Forth Mountain Trails Beginners Chase

Off time: 14:38 | Winning time: 3m 53.80s

Le Coq Hardi³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 138| D

1/1

Dual hurdler winner last summer. Even better form over fences this season, very good second of 11 in handicap 12/1) at Kilbeggan (20.2f, good) 37 days ago. Back down in trip. Sets the benchmark.

Form: 125-232

Rauzan^p¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: E Doyle| D

33/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Four wins from 5 runs last season. Fit from a recent outing on the Flat ahead of this chase debut.

Form: 0/11118-

War Correspondent^p,t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Paddy Cody⁽⁷⁾| T: R P Cody| D

22/1

Temperamental sort. Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. 6/1, creditable second of 10 in claiming hurdle at Roscommon (20.6f, good) 16 days ago. Makes chase debut. Back down in trip.

Form: 33075-2

You Oughta Know^t³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| BF| D

10/11

Won 2m maiden hurdle at Punchestown in December. Second in maiden at Kilbeggan (20.2f, good) on completed start over fences this season. Down in trip. Should go well.

Form: 0/144-U2

Miss Oreo^p¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Paddy Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 98

125/1

Fair chaser. Thirteen runs since last win in 2023. 66/1, fourteenth of 16 in handicap chase at this course (19.5f, good to soft) 19 days ago.

Form: 65U-790

Non-Runners

Fiveonefive²⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: C Collins J: Jordan Gainford

Forecasts

You Oughta Know (10/11), Le Coq Hardi (1/1), Fiveonefive (4/1), War Correspondent (22/1), Rauzan (33/1), Miss Oreo (125/1)

If LE COQ HARDI reproduces the form he achieved when second in a handicap chase at Kilbeggan last month he'll likely take a bit of stopping. You Oughta Know was runner-up in a maiden chase on that same Kilbeggan card and is the obvious threat to Henry de Bromhead's charge.