John J. Galvin Chase

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 4m 52.5s

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Easy Game⁵⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 158| CD

5/6

High-class chaser. 2/1, didn't need to be at best when winning 4-runner Fairyhouse Chase at Fairyhouse (19.9f, soft) 56 days ago by 81 lengths from Royal Rendezvous. Should be bang there.

Form: 110111-

Jeremys Flame^h¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 150| C| D

10/3

Smart chaser. Career best when winning 4-runner minor event chase at Limerick (19.7f, good to soft, 3/1) 11 days ago by 1¼ lengths from Hurricane Georgie, always holding on.

Form: 11516-1

Dancing On My Own^t⁵³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: M P O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 148

5/1

Smart chaser. 15/2, career best when winning 13-runner handicap chase at Aintree (15.8f, good) 53 days ago, driven clear. Up in trip and should continue to give a good account.

Form: F02/091-

Effernock Fizz^p,t¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: C Collins| OR: 135| BF

13/2

Useful chaser. Three wins from 15 runs last season. 15/2, good sixth of 14 in handicap at this course (16.2f, good) 1 day ago. Switches from Flat to chase.

Form: 1662-24

Non-Runners

Hurricane Georgie¹¹

Weight: 10-9| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: B W Harvey

Forecasts

Easy Game (5/6), Jeremys Flame (10/3), Dancing On My Own (5/1), Effernock Fizz (13/2), Hurricane Georgie (7/1)

Hard to rule out any of these at-least-useful performers but DANCING ON MY OWN was better than ever when a decisive winner of a valuable handicap at Aintree in April and he's just about the most persuasive option. Easy Game must concede weight all round but that is fully justified and he is a big threat.