14:05 Clonmel

Thursday 2 March 2023

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Beginners Chase

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 5m 31.30s

Bay Ambition²²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-7| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 115

9/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Thirteen runs since last win in 2020. 13/2, good fourth of 10 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (21f, good to soft) 22 days ago.

Form: 6-F3844

Butterflyvespiere⁵²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Ewing| T: Peter Fahey| D

11/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 3/1, career best when winning 18-runner handicap hurdle at Listowel (20f, good to soft), comfortably. Off 17 months. Makes chase debut.

Form: 0/21431-

Ciao Bella^p¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Miss Liz Doyle| OR: 102| D

28/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Twelve runs since last win in 2021. 9/1, pulled up in novice chase at this C&D (heavy) 14 days ago, pulled up circuit out.

Form: 4-53P4P

Grace Shelby⁶⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr W T Cronin⁽⁷⁾| T: William Cronin

200/1

150/1, fourteenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 64 days ago. Makes chase debut. Up in trip.

Form: 4-35000

My Design⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Kieren Buckley⁽³⁾| T: D Queally| D

6/5

Fairly useful hurdler. 12¼ lengths fourth of 7 to Queens Brook in Quevega Mares Hurdle (16/1) at Punchestown (20.4f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: B8-2334

Pont Aval²²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-7| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| D

5/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. Second of 5 in novice chase at Fairyhouse (21f, good to soft, 10/1) 22 days ago. Standard bearer.

Form: 0P10/P2

Rebel Early^p⁵⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: W J Burke| C| D

12/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 14/1, good third of 9 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, heavy) 54 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: PP-2503

Rock On Cassie^t1²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| D

40/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. 18/1, fourth of 5 in novice chase at Fairyhouse (21f, good to soft) on debut over fences 22 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 61FP-64

Forecasts

My Design (6/5), Pont Aval (5/2), Bay Ambition (9/2), Butterflyvespiere (11/1), Rebel Early (12/1), Ciao Bella (28/1), Rock On Cassie (40/1), Grace Shelby (200/1)

PONT AVAL left her belated return/chase bow well behind when second at Fairyhouse 3 weeks ago and is entitled to come on for that again, so is preferred to chasing newcomers My Design and Butterflyvespiere, who both showed fairly useful form over hurdles.