Slaney River Rated Novice Chase

Off time: 18:29 | Winning time: 4m 57.7s

I A Connect^p⁵⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| D

17/2

Useful chaser. 1 win from 3 runs this season. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, career best when winning 6-runner novice chase (4/1) at Tipperary (16.8f, soft) 59 days ago, digging deep.

Form: 10U/261

Lucky Zebo⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

5/2

Useful chaser. 2 wins from 2 runs this season. Career best when winning 11-runner novice chase at Kilbeggan (19f, soft, 10/11) on debut over fences 49 days ago, soon clear. Should progress.

Form: U361-11

Uncle Phil^h,t⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W P Mullins| OR: 130

7/2

Useful chaser. 1 win from 2 runs this season. 5/2, didn't need to be at best when winning 7-runner novice chase at Kilbeggan (19.4f, good) 74 days ago, easily. Open to improvement.

Form: 1P33-U1

Joyeux Machin^t²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean Flanagan| T: P Nolan| BF| C

7/2

Useful hurdler. 1 win from 3 runs this season. Latest win in hurdle here in May. Useful winner at 24f over hurdles. 2/1, fourth of 6 in novice chase at Galway (22.5f, good to soft) 29 days ago.

Form: P50-134

Effernock Fizz^p,t⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Carl Millar⁽⁷⁾| T: C Collins| OR: 134| BF| C| D

11/4

Useful chaser. Eleven runs since last win in 2023. 15/2, second of 4 in minor event chase at Ballinrobe (17f, good to soft) 4 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 3302P2

Time To Rocco^h¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: C Motherway| OR: 119| D

22/1

Fairly useful chaser. Latest win in chase at Thurles in March. Fifth of 7 in minor event chase (25/1) at Tramore (21.6f, heavy) 14 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 33817-5

Forecasts

Lucky Zebo (5/2), Effernock Fizz (11/4), Joyeux Machin (7/2), Uncle Phil (7/2), I A Connect (17/2), Time To Rocco (22/1)

LUCKY ZEBO was progressive over hurdles during the spring and took another step forward when scoring in good style on his chase debut back from a two-month break at at Kilbeggan. He clearly has a bright future in this sphere and is taken to get the better of another promising recruit in Uncle Phil, who also landed a maiden chase at Kilbeggan where he produced an impressive round of jumping. Effernock Fizz is best of the rest.