13:15 Thurles

Thursday 21 October 2021

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Beginners Chase

Off time: 13:15 | Winning time: 5m 11.5s

Ballyshannon Rose²²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: D J McInerney| T: P G Fahey| C| D

15/2

Fairly useful hurdler. 8/1, creditable 2¾ lengths second of 8 to Darrens Hope in Kerry Group EBF Shannon Spray Mares Novices' Hurdle at Limerick (22f, heavy). Off 7 months. Makes chase debut.

Form: 111192-

Brave Way³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

4/6

Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. 7/2, creditable fourth of 9 in minor event hurdle at Listowel (20f, good to soft) 32 days ago. Type to make a better chaser, so very much one to note.

Form: 1/1368-4

Citizen's Army¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan| D

50/1

Modest hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Sligo in August. Below form eighth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.5f, soft, 9/1) 13 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 526178

Coulonces¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: P J Cawley⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan

33/1

Fair hurdler. Latest win in hurdle at Bellewstown in August. Fifth of 7 in handicap hurdle at Sedgefield (19.8f, good to soft, 16/1) 15 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 8-21475

Sani Pass⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: R Hackett| OR: 93

66/1

Modest chaser. 20/1, sixth of 9 in handicap chase at Ballinrobe (17f, good to soft) 41 days ago. Up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Henry De Bromhead.

Form: 8-55296

Sean Says^b¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: J J Slevin| T: R Sweeney

28/1

Fair hurdler. 16/1, unseated rider in novice chase at Fairyhouse (16f, good) 12 days ago. Back up in trip. Can't be completely ruled out.

Form: P0407U

The Sliding Rock³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| BF

5/2

Promising individual. Fairly useful winner at 22f over hurdles. Disappointing third of 4 in novice chase (8/13) at Sligo (17.2f, good) 36 days ago. Back up in trip. Open to improvement.

Form: 245P-33

Trees Valley^t1¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Donagh Meyler| T: W J Burke| OR: 100

25/1

Fair hurdler. Twelve runs since last win in 2020. Bit below form third of 10 in handicap chase (13/2) at Killarney (17f, soft) 18 days ago. Back up in trip. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 03U603

Non-Runners

Allora Yeats⁷

Weight: 11-9| Age: 7

T: Miss K Brown J: A W Short

Forecasts

Brave Way (4/6), The Sliding Rock (5/2), Ballyshannon Rose (15/2), Trees Valley (25/1), Sean Says (28/1), Coulonces (33/1), Allora Yeats (33/1), Citizen's Army (50/1), Sani Pass (66/1)

BRAVE WAY has a recent run under her belt and is very much the type to make a better chaser than hurdler, so she gets the narrow vote ahead of Ballyshannon Rose, who is also having her first go over the larger obstacles. The Sliding Rock is another big player if she can brush up her jumping.