SANSERV Rated Novice Chase

Off time: 14:53 | Winning time: 4m 58.05s

Ferdia¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 125

14/1

Fairly useful chaser. Bit below form fourth of 10 in handicap chase at Cork (17.6f, heavy, 15/2) 13 days ago.

Form: 345744

Alko Rouge¹⁹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 123

8/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. Unseated rider in minor event chase (13/2) at Fairyhouse (21.2f, soft). Off 6 months.

Form: 16/P35U-

Barnacullia²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Keith Donoghue| T: M Mulvany

25/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Fairly useful winner at 17f over hurdles. 50/1, third of 8 in novice chase at Fairyhouse (21f, good) 21 days ago.

Form: 970-463

Broomfields Jeremy²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey

12/1

Useful hurdler. Useful winner at 20f over hurdles. Last of 8 in novice chase (11/1) at this course (18.5f, soft) on debut over fences 25 days ago.

Form: 31FP0-8

Guily Billy²⁸⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

13/8

Thrice-raced winner over hurdles. Winner in hurdle at Tramore in December. Off 9 months. Makes chase debut. Yard having good spell. Major player.

Form: P1/21P-

Punitive^b²⁶²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| OR: 129

12/1

Fairly useful chaser. Blinkered for 1st time, creditable fifth of 15 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (21f, soft, 40/1). Off 8 months. First run for yard after leaving Henry De Bromhead.

Form: 1748/45-

Snake Oil⁹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: B Connell| BF

6/4

Fairly useful hurdler. Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. Thirteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at this course (22.5f, good, 10/3) 94 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 613/21-0

Forecasts

Snake Oil (6/4), Guily Billy (13/8), Alko Rouge (8/1), Punitive (12/1), Broomfields Jeremy (12/1), Ferdia (14/1), Barnacullia (25/1)

GUILY BILLY showed plenty of promise over hurdles last season but this former point winner can be expected to excel now tackling the larger obstacles. Clear second choice is Punitive, who boasts some pretty decent pieces of hurdles form and he produced arguably his best effort yet in this sphere when fifth of 15 at Fairyhouse when last seen in February. Ferdia could be in line for minor place money.