Galway City Beginners Chase

Off time: 18:45 | Winning time: 4m 38.0s

Hallowed Star³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: J J Hanlon| C

5/4

Useful hurdler who recorded a career best when easily winning 20-runner handicap hurdle at this course (22.8f, heavy, 8/1) 37 days ago, unchallenged. Makes chase debut. Big player if taking to the new discipline.

Form: 20/112-1

Harly De Rots¹⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: C A Landers| T: M J McDonagh

125/1

Once-raced maiden. Sixth of 7 in novice chase (80/1) at Gowran (20f, heavy) on NH debut 177 days ago.

Form: 6-

Indigo Breeze^h⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

11/4

Promising sort. Useful hurdler. In process of making an encourging start to chase career when falling 2 out at Limerick 47 days ago. Open to improvement and should be winning over fences soon.

Form: 28/128-F

Maciver⁸⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: E O'Grady

25/1

Fair winner at 22f over hurdles. Respectable fourth of 16 in handicap hurdle (5/1) at Clonmel (24f, good to soft) 87 days ago. Makes chase debut. Back down in trip. Has a bit to find on hurdles form.

Form: 50-7814

Barely Made It¹⁷⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: J Grace

100/1

Poor form in maiden hurdles. Big outsider now chasing.

Form: 087-

Sit Down Lucy^h³⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Peter Fahey| C| D

15/8

Fairly useful hurdler. Career best when winning 16-runner handicap hurdle at this course (16f, good to soft, 11/1) 38 days ago, pushed out. Makes chase debut.

Form: 034-731

Non-Runners

Watch House Cross⁹²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: H De Bromhead J: Rachael Blackmore

Forecasts

Hallowed Star (5/4), Sit Down Lucy (15/8), Indigo Breeze (11/4), Watch House Cross (4/1), Maciver (25/1), Barely Made It (100/1), Harly De Rots (125/1)

INDIGO BREEZE was in the process of making a fine start over fences when tipping up at Limerick last time and gets a narrow vote ahead of easy last-time-out course handicap hurdle winner Hallowed Star. Watch House Cross's chase debut run was too bad to be true and it would also be no surprise to see him get back on track after a break.