Gerard O'Sullivan Memorial Novice Chase

Off time: 15:20 | Winning time: 6m 14.10s

Decimation¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara

20/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Sixteenth of 24 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (19.4f, good to soft, 33/1) 12 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 04/2580-

Duffle Coat^p⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny Gilligan⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 126

9/2

Fairly useful chaser. Thirteen runs since last win in 2020. Creditable fourth of 17 in handicap chase at Punchestown (20.2f, soft, 40/1) 9 days ago. Merits respect.

Form: 022224-

Gaelic Arc²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Daniel King| T: J P Ryan

17/2

Useful hurdler. Useful winner at 16f over hurdles. Creditable second of 5 in minor event chase at Clonmel (20f, soft, 28/1) 24 days ago. Should make his presence felt.

Form: 54342/2-

Solitary Man¹⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: E Bolger| CD

6/4

Useful hurdler. Three wins from 8 runs last season. Creditable 3 lengths second of 5 to Search For Glory in Grade 3 hurdle (4/1) at Cork (24f, heavy) 154 days ago. 2-3 over hurdles here and strong claims on chase debut.

Form: 141212-

Music Of Tara^t¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 130

7/4

Promising individual. Two wins from 4 runs last season. 6/4, career best when winning 5-runner novice chase at Tipperary (20f, good to soft) on debut over fences 19 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 22/31B1-

Forecasts

Solitary Man (6/4), Music Of Tara (7/4), Duffle Coat (9/2), Gaelic Arc (17/2), Decimation (20/1)

Having created a good impression on her recent chase debut at Tipperary, MUSIC OF TARA is taken to make it 2-2 in this sphere with this step up in trip unlikely to inconvenience her in the least. Solitary Man brings solid hurdles form to the table and will be a big threat if his jumping passes the test, while both Gaelic Arc and Duffle Coat also have claims in an intriguing novice chase.