Castlerea Novice Chase

Off time: 17:18 | Winning time: 4m 4.09s

Dreal Deal^t¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 135| BF| D

11/2

Useful hurdler. Latest win in chase at Wexford in May. Good scond of 3 in handicap chase at Cartmel (21.2f, soft, 11/10) 12 days ago. Back down in trip and in the mix.

Form: 5616-12

Horantzau D'airy^t⁵³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: K Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: W P Mullins| D

13/8

Promising sort. Three wins from 7 runs last season. Career best when winning 5-runner minor event chase (4/5) at Clonmel (20f, soft) 53 days ago, keeping on well. Yard in good form. The one to beat.

Form: 422711-

Magnor Glory^h³⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: John Shinnick⁽⁷⁾| T: T O'Brien| D

7/4

Useful winner at 20f over hurdles. Won 14-runner novice chase at Ballinrobe (17.1f, good, 6/1) on debut over fences 34 days ago, comfortably. Very much one to consider.

Form: 014/27-1

Starman^h²³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Jake Coen⁽⁵⁾| T: A McCann| D

33/1

Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. 14¾ lengths fourth of 7 to Dreal Deal in novice chase (7/1) at Wexford (16f, heavy) 23 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 15343-4

Varna Gold³²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan| D

50/1

Fairly useful chaser. Sixteen runs since last win in 2020. 25/1, running respectably when fell 2 out in novice chase at Tipperary (23.4f, good to soft) 32 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 67P/43-F

Je T'ai Porte^h¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 130| D

11/2

Fairly useful chaser. Latest win in chase at Ballinrobe in May. 6/1, good second of 10 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.3f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase and must enter calculations.

Form: 0344-12

Forecasts

Horantzau D'airy (13/8), Magnor Glory (7/4), Je T'ai Porte (11/2), Dreal Deal (11/2), Starman (33/1), Varna Gold (50/1)

HORANTZAU D'AIRY arrives on the back of a career-best Clonmel victory so looks the way to go here. Ballinrobe winner Magnor Glory should ensure Willie Mullins' 7-y-o doesn't have things all his own way though while both Dreal Deal and Je T'Ai Porte must enter calculations too.