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Saturday 13 December 2025

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase

Off time: 11:31 | Winning time: 4m 18.4s

Any Road²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: A Slattery| C| D

18/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 12/1, first run since leaving E. J. O'Grady when below form ninth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Navan (21f, heavy) 27 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Work to do.

Form: 90-5739

Hesasmoothoperator³⁷⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: James Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: T Gibney

200/1

Modest hurdler. 6/1, good second of 22 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, soft), just failing. Off 12 months. Best watched on chase debut.

Form: 0P7342-

Jacob's Ladder^p1¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

10/3

Dual winning hurdler who has acquitted himself well in 2 starts over fences, latest when third of 15 in novice at this course (21.7f, soft) 14 days ago. Cheekpieces on first time. Looks sure to go well.

Form: 511P-23

Journey So Far^h¹⁴

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

400/1

Modest hurdler. Hooded for 1st time, twelfth of 15 in novice chase (100/1) at this course (21.7f, soft) 14 days ago. Back down in trip. Up against it.

Form: U95-9F0

Mclaurey²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: E Mullins| D

9/1

Dual-winning hurdler who made a promising start in this discipline when fourth of 11 in novice chase at Thurles (22f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Drop back in trip a plus and remains with potential.

Form: 23110-4

Park That^h²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: E Bolger| D

200/1

Fair hurdler. Tenth of 12 in novice chase (150/1) at Navan (20.7f, heavy) on debut over fences 27 days ago. Back down in trip. Likely a longer-term prospect.

Form: 3/F441-0

Sky Lord²¹

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

4/1

Promising individual. Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. Fifth of 12 in novice chase at Punchestown (18.9f, soft, 13/2) on debut over fences 21 days ago, not knocked about. Likely to improve.

Form: 92/148-5

The Busy Fool^t1²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell| D

80/1

Useful hurdler. 40/1, tenth of 12 in novice chase at Punchestown (18.9f, soft) 21 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Open to improvement.

Form: 31/17-00

Thetownilovedsowel¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁵⁾| T: P A Fahy

400/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Fourteenth of 15 in novice chase at this course (21.7f, soft, 200/1) 14 days ago. Down in trip. Hard to fancy.

Form: 18-F0

Where's My Jet²¹

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

16/1

Useful hurdler. Useful winner at 20f over hurdles. Bit below form seventh of 12 in novice chase at Punchestown (18.9f, soft, 20/1) 21 days ago. Likely capable of better in this sphere.

Form: 112-U47

Karamoja^h²²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

5/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Creditable 6 lengths fourth of 10 to Cottesloe Sunshine in listed hurdle (13/2) at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft). Off 7 months. Looks pick of Willie Mullins quartet on chase debut.

Form: 3P1734-

Karoline Banbou²²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mark Walsh| T: W P Mullins| CD

5/2

Fairly useful hurdler. Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. 6/1, 11 lengths seventh of 10 to Cottesloe Sunshine in listed hurdle at Punchestown (16.4f, good to soft). Warrants respect on chase debut.

Form: 2/21467-

Sainte Tartare^t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins| D

33/1

Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles but got no further than second obstacle on debut over fences at Thurles (18.3f, good to soft) 16 days ago.

Form: 2313-U

Forecasts

Karoline Banbou (5/2), Karamoja (5/2), Jacob's Ladder (10/3), Sky Lord (4/1), Mclaurey (9/1), Where's My Jet (16/1), Any Road (18/1), Sainte Tartare (33/1), The Busy Fool (80/1), Park That (200/1), Hesasmoothoperator (200/1), Journey So Far (400/1), Thetownilovedsowel (400/1)

Preference is for MCLAUREY, who bagged 2 hurdles victories over this trip last term and made an encouraging start over the larger obstacles at Thurles last month. Jacob's Ladder and Karamoja are feared most.