Castlerea Novice Chase

Off time: 17:07 | Winning time: 3m 52.7s

Donnie Devito^h,t¹⁰⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: T P Harney⁽⁵⁾| T: R O'Sullivan

9/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Below form seventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, soft, 22/1) 107 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 113307-

Encanto Bruno⁵⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Kieren Buckley| T: G P Cromwell| D

13/2

Useful winner at 20f over hurdles. 10/3, second of 5 in novice chase at Down Royal (20f, good) 57 days ago. Capable of better over the larger obstacles.

Form: 189/PP2-

Itsalladream¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Gavin Brouder⁽³⁾| T: P J Gilligan| D

16/5

Useful chaser. 8/1, excellent second of 10 in novice chase at Ballinrobe (17.2f, good) 14 days ago, sticking to task. Clearly better over fences than hurdles and that puts him right in the mix.

Form: 14P0-52

Runcok³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean Cleary-Farrell⁽⁷⁾| T: W P Mullins| D

11/2

Fairly useful winner at 17f over hurdles. Below form sixth of 12 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (16.2f, good to soft, 3/1) 38 days ago, finding little. Makes chase debut and he's certainly in the right hands to bounce back.

Form: 0/35156-

A Law Of Her Own^v¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: B W Harvey| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 125| D

12/1

Fairly useful chaser. Latest win in chase at Thurles in March. 11/10, last of 3 in minor event chase at Limerick (19.8f, good) 18 days ago, early error not helping matters.

Form: 35P10-3

Birdie Or Bust²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Mike O'Connor| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 132| D

5/4

Useful chaser. Career best when winning 5-runner novice chase at Killarney (20.8f, good to soft, evens) 29 days ago. Back down in trip. Hard to beat.

Form: 13/459-1

She Is Electric^h¹³

Age: 10| Weight: 10-9| J: K C Sexton| T: N Lee| D

80/1

Fifth of 6 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.3f, good, 22/1) 13 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase and has plenty on her plate.

Form: 1144/P-5

Forecasts

Birdie Or Bust (5/4), Itsalladream (16/5), Runcok (11/2), Encanto Bruno (13/2), Donnie Devito (9/1), A Law Of Her Own (12/1), She Is Electric (80/1)

BIRDIE OR BUST got right back on the up when successful at Killarney a month ago and that is the best form on offer over the larger obstacles. Itsalladream is clearly a much better chaser than hurdler and he's second choice, ahead of Runcok.