15:56
Suir Blueway Mares Steeplechase
2m2½f (2m2f146y), Chase, 4yo+, M, €7,800, 5 runners
- Going
- GOOD
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- Turf
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- Showers
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›La Note Verte No. 2
Paul Townend · Mr W. P. Mullins
✓ Top rated ✓ Distance winner ✓ Won last time out
La Note Verte looks the one to beat at Clonmel, topping our ratings on 123 and holding a clear 7 lb advantage over the next best, which is a decent margin in a six-runner field on good ground. Littlebiggie and Emily Love, both on 116, are the principal dangers, with Ad Caelum a further 2 lb back on 114 and needing to improve to get involved. Bynx and Sayitfirst look to have it all to do at these weights, so La Note Verte can see off the challenge and is our selection.
Runners
Tom Kelly (7)
Darren Collins 0/4
Sayitfirst bounced back with a third last time out, but she is winless in her last five and was an eighth two starts back, so she is hard to fancy under 161 lb. She has run over today's trip and going, and a quick 14-day turnaround keeps her fit, yet our figures rank her sixth of six.
- Sire
- Sageburg (IRE)
- Dam
- Pauls First (IRE) by Morozov
- Owner
- Profit In Your Pocket Racing Club
- Foaled
- 2 Feb 2016
- Stable
- Ryehill, Co Galway
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 4 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 35%
- Ratings
- Perf 98
Paul Townend
Mr W. P. Mullins 1/17
Back-to-back winners, La Note Verte scored last time out and two starts back, after a third three starts back, and she has run over today's trip and on this going before. Fitness looks fine after 29 days off, though 158 lb is a hefty burden, and our rating has her top of six.
- Sire
- Australia (GB)
- Dam
- Camelia De Cotte (FR) by Laveron
- Owner
- Simon Munir Isaac Souede
- Foaled
- 14 May 2020
- Stable
- Muine Bheag, Co Carlow
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 17 runs (6%)
- Trainer running to form
- 44%
- Ratings
- Perf 123
Sean Flanagan
Martin Hassett 0/10
Bynx is winless in her last six, with a fourth last time out her best finish in that spell and a run of eighth, fourth and eighth before it, so she is hard to fancy. She has run over today's trip and going, and 24 days since her last outing is fine, but 157 lb is a big burden.
- Sire
- Vadamos (FR)
- Dam
- Volcanic Lady (IRE) by Invincible Spirit
- Owner
- Btf Racing Club
- Foaled
- 21 Apr 2018
- Stable
- Burnchurch, Co Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 10 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 27%
- Ratings
- Perf 113
Conor Clarke (7)
Ray Hackett 0/3
Littlebiggie has run over today's trip and going, and our rating of 116 ranks her second of six, with a 34-day break to freshen her up after a fall last time out. The risk is obvious: she is winless in her last five, and 157 lb is a hefty burden.
- Sire
- Ask (GB)
- Dam
- Mountain Heather (IRE) by Luso
- Owner
- Mrs Siobhan Hogan
- Foaled
- 1 Apr 2017
- Stable
- Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 3 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 116
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott 5/37
Emily Love arrives fit after 19 days, third last time out and a winner four starts back, and she has run over today's trip and going before. Carrying 154 lb off an official mark of 120 is the main risk, though.
- Sire
- Mount Nelson (GB)
- Dam
- Emily Gray (IRE) by Flemensfirth
- Owner
- James J Reilly
- Foaled
- 23 May 2019
- Stable
- Longwood, Co Meath
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 37 runs (14%)
- Trainer running to form
- 50%
- Ratings
- Perf 116
Alan O'Sullivan (5)
John Patrick Ryan 0/10
Ad Caelum won six starts back and was fifth two starts back, and she has run over today's trip and going before, while 24 days since her last run is fresh enough. Our rating of 114 puts her fourth of six, but three pulled-up efforts in her last six starts are the big worry.
- Sire
- Cloudings (IRE)
- Dam
- Ad Meliora (IRE) by Rail Link
- Owner
- John Patrick Ryan
- Foaled
- 3 Apr 2019
- Stable
- Templemore, Co Tipperary
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 10 runs (0%)
- Trainer running to form
- 36%
- Ratings
- Perf 114
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.