16:15 Cork

Sunday 20 October 2019

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Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase

Off time: 16:16 | Winning time: 5m 13.3s

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Ask And Answer^t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: K C Sexton| T: S Aherne

25/1

Off the mark for connections at the seventh attempt when landing a Tipperary handicap hurdle in May; creditable effort on chase debut at Tipperary recently; should improve but needs to in order to land this contest.

Form: P/6-41P3

Baily Gorse^t¹³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: P T Enright| T: M F Morris

25/1

Decent 106-rated handicap hurdler; two chase efforts have been disappointing - unseated rider on first effort at Wexford but being well beaten at Punchestown on latest effort in June; tough call to say he will capable of winning this.

Form: 370-3U6

Captain Cruiser¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: S A Shortall| T: L P Cusack

66/1

Had completed just one of his four point-to-point outings before no show on rules debut at Tipperary earlier this month; can progress but unlikely to be good enough here.

Form: PP4F-5

Conright Boy^t²¹⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: C D Timmons⁽³⁾| T: Mrs C O'Leary

33/1

Capable hurdler on his day and won his fair share of races but latest form has not seen him at his best and hard to make a case for on chase debut.

Form: 0/5900F-

Demain Des L'Aube^h1⁵⁹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

5/2

Generally consistent hurdler in France in 2018 (considered good enough to take his chance in a Grade 1 hurdle); well regarded and should be ready for his chase debut; market should give clues to how confident connections feel.

Form: 125271/

Dream Conti¹⁸⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: M P Walsh| T: N Meade

6/4

After a promising start to his racing career at the end of 2018 he seemed to go off the boil on his last three starts over hurdles; certainly has talent and perhaps chasing will bring the best out of him; interesting.

Form: 33144P-

Final List¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: K M Donoghue| T: G Elliott

7/1

Was a consistent bumper and hurdler which was to his credit given his breeding; Not disgraced on chase debut at Galway earlier this month and capable of progressing; one for the shortlist.

Form: 33210-4

Gold Sun¹⁶⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr J C Canavan⁽⁷⁾| T: R Tyner

50/1

Slowly improved over his four point-to-point outings culminating in winning a four-runner affair when last seen out in May; should progress but hard to see him being good enough here.

Form: F/42-1

Our Big Red¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: C Brassil⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Dempsey

50/1

Failed to complete any of his starts in point-to-points and had been well held over hurdles too but posted a fair performance on chase debut at Gowran Park in early October; likely to have come on for that and an interesting contender.

Form: 0000P-2

Salty Boy²²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D E Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins| D

10/3

Current hurdles handicap mark may have encouraged connections to give the gelding a try over fences; front runner who has ability but jumping sometimes let him down which does not auger well for his chase debut.

Form: 313189-

Shar Whats Therush^t¹⁷⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: D Hassett| D

28/1

Had been in reasonable form over hurdles around the turn of the year but ran as though something amiss when last seen out at Wexford in April; promising recruit to chasing but perhaps best watched on debut.

Form: 8/0223P-

Forecasts

Dream Conti (6/4), Demain Des L'Aube (5/2), Salty Boy (10/3), Final List (7/1), Baily Gorse (25/1), Ask And Answer (25/1), Shar Whats Therush (28/1), Conright Boy (33/1), Our Big Red (50/1), Gold Sun (50/1), Captain Cruiser (66/1)

DEMAIN DES L'AUBE is the class horse in the race based on his very solid hurdles form and if he can translate that to fences then he may prove very hard to beat on his debut for Henry De Bromhead. Taking too short a price is not advised but he appears head and shoulders above these rivals. It is hoped that a change to fences will rejuvenate Dream Conti whose last few hurdles runs were disappointing after previously showing some smart form. Final List will be better for his introductory run over fences earlier this month. Expect him to finish closer than the remote fourth he did on that occasion at Galway.