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Tuesday 30 May 2017

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McHale Fusion 3 Plus Beginners Chase

Off time: 20:00 | Winning time: 4m 45.7s

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Fire In Soul¹⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: B J Cooper| T: H De Bromhead| C

6/1

Lightly-raced type who was beaten 25L by Min in his only start in a chase so far. Has shown he has the ability to win over hurdles (though he may prefer softer conditions), and therefore isn't ruled out here on his first run since December.

Form: 19/160-

Modem²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: P D Kennedy⁽³⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

7/1

Is now on a long losing streak and didn't show much either when running on the Flat two days ago, nor on chase debut at Killarney earlier in the month. Difficult to fancy even in a less competitive-looking race.

Form: 3/0449-7

Old Meadow²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: D Robinson⁽⁵⁾| T: I Madden

66/1

Has been outclassed on all of his starts so far, arguably putting in his worst performance on his sole appearance in a chase so far, when beaten 143L. Others make much more appeal here.

Form: P89P4-P

Poormans Hill²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: B T O'Connell| T: J Neilan

50/1

Won a Galway bumper last July but has shown absolutely nothing since, more often than not being beaten 20L+, with the switch to fences not making any difference last time out.

Form: 78600-8

Rathvinden¹⁷¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Ruby Walsh| T: W P Mullins

5/2

Has only had one run since 2014, a belated chase debut at Navan in December, but he is clearly a horse with plenty of talent, having finished third (beaten only 5L) by Faugheen in the 2014 Neptune at the Cheltenham Festival. Would have a big say here if returning to that sort of form.

Form: 11F23/P-

Roconga¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: M P Walsh| T: E J O'Grady

3/1

Talented Flat/hurdles performer who lacked the pace to quicken at the end of his chasing debut at Killarney last time (2m1f, good). The step up in trip here should be a positive, therefore, and he is entitled to go closer this time.

Form: 72/010-3

Cable²³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: D F O'Regan| T: S J Mahon

20/1

Maiden hurdle winner at Galway in September but was beaten 65L in a novice event at the same venue on his subsequent start. Makes his first racecourse appearance since and is entitled to need this first run over fences.

Form: 422418-

Billy's Hope^t³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: D E Mullins| T: Mrs J Harrington| D

5/2

Hasn't been able to fully show what she can do over hurdles, mostly due to racing in races that may have been a little too high in terms of quality for her. Looks more of a chaser on pedigree so will be interesting to see how she fares here.

Form: 316420-

Non-Runners

Bentelimar¹²⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 8

T: J R Barry J: B T O'Connell

Bilko³⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: Keith Donoghue

Chesterfieldavenue⁵⁹

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: C Roche J: L P Dempsey

There You Go¹⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: Mrs J Harrington J: J S McGarvey

Forecasts

Rathvinden (5/2), Billy's Hope (5/2), Roconga (3/1), Bentelimar (3/1), Fire In Soul (6/1), Modem (7/1), Bilko (14/1), Chesterfieldavenue (16/1), Cable (20/1), There You Go (25/1), Poormans Hill (50/1), Old Meadow (66/1)

With the benefit of his first run since the 2014 Cheltenham Festival under his belt, we can expect much more from RATHVINDEN today. Willie Mullins' charge clearly has plenty of talent, as his 5L beating by the imperious Faugheen in that race at the Festival shows, and he was more than entitled to need the run when pulling up at Navan in December. If coming on for that, he should be the one to beat ahead of Roconga, who should enjoy the step up in trip, and Chesterfieldavenue, who also recently returned from a long absence.