Guinness Open Gate Brewery Novice Chase (Grade 3)

Off time: 14:45 | Winning time: 4m 31.90s

Call Me Lyreen⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| D

11/2

Smart hurdler who completed a simple task in 6-runner minor event chase at Wexford (20f, good to soft) 43 days ago, cruising clear. Remains open to improvement.

Form: 010-411

Ganapathi^t⁵⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

5/2

Promising sort who made it 2 from 2 over fences in 5-runner minor event chase at Wexford (20f, good to soft) 50 days ago, impressively. Open to further improvement.

Form: F/035-11

Sole Pretender^h²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Simon Torrens| T: N Lee| D

85/40

Promising individual. 9/1, creditable 3 lengths second of 11 to Santa Rossa in Grimes Hurdle at Tipperary (16f, good to soft) 28 days ago. More to come now back over fences and big player.

Form: 185-112

The Dara Man¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 128| D

33/1

Career best when winning 7-runner handicap chase at Killarney (17f, good) 13 days ago, going with enthusiasm.

Form: 5-59441

Champagne Gold^p,t²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 136

17/2

Useful hurdler who got off the mark over fences in 11-runner maiden at Wexford (20f, soft) 27 days ago, always holding on. Open to further improvement.

Form: 57094-1

Visionarian²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: D F O'Regan| T: Peter Fahey

9/2

Made a winning start to chasing career in 9-runner maiden at Wexford (16f, soft) 27 days ago, jumping and travelling fluently. Likely to improve.

Form: 15270-1

Mind Your Money¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Mr H C Swan| T: T E Hyde

25/1

Has improved over hurdles of late and made a winning start over fences in 9-runner maiden (15/8) at Tipperary (16.8f, soft) 11 days ago. Open to improvement but this is a whole lot tougher.

Form: 20-1231

Forecasts

Sole Pretender (85/40), Ganapathi (5/2), Visionarian (9/2), Call Me Lyreen (11/2), Champagne Gold (17/2), Mind Your Money (25/1), The Dara Man (33/1)

SOLE PRETENDER is a smart hurdler who unquestionably has more to offer now back over fences, so he gets the vote. Ganapathi and Visionarian are others who seem likely to go on to better things in this sphere and they head the opposition.