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Gerry Coyne Memorial Irish EBF Beginners Steeplechase
2m6½f (2m6f111y), Chase, 4yo+, €9,600, 6 runners
- Going
- SOFT
- Surface
- Turf
Tip for this race
All today's tips ›Chart Topper looks the one to be on in this staying contest at Galway, heading the field on our figures at 135 and with a 3 lb edge over Da Capo Glory, so narrowly ahead rather than dominant. He tackles 22f on soft ground today, and he has enough in hand over the bottom two on the list, Survivors Sister and Lengaruka, to make them largely irrelevant. Da Capo Glory is the chief danger on 132, with Will Do (129) and Mint Boy (124) both capable of making it competitive if Chart Topper is below his best. Chart Topper gets the nod.
Runners
Brian Hayes
W. P. Mullins 2/20
Chart Topper looks the one to beat, having run fifth last time out after a third two starts back, and he returns fresh enough after 19 days. He has run over today's trip and going before, though he is yet to win in his last five and carries 166 lb.
- Sire
- Walk In The Park (IRE)
- Dam
- Pink Hat (IRE) by Presenting
- Owner
- Aisling Byrne Paul Raleigh Matthew Cunningham
- Foaled
- 22 May 2019
- Stable
- Muine Bheag, Co Carlow
- Trainer last 14 days
- 2 wins from 20 runs (10%)
- Trainer running to form
- 41%
- Ratings
- Perf 135
Michael Kenneally (3)
Padraig Butler 0/0
Two seconds in his last three completed runs show Da Capo Glory is in the mix, and he has experience of today's trip and going, while our rating of 132 ranks him second of six. The risk is a 107-day absence, plus 166 lb and a fifth last time out.
- Sire
- Fame And Glory (GB)
- Dam
- Oscar Ladensa (IRE) by Oscar
- Owner
- Red Strand Syndicate
- Foaled
- 28 Mar 2017
- Stable
- Bandon, Co Cork
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 0 runs (None%)
- Trainer running to form
- 56%
- Ratings
- Perf 132
Tom Kelly (7)
Derek O'Connor 0/0
Lengaruka is hard to fancy, winless in his last four with a fifth last time out and a third two starts back as his best recent effort. He has had 36 days to recover and carries 166 lb, while our figures rank him last of six on a rating of 96.
- Sire
- Born To Sea (IRE)
- Dam
- Loonora (FR) by Valanour
- Owner
- Mrs Carol Oconnor
- Foaled
- 10 Apr 2021
- Trainer last 14 days
- 0 wins from 0 runs (None%)
- Ratings
- Perf 96
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell 4/26
Mint Boy has run over today's trip and going, and a third four starts back shows he can go close, while carrying 166 lb off an official mark of 132 gives him a solid profile. The main risk is a 517-day absence, with a pulled up last time out.
- Sire
- Mount Nelson (GB)
- Dam
- Dollar's Worth (IRE) by Presenting
- Owner
- Alymer Stud
- Foaled
- 19 May 2018
- Stable
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Trainer last 14 days
- 4 wins from 26 runs (15%)
- Trainer running to form
- 37%
- Ratings
- Perf 124
Danny Gilligan
Gordon Elliott 5/29
Will Do bounced back with a third last time out after three pulled-up efforts in his previous four runs, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Our rating has him third of six, but top weight of 166 lb is the main risk.
- Sire
- Walk In The Park (IRE)
- Dam
- Alleygrove Lass (IRE) by Alderbrook
- Owner
- Gigginstown House Stud
- Foaled
- 10 Jun 2017
- Stable
- Longwood, Co Meath
- Trainer last 14 days
- 5 wins from 29 runs (17%)
- Trainer running to form
- 48%
- Ratings
- Perf 129
Daniel King
Paul John Gilligan 1/4
Survivors Sister is hard to fancy, having fallen last time and finished eighth and ninth in the two runs before that, and she is winless in her last five starts. A third four starts back and a quick 19-day turnaround are small positives, but 159 lb off 102 is a lot to carry.
- Sire
- Mount Nelson (GB)
- Dam
- Pale Face (IRE) by High Chaparral
- Owner
- John J Mcgrath T C Quinn
- Foaled
- 14 Apr 2019
- Stable
- Athenry, Co Galway
- Trainer last 14 days
- 1 wins from 4 runs (25%)
- Trainer running to form
- 41%
- Ratings
- Perf 97
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.