17:30 Galway

Friday 1 August 2025

All17:0017:3018:0018:3519:1019:4020:1020:40

Guinness Beginners Chase

Off time: 17:31 | Winning time: 5m 43.3s

1^st

Intense Approach

611-12

13/2

T: J C McConnellJ: A Harvey (5)

Soon led, headed briefly 6th, joined 8th and headed 5 out, remained prominent and led again early run-in, soon ridden, kept on well inside final furlong op 10/1 tchd 11/1

2^nd

Talk In The Park

711-12

6/1

T: R O'SullivanJ: D J Gilligan

Rear of mid-division, some headway in 7th after 3 out, pushed along early run-in, soon ridden and went 4th 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong op 8/1 tchd 9/2

3^rd

Donnie Devito

611-12

25/1

T: R O'SullivanJ: D Meyler

Mid-division, 6th halfway, pushed along and went 3rd early run-in, ridden and switched left 1f out, kept on well inside final 150 yards op 28/1 tchd 22/1

4^th

1 ½

What's Up Darling

811-12

14/1

T: G ElliottJ: J W Kennedy

Mid-division, 8th halfway, some headway into 4th early run-in, soon ridden and no impression in 6th over 1f out, kept on inside final 150 yards to go 4th on line tchd 20/1

5^th

Shantreusse

911-12

28/1

T: H De BromheadJ: D J O'Keeffe

Always prominent, tracked leader, led briefly 6th, disputed 8th and led from 5 out, pushed along and headed early run-in, soon ridden and 2nd 1f out, no extra inside final 100 yards op 25/1

6^th

2 ¼

Jarrive De Mee

611-12

5/2f

T: W P MullinsJ: Mr P W Mullins

Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, pushed along early run-in and ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final 100 yards op 6/4

7^th

5 ½

Sandor Clegane

811-12

7/2

T: P NolanJ: S F O'Keeffe

Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, dropped to 6th and pushed along early run-in, no impression inside final furlong op 11/2

8^th

Uncle Pat

711-12

4/1

T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend

Mid-division, bad mistake 2nd, 7th halfway, bad mistake 4 out and 9th next, pushed along early run-in and no impression over 1f out, kept on one pace tchd 7/2 and tchd 9/2

9^th

Minella Sixo

611-12

16/1

T: G ElliottJ: K C Sexton

Tracked leaders early, dropped towards rear before halfway, 10th and pushed along early run-in, kept on one pace op 18/1 tchd 20/1

10^th

Minella Sergeant

611-12

125/1

T: P J GilliganJ: J G Gilligan (5)

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along and dropped to 8th early run-in, soon ridden and no extra in straight op 100/1

11^th

Shotgun Jack

711-12

50/1

T: P G KellyJ: J J Slevin

Towards rear, never a factor, kept on one pace in straight op 25/1 tchd 66/1

12^th

1 ½

Fenway Park

611-12

80/1

T: A McNamaraJ: B Hayes

Rear of mid-division, never a factor, pushed along before 2 out, no impression approaching straight tchd 100/1

13^th

Beaufort Scale

611-12

66/1

T: G ElliottJ: Sam Ewing

Always towards rear, never a factor, no threat from 3 out op 80/1 tchd 100/1

14^th

2 ¼

Millforce

611-12

33/1

T: G P CromwellJ: K M Donoghue

Always towards rear, never a factor, slight mistake 4th, pushed along and no impression after 3 out, no extra op 18/1

15^th

Justabitofyours

511-5

250/1

T: P J GilliganJ: P T Enright

Always towards rear, no impression and hampered 4 out, no extra from next op 200/1

Also Ran

Luckinthecity

611-12

25/1

T: W P MullinsJ: D E Mullins

Rear of mid-division, no impression when mistake and unseated rider 4 out op 33/1 tchd 20/1

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Non-Runners

Heroes Rise¹²⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: J C Gainford

Princess Georgie¹⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: G B Caldwell J: Reserve 2

Fiddledee¹⁵²

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: E Doyle J: Reserve 1

Miss Manzor⁶⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: N C Kelly J: Mr O McGill

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€8.40Pl:€2.70, €2.20, €5.30EX:€54.80Trifecta:€1,252.70SF:€46.94

Forecasts

Jarrive De Mee (5/2), Sandor Clegane (7/2), Uncle Pat (4/1), Talk In The Park (6/1), Intense Approach (13/2), Heroes Rise (12/1), What's Up Darling (14/1), Minella Sixo (16/1), Donnie Devito (25/1), Miss Manzor (25/1), Luckinthecity (25/1), Shantreusse (28/1), Millforce (33/1), Shotgun Jack (50/1), Beaufort Scale (66/1), Fenway Park (80/1), Minella Sergeant (125/1), Fiddledee (150/1), Princess Georgie (200/1), Justabitofyours (250/1)

A red-hot beginners chase in which JARRIVE DE MEE can make the perfect start to life over fences, Willie Mullins' six-year-old having showed plenty when winning 3 of his 4 starts over hurdles. Sandor Clegane took high rank amongst the staying novices in 2023/24 and though he failed to score over hurdles last season, still sets a high standard going back over fences. Minella Sixo and Intense Approach are other chase newcomers that should prove above average in this sphere.

JARRIVE DE MEE (FR)
SANDOR CLEGANE (IRE)
MINELLA SIXO (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Pink In The Park

Weight: 11-5 |Age: 7

J: P Townend | T: W P Mullins

9/2

Prize Money

1st: €10,200.002nd: €3,400.003rd: €1,700.004th: €849.005th: €509.006th: €340.00

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