Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Beginners Chase

Off time: 14:42 | Winning time: 5m 36.40s

Ad Caelum⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Daniel King| T: J P Ryan| OR: 114| D

14/1

Fairly useful hurdler but is yet to win over fences, albeit faced another stiff task in Grade 3 event at Limerick (24.7f, heavy) 4 days ago.

Form: 665554

Fancy Girl^t²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| D

9/5

Fairly useful hurdler who fell heavily at the seventh in maiden at Thurles (18.1f, heavy) on debut over fences 3 weeks ago. Open to improvement providing she's none the worse.

Form: 0/179-2F

Gaoth Chuil⁵⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: T M Walsh| OR: 122| D

4/1

Useful hurdler but yet to prove she is as good over fences and ran poorly trying a handicap for the first time at Punchestown (22.2f, heavy) on latest start.

Form: 32-3F66

Kilbarry Saint^t³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: C O'Keeffe| OR: 125| C

6/4

Fairly useful hurdler who returned to form when third of 6 Quevega Mares Hurdle at Punchestown (20.1f, heavy, 9/1) on most recent outing. Of a similar merit over fences and sets the standard on the pick of her form.

Form: 45-2453

Neon Diamond^p²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 116

9/1

Bumper/hurdles winner who ran to a similar level as on chasing debut when second in 8-runner maiden at Thurles (18.1f, heavy) 3 weeks ago. Needs considering with step back up in trip in her favour.

Form: P-14542

Party Dress^t¹⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Ricky Doyle| T: W McCreery

100/1

Fair form on the Flat and over hurdles but not bred to excel at this discipline.

Form: 2518-

Forecasts

Kilbarry Saint (6/4), Fancy Girl (9/5), Gaoth Chuil (4/1), Neon Diamond (9/1), Ad Caelum (14/1), Party Dress (100/1)

KILBARRY SAINT returns to chasing following a good run over hurdles and is the one to beat on the pick of her form. Fancy Girl is open to improvement providing she's none the worse for her Thurles tumble on her recent debut in this sphere, while Neon Diamond also enters calculations with the step back up in trip promising to suit.