Tramore Racecourse Directors Beginners Chase

Off time: 16:10 | Winning time: 5m 57.7s

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Ceroc^b¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D E Mullins| T: E J O'Grady

3/1

Moody sort. Dual winning hurdler early last season. 17/2, bit below form third of 14 in beginners chase at Kilbeggan (20.2f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Fancied to get back on track back up in trip.

Form: P63F33

Ochocinco¹⁰⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: Colm Murphy

11/1

Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. Shaped as if in need of the experience after 6 months off when fourth of 8 in beginners chase (11/1) at Kilbeggan (20.4f, good) on chasing debut in June. Likely to improve on that effort.

Form: 140-4

Shajak^p1,t⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J C Gainford| T: G Elliott

6/1

Useful Flat winner who came good over hurdles in a weak Limerick maiden last July. Possibly needed the run in first-time blinkers after 10 months off when fourteenth of 20 in handicap at Galway (16.8f, good to soft) just over 7 weeks ago and now attentions are turned to chasing.

Form: 521P5-

The Friday Man^p,t⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 111| C

4/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time, tailed off when pulled up early final circuit in handicap chase at Wexford (19.6f, good to soft, 16/1) 6 weeks ago. Returns for previous handler and hard to enthuse over on recent evidence.

Form: 4-5P8PP

Bigira¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Ricky Doyle| T: M Fahey

14/1

Winner in hurdle at Wexford in July. Wasted no time getting back to form when fourth of 19 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Down Royal (24f, good) 19 days ago. Makes chase debut and worth a market check.

Form: 546154

Iris Emery^t⁷⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

9/4

Fair winner at 16f over hurdles. 16/1, showed more than on chasing debut when third of 10 in beginners chase at Tipperary (19.4f, good to soft) just over 11 weeks ago. Need to brush up on her jumping to feature but that's certainly possible.

Form: 31P0-43

Iriskana³³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling

12/1

Fair winner at 20f over hurdles. Out of depth when 31¾ lengths fourth of 6 to Space Tourist in listed mares event (15/2) at Limerick (22.7f, heavy) when last seen 11 months ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 820214-

Non-Runners

Evesham Road¹³⁵

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: C Byrnes J: Philip Byrnes

Forecasts

Iris Emery (9/4), Ceroc (3/1), The Friday Man (4/1), Shajak (6/1), Ochocinco (11/1), Iriskana (12/1), Bigira (14/1), Evesham Road (25/1)

Not a strong beginners chase and it's CEROC who is fancied to build on his penultimate third at Killarney with this step back up in trip almost certainly in his favour. Ochocinco shaped as if in need of the experience on chase debut back in June and he can provide most resistance with progress on the cards, with Iris Emery rounding off the shortlist for champion trainer Willie Mullins.