Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Beginners Chase

Off time: 14:51 | Winning time: 4m 32.03s

Dinoblue²⁰⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: L P Dempsey| T: W P Mullins| BF| D

8/15

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Winner in hurdle at Clonmel in January. Off 6 months. Well-made mare who looks capable of better now sent chasing.

Form: 1944-

Happy D'ex⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

3/1

Fairly useful chaser. 7/2, second of 5 in novice chase at Fairyhouse (16f, good) on debut over fences 43 days ago, just failing. Trainer going well. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 68-S112

Hope Des Blins¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽³⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 112

50/1

Fairly useful chaser. 15/2, eighth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (20.4f, good to soft) 17 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Others more persuasive.

Form: 3F5928

Roseys Hollow³²²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Simon Torrens| T: Jonathan Sweeney| BF| C

4/1

Useful hurdler. Third of 5 in novice chase (5/4) at Naas (19f, soft). Off 10 months. Should do better but might be outclassed by one or two of these rivals.

Form: 4117/53-

Southwood²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁵⁾| T: Leonard Flynn

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Below form seventh of 18 in handicap (22/1) at Galway (11.8f, heavy) 20 days ago, finding test too much. Makes chase debut. Pulled up on last hurdle run.

Form: 9/400-P

Non-Runners

Telmesomethinggirl²⁰⁴

Weight: 11-7| Age: 7

T: H De Bromhead J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Forecasts

Dinoblue (8/15), Telmesomethinggirl (6/4), Happy D'ex (3/1), Roseys Hollow (4/1), Hope Des Blins (50/1), Southwood (200/1)

TELLMESOMETHINGGIRL is the best of these over hurdles and, as a winning pointer, she should be at least as good over the larger obstacles, so she's preferred to Dinoblue, another notable chasing debutant. Happy D'Ex was narrowly denied by a next-time-out winner on her first go at chasing and shouldn't be ruled out with the benefit of that experience.