15:05 Galway

Sunday 31 July 2022

All14:0014:3015:0515:4016:1016:4017:1017:40

Eileen Kelly Memorial Chase

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 5m 50.50s

Battleoverdoyen^t⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-3| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 149| CD

11/10

Smart chaser. C&D winner. Eight wins from 23 NH runs. Fared better than of late when fifth of 21 in Galway Plate at this C&D (good, 28/1) 4 days ago. Last year's winner of the race can go well again.

Form: F0F-675

Doctor Duffy^v⁷⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-3| J: Phillip Enright| T: C Byrnes| OR: 143| D

11/1

Useful chaser. 33/1, possibly amiss when pulled up in Gr 3 chase at Killarney (20f, good to soft) 76 days ago won by Easy Game, struggling badly long way out. Tough to assess at present.

Form: 8UP2P-P

Snugsborough Benny⁷⁶

Age: 12| Weight: 11-3| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Broderick| OR: 125| CD

33/1

Fairly useful chaser nowadays. C&D winner. 15/2, beaten long way on first run since leaving Liam P. Cusack when third of 8 in hunter chase at Killarney (23f, good to soft) 76 days ago. Best watched.

Form: 0/3236-3

Dawn Raider^t⁷⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: K Brogan| T: G Hanmer| OR: 104| D

40/1

Fair chaser, latest win at Leicester in March. 3/1, last of 4 in handicap chase at Bangor (24f, good to firm) 78 days ago. Up against it.

Form: 61123-4

Agusta Gold^b,t²³

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 138

9/2

Useful chaser. 12/1, ran no sort of race when tenth of 14 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (25f, good to soft) 23 days ago. No surprise to see her bounce back as the Mullins' representative in the race.

Form: PP2F5-0

Politesse^t⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: C J Orr| T: L Fowler| OR: 136

9/4

Useful chaser. Upped in trip, 11/2, resumed progress when winning 9-runner handicap chase at Roscommon (24.3f, good) 47 days ago, impressively. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 1U07-61

Non-Runners

Peregrine Run¹⁵

Weight: 11-3| Age: 12

T: Peter Fahey J: Sean Flanagan

Waitnsee²

Weight: 10-10| Age: 8

T: J P Ryan J: Danny Mullins

Forecasts

Battleoverdoyen (11/10), Politesse (9/4), Agusta Gold (9/2), Waitnsee (8/1), Peregrine Run (10/1), Doctor Duffy (11/1), Snugsborough Benny (33/1), Dawn Raider (40/1)

POLITESSE resumed her progress upped in trip back in handicap company at Roscommon last time, impressing with the way that she jumped/travelled through the race as she scored with a fair bit in hand. Given the manner of her victory she can go on to follow up in this event, with last year's winner of the race Battleoverdoyen feared most ahead of Agusta Gold for Willie Mullins.