15:55 Sligo

Wednesday 27 September 2023

All14:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:0517:40

Brenda Anderson Memorial Beginners Chase

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 5m 47.8s

Hard Rain³³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: Padraig Butler| OR: 100

4/1

Fair hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Limerick in July. 9/2, good second of 12 in handicap chase at Killarney (23f, soft) 33 days ago, running on. Worth considering.

Form: PP41P2

Petit King^h1¹⁷¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley

14/1

Fair hurdler. Creditable third of 20 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.4f, good to soft, 18/1) 171 days ago, faring best of those held up. Makes chase debut. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: F9/6043-

Potters Party^t1¹⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| BF

13/8

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable third of 13 in novice hurdle (5/6) at Tramore (20.3f, soft) 164 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Very much the type to take to chasing and worth chancing to make a successful return.

Form: 2/34433-

Quite Incredible¹⁴⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin

20/1

Fair hurdler. Pulled up in novice chase at Down Royal (19.7f, good to soft, 20/1) on debut over fences 149 days ago, beaten some way out.

Form: 34208-P

Jenny Flex¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

8/1

Modest hurdler. 9/4, second of 8 in novice chase at Downpatrick (17.8f, soft) on debut over fences 12 days ago.

Form: 65-5082

Deons Diamond¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-8| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell

2/1

Thrice-raced winner under NH rules. Fair winner at 22f over hurdles. Fourth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (21.8f, good to soft, 11/1) 12 days ago, ridden too aggressively. Still unexposed and interesting runner switched to fences.

Form: 2-814

Non-Runners

Inforapenny⁴⁰

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: M Fahey J: Ricky Doyle

Nevermindestranger⁹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: D M Christie J: Jordan Gainford

No Thanks¹⁹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: M J Smith J: Keith Donoghue

Song For My Father²⁴⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: R O'Sullivan J: T P Harney

Forecasts

Potters Party (13/8), Deons Diamond (2/1), Hard Rain (4/1), No Thanks (6/1), Jenny Flex (8/1), Nevermindestranger (8/1), Inforapenny (10/1), Petit King (14/1), Song For My Father (16/1), Quite Incredible (20/1)

POTTERS PARTY is the type to make a better chaser than hurdler and he's marginally preferred to fellow chasing debutant Deons Diamond, who is unexposed. Hard Rain is the pick of those with experience in this sphere.