17:05 Tipperary

Thursday 8 May 2025

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Hotel Minella Beginners Chase

Off time: 17:05 | Winning time: 4m 9.6s

Aeros Luck^t³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| D

9/2

Promising sort. Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. 13/2, fifth of 8 in novice chase at Wexford (16f, soft) 34 days ago. Open to improvement over fences.

Form: 2098F5-

Ceroc^p²³²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: K C Sexton| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 113

66/1

Moody sort. Fairly useful winner at 24f over hurdles. Respectable third of 7 in novice chase at Tramore (22.8f, good, 3/1). Off 7 months. Down in trip. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 63F333-

Gold Dancer^t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

3/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 12/1, twelfth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 16 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase and sure to do better than opening run in this sphere given yard he represents.

Form: 3174/P0-

Harsh¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| D

5/1

Fairly useful chaser. Very good second of 11 in novice chase (16/1) at Cork (17.1f, good to soft) 18 days ago, sticking to task. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 600042-

Itsalladream¹³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Gilligan| D

50/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Galway in September. Thirteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good, 28/1) 133 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 3314P0-

Karafon²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W P Mullins

6/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Clonmel in December. 22/1, fell in handicap hurdle at Ayr (16f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Makes chase debut for top yard so sure to be well prepared for this.

Form: 5/1470F-

Le Coq Hardi²²⁵

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

9/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Two wins from 5 runs last season. Latest win in hurdle at Roscommon in July. Last of 5 in novice hurdle (11/4) at Listowel (16f, soft). Off 7 months. Makes chase debut.

Form: 4/13125-

Maidenstreetprince¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Byrnes| T: C Byrnes| OR: 127| D

10/1

Fairly useful chaser. Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. 20/1, creditable third of 11 in novice chase at Cork (17.1f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 446433-

Nowwhatdoyouthink⁶³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Liam Quinlan⁽³⁾| T: R Hackett| D

12/1

Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. 8/1, career best when winning 14-runner novice hurdle at Thurles (15.6f, good to soft) 63 days ago, always holding on

Form: 17/0751-

Pride Of Place⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: E Bolger

200/1

Fair hurdler. 100/1, last of 11 in novice chase at Cork (17.1f, good to soft) 18 days ago.

Form: 6839/U0-

Talk In The Park¹⁶⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: R O'Sullivan

25/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 12/1, creditable sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (24.1f, good to soft) 165 days ago. Makes chase debut. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 5/21186-

Wonleg^h1¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| D

22/1

Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. 11/1, twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (16.1f, soft) 17 days ago. Makes chase debut. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 5130-

Woodstream Lad³¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: D Robinson| T: P J Rothwell| D

200/1

Fair hurdler. One win from 3 runs last season. Fair winner at 16f over hurdles. 11/1, tenth of 16 in novice chase at this course (19.4f, good to soft) on debut over fences. Off 10 months.

Form: 612/180-

Belle The Lioness¹²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling| D

100/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (4/1) at Tramore (16.8f, heavy) 127 days ago, tailed off when pulled up 3 out. Since left Henry de Bromhead.

Form: 03275/P-

Forecasts

Gold Dancer (3/1), Le Coq Hardi (9/2), Aeros Luck (9/2), Harsh (5/1), Karafon (6/1), Maidenstreetprince (10/1), Nowwhatdoyouthink (12/1), Wonleg (22/1), Talk In The Park (25/1), Itsalladream (50/1), Ceroc (66/1), Belle The Lioness (100/1), Woodstream Lad (200/1), Pride Of Place (200/1)

HARSH has been perked up by the switch to chasing this spring and his excellent second in a novice at Cork 18 days ago is the best form on offer over fences. Aeros Luck probably has a bigger performance in him so he's a threat, along with the Mullins pair Gold Dancer and Karafon.