William Hill Ireland Home Of The Acca Rated Novice Chase

Off time: 12:00 | Winning time: 5m 10.9s

Frontal Assault^p²⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

4/1

Fairly useful hurdler who landed a Navan Grade 3 (3m) in February. Trip on short side when eighth in Martin Pipe at Cheltenham final start but he's an interesting chase prospect.

Form: 421018-

Indiana Jones^p¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M F Morris

15/8

Promising individual. 20/1, second of 18 in novice chase at Naas (19f, good to soft) on debut over fences 17 days ago, reeled in only by a very smart prospect. One to consider here.

Form: 2/143P-2

Presented Well³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Emma Twomey⁽⁷⁾| T: H De Bromhead

12/1

Fairly useful winner at 17f over hurdles. Good fourth of 10 in novice chase at Galway (18.2f, heavy, 12/1) 31 days ago. Stable in good form. Should progress.

Form: 8350/34

Wingin A Prayer¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Mrs J Harrington| CD

9/1

Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. 20/1, good seventh of 18 in novice chase at Naas (19f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 5109-37

Busselton³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 130| D

13/8

Fairly useful chaser. 2 wins from 5 runs this season. Won 2-runner novice chase at Cork (20f, good to soft, 1/3) 37 days ago, unchallenged. Expected to be firmly in the mix again.

Form: 4-22131

Non-Runners

Choungaya¹⁰

Weight: 11-9| Age: 8

T: A McNamara J:

Stand Off¹⁴

Weight: 11-9| Age: 6

T: P Fenton J: Mark Walsh

Forecasts

Busselton (13/8), Indiana Jones (15/8), Frontal Assault (4/1), Stand Off (4/1), Wingin A Prayer (9/1), Choungaya (10/1), Presented Well (12/1)

INDIANA JONES was fairly useful over hurdles and showed improved form when runner-up behind a very smart prospect on chase debut at Naas 17 days ago. Open to improvement, he's fancied to build on that and come out on top. Busselton boasts plenty of experience and is feared most, ahead of chase-debutant Frontal Assault in an interesting opener.