.