Fairyhouse Easter Festival 30th March To 1st April Rated Chase

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 7m 25.2s

Corbetts Cross⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: E Mullins| BF| CD

1/4

Promising type. Good 6 lengths second of 6 to Grangeclare West in Neville Hotels (Fort Leney) Novices' Chase (13/8) at Leopardstown (24.4f, soft) 40 days ago. Open to further improvement and should take all the beating.

Form: 11R-312

Run Wild Fred^b⁴²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-11| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 147| C| D

14/1

Smart chaser. Pulled up in handicap chase (28/1) at Leopardstown (24.4f, heavy) 42 days ago. This is a less intense scenario, so he should be able to make more of an impact.

Form: F/23-59P

Eklat De Rire⁶⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 146| D

9/1

Smart chaser. 8/1, eighth of 11 in handicap chase at Navan (20.4f, heavy) 60 days ago. Claims if he can bounce back to his best after a break.

Form: U1P0/4-8

Velvet Elvis⁶⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 142| CD

7/1

Useful chaser. Course winner. 16/1, pulled up in handicap chase at this course (29.6f, soft) 66 days ago. First run for yard after leaving T. Gibney. Worth monitoring in the betting.

Form: P12P6-P

Forecasts

Corbetts Cross (1/4), Velvet Elvis (7/1), Eklat De Rire (9/1), Run Wild Fred (14/1)

CORBETTS CROSS has made a positive start to chasing and, up against more exposed rivals, he's fully expected to get back to winning ways. Run Wild Fred and Eklat de Rire could both trouble him on their best form.