Lough Gill Beginners Chase

Off time: 13:52 | Winning time: 4m 26.40s

Brazil^t⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: P Roche

4/1

Useful hurdler at best, winning 2022 Fred Winter at Cheltenham Festival. Not been easiest to catch right since but wasn't knocked about on chase debut at Wexford in July and must be respected.

Form: 20/P00-9

Hypotenus¹²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

3/1

Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles who shaped better than distance beaten when fourth of 7 in novice at Ballinrobe (17.2f, good, 7/2) on debut over fences in May. Likely more to come in this sphere yet.

Form: 61636-4

If You Let Me^h⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley| T: G P Cromwell| BF

15/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Kilbeggan in May. Offered something to work on when third in novice at Roscommon (16.5f) on chase debut in August. Not out of things.

Form: 56-1323

Perfect Pupil¹³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: S McConville

80/1

Modest hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Down Royal in March. Modest winner at 20f over hurdles. Eleventh of 14 in novice chase (50/1) at Kilbeggan (20.4f, good) 138 days ago. Best watched.

Form: 59U18-0

Valsorpresa²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott| OR: 116| D

5/1

Matched best of his hurdles form when second of 6 in handicap at Perth (20.1f, good to soft) on debut over fences 23 days ago, running on. Entitled to build on that.

Form: 1-83742

Wandering Rocks^p1,t⁵⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: O R Brown⁽⁵⁾| T: W Durkan

22/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Ballinrobe in May. 10/1, last of 10 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (16.7f, good to soft) 54 days ago. Plenty on plate on chase debut. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 87-1400

Cossack Chach^t⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| BF

2/1

Fairly useful winner at 17f over hurdles. Yet to get near his hurdles form in a couple of attempts in this sphere but it's too soon to write him off just yet.

Form: 26P-297

Forecasts

Cossack Chach (2/1), Hypotenus (3/1), Brazil (4/1), Valsorpresa (5/1), If You Let Me (15/2), Wandering Rocks (22/1), Perfect Pupil (80/1)

HYPOTENUS is in good hands and offered something to work on when fourth on debut in this discipline at Ballinrobe in May. He gets the nod in a tricky-looking contest. Valsorpresa and Brazil may provide the chief threat.