13:20 Leopardstown

Sunday 28 December 2025

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Ballymaloe Relish Rising Stars Beginners Chase

Off time: 13:20 | Winning time: 5m 30.2s

C'est Ta Chance³⁷

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

40/1

Useful hurdler. Fifth of 10 in maiden at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) on debut over fences 37 days ago, with reopposing stablemate Kiss Will ahead in third. Should progress.

Form: 24440-5

Karl Des Tourelles²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: P Fenton| OR: 133

18/1

Useful hurdler. Below that level in 2 chases but should be capable of better in this sphere before too long.

Form: 2374-64

Kiss Will³⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| BF

2/1

Promising sort. Useful novice hurdler last season. Evens, third of 10 in maiden at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) on debut over fences 37 days ago. Sure to improve.

Form: 2/171-3

Koktail Divin³⁶

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

11/4

Promising sort. Good 3 lengths second of 5 to Oscars Brother in Florida Pearl Novices' Chase at Punchestown (24.2f, soft, 7/2) 36 days ago. Sure to go well.

Form: 2314-22

Maxi Mac Gold²⁹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: P Nolan

80/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Below that level both chase starts last season. Outsider on reappearance.

Form: 304820-

Patter Merchant³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 132| C| D

13/2

Promising type. 10/1, excellent second of 10 in maiden chase at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) 37 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 5495-32

Shuffle The Deck³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: T M Walsh

5/1

Useful winner at 20f over hurdles. Fourth of 12 in maiden at Punchestown (18.9f, soft, 5/1) on debut over fences 36 days ago, not knocked about. Open to progress.

Form: 1/31P1-4

Soldier In Milan²⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: E Mullins

11/2

Won 22-runner bumper at Punchestown (19f, good to soft) in May. Prior to that he was the wide-margin winner of his sole point. Interesting recruit to fences.

Form: 1/1-

The Wallpark²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott

22/1

Smart hurdler but well beaten in 2 maiden chases last month. Way too soon to write off in this sphere but can only watch this time.

Form: 1434-00

Forecasts

Kiss Will (2/1), Koktail Divin (11/4), Shuffle The Deck (5/1), Soldier In Milan (11/2), Patter Merchant (13/2), Karl Des Tourelles (18/1), The Wallpark (22/1), C'est Ta Chance (40/1), Maxi Mac Gold (80/1)

Willie Mullins has won this with Galopin des Champs and Fact To File in recent years and KISS WILL gets the vote to build on his promising chase debut third at Fairyhouse last month. Koktail Divin and Patter Merchant have shown enough to think they'll be winning over fences soon and ought to be on the premises, while point winner Soldier In Milan is another interesting runner switched straight to fences on the back of a promising bumper success in the spring.