BoyleSports Irish Grand National April 18th Mares Chase (Listed)

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 5m 26.7s

Jeremys Flame^h²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: L P Dempsey| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 142| BF| D

2/1

Useful chaser who doubled tally at Thurles (22f) in February. Turned in a rare below par effort when third of 4 at Naas (20.4f, evens) 3 weeks ago but she's highly likely to bounce back.

Form: 321213

Clonmoyle²²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: K C Sexton| T: Peter Fahey

125/1

Modest hurdler. 10/1, good third of 19 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (19.8f, heavy) 22 days ago, faring best of those held up. Set a stiff enough task making chase debut now.

Form: 357883

Darrens Hope⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: R Murphy| OR: 130| D

10/3

Useful chaser. 4/1, good 4¼ lengths second of 6 to Lifetime Ambition in Gr 3 chase at Limerick (24.6f) 7 days ago. Should give another good account.

Form: 244332

Dolcita³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| CD

1/1

Quickly reached a useful level over fences, landing a C&D mares' maiden prior to a creditable 5 lengths second of 6 to Jeremys Flame in novice chase at Thurles (22f) 38 days ago. 3 lb weight pull may not be enough to turn the tables, however.

Form: 23-5212

Hurricane Georgie¹²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 127

25/1

Fairly useful chaser. Well-beaten fifth of 6 to Riviere D'etel in Klairon Davis Novices' Chase at Navan (17f) in December, jumping none too fluently. Given a break since and better showing anticipated.

Form: 214225

That's Lifebuoy²²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: Liam Quinlan| T: J P Ryan| OR: 113| D

100/1

Fairly useful chaser who opened account in this sphere at Gowran (2m) in February. Proved inconsistent since though, last of 10 in handicap chase back at that venue (18f) last month. Likely to find a few too good in this line up.

Form: 741940

Forecasts

Dolcita (1/1), Jeremys Flame (2/1), Darrens Hope (10/3), Hurricane Georgie (25/1), That's Lifebuoy (100/1), Clonmoyle (125/1)

JEREMYS FLAME needs to shrug off a lesser effort at Naas 3 weeks ago, yet her campaign on the whole has been a productive one, coming out on top from Dolcita at Thurles in February, and she can bounce back and confirm those placings here. The latter-named shouldn't be dismissed lightly though and rates the chief threat, ahead of Darrens Hope.