17:30 Galway

Friday 1 August 2025

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Guinness Beginners Chase

Off time: 17:31 | Winning time: 5m 43.30s

Beaufort Scale^t⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| D

66/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Seventh of 12 in minor event chase at Kilbeggan (20.4f, good to soft, 11/2) on debut over fences 61 days ago. Likely to improve at a lower level but probably flying too high here.

Form: U9100-7

Donnie Devito^h,t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: R O'Sullivan| C

25/1

Promising type. Fairly useful winner at 21f over hurdles. 5/1, fourth of 6 in novice chase at Wexford (19.5f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Should improve for the return to a longer trip.

Form: 3307-34

Fenway Park^t1⁹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: A McNamara

80/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Better than result when seventh of 13 on chase debut, left poorly placed and finishing with running left. First run for yard after leaving Gavin Patrick Cromwell. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Looks one for handicaps.

Form: 135P37-

Intense Approach¹⁰⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell

13/2

Useful hurdler. Four wins from 9 runs last season. Bit below form 20¾ lengths eighth of 14 to Kiss Will in listed hurdle at Perth (23.9f, soft, 9/1) 100 days ago. Better than most of these over hurdles and rates as an interesting chase debutant.

Form: 1211P8-

Jarrive De Mee⁹³

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

5/2

Authorized gelding who boasts a positive profile over hurdles, making light work of a double penalty to make it 3-3 in 4-runner Haydock novice (15.6f) in March. Good fourth upped in grade at Punchestown Festival next time. Type to improve even further over fences.

Form: 41/1114-

Luckinthecity^t1⁵³

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

25/1

Fairly useful winner at 24f over hurdles. 3/1, encouraging third of 6 in minor event chase at Roscommon (25.1f, good to soft) on debut over fences 53 days ago, closing up later after making early mistakes. Should progress.

Form: 311FP-3

Millforce^p⁹³

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

33/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Two wins from 5 runs last season. Pulled up in minor event hurdle at Punchestown (19.3f, good to soft, 11/1) 93 days ago, dropping away before home turn. Makes chase debut.

Form: 12431P-

Minella Sergeant⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 126

125/1

Little show in bumpers but has seemingly shown fairly useful form form since chasing, most recently when third of 5 in novice chase at Punchestown (24.8f, good) 54 days ago. This is tougher.

Form: 780-443

Minella Sixo¹⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Kevin Sexton| T: G Elliott| D

16/1

Maiden/novice hurdle winner who recorded good placed efforts in a pair of Graded novices in December. Eighteenth of 24 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Cheltenham (20.2f, good to soft) 140 days ago. Has a background in points and rates as a useful recruit to chasing.

Form: 2123F0-

Sandor Clegane^b,t¹⁰²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan| OR: 145

7/2

Campaigned without success over hurdles last season but in frame in several times in Group company over fences in 2024 and he sets a clear standard with blinkers going back on.

Form: 4/24408-

Shantreusse^b1¹¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 133

28/1

Useful chaser. Below form twentieth of 30 in handicap chase at Aintree (21.1f, good, 14/1) 119 days ago, never travelling well. Blinkers on 1st time. Perhaps vulnerable to less-exposed types.

Form: 7/3F720-

Shotgun Jack^t³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: P G Kelly| C

50/1

Fair winner at 24f over hurdles. 150/1, pulled up in novice chase at Tipperary (19.7f, good to soft) 31 days ago.

Form: 68/0-90P

Talk In The Park³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Gilligan| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 123| CD

6/1

Fairly useful winner at 22f over hurdles. Fourth of 7 in novice chase (8/1) at Tipperary (16.6f, good to soft) 31 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. May well do better but likely to find this too hot.

Form: 186-444

Uncle Pat⁵³

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

4/1

Fairly useful winner at 22f over hurdles. 2/1, second of 6 in minor event chase at Roscommon (25.1f, good to soft) on debut over fences 53 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 1/4531-2

What's Up Darling⁹²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 131

14/1

Useful hurdler. Below form fifteenth of 23 in handicap chase (16/1) at Punchestown (16.3f, good) 92 days ago. Step back up in trip will suit and booking of Kennedy is a plus, but others perhaps have greater potential.

Form: 235B30-

Justabitofyours³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: P J Gilligan

250/1

Fair chaser. 80/1, seventh of 9 in novice chase at this course (18.2f, good) 3 days ago. Back up in trip. Out of depth here.

Form: 68-4277

Non-Runners

Heroes Rise¹²⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Jordan Gainford

Miss Manzor⁶⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: N C Kelly J: Mr O McGill

Fiddledee¹⁵²

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: E Doyle J: Reserve 1

Princess Georgie¹⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: G B Caldwell J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Jarrive De Mee (5/2), Sandor Clegane (7/2), Uncle Pat (4/1), Talk In The Park (6/1), Intense Approach (13/2), Heroes Rise (12/1), What's Up Darling (14/1), Minella Sixo (16/1), Donnie Devito (25/1), Luckinthecity (25/1), Miss Manzor (25/1), Shantreusse (28/1), Millforce (33/1), Shotgun Jack (50/1), Beaufort Scale (66/1), Fenway Park (80/1), Minella Sergeant (125/1), Fiddledee (150/1), Princess Georgie (200/1), Justabitofyours (250/1)

A red-hot beginners chase in which JARRIVE DE MEE can make the perfect start to life over fences, Willie Mullins' six-year-old having showed plenty when winning 3 of his 4 starts over hurdles. Sandor Clegane took high rank amongst the staying novices in 2023/24 and though he failed to score over hurdles last season, still sets a high standard going back over fences. Minella Sixo and Intense Approach are other chase newcomers that should prove above average in this sphere.