Sky Bet Club Beginners Chase

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
—	1	—	Additional Time (G) Pulled Up P Showed some promise in hurdles before winning a 4-runner maiden hurdle at Sligo (1/3) 79 days ago by 23 lengths despite not being impressive and tending to edge left. Makes chase debut after displayi…	31/75D1	Alex Harvey J C McConnell	7	75.3kg	8.50 15/2
—	2	—	Bajan Excell (G) Pulled Up Tailed off in 11th of 12 at Down Royal (150/1) 16 days ago and hard to fancy.	PUPP0P	Patrick M O'Brien C O'Connell	10	75.3kg	251 250/1
1st	3	—	Banter At The Bar (G) P Has shown modest form in maiden hurdles, finishing 6th of 11 at Fairyhouse (40/1) 29 days ago when gradually left behind. Making chase debut having shown little over hurdles so far.	1/7-761P	Gavin Brouder M F Morris	6	75.3kg	13 12/1
—	4	—	Brucejack (G) FAV Pulled Up Thorough stayer who finished second in this race last year. Finished 6th of 12 in handicap chase (14/1) at Haydock Park 22 days ago, beaten 14½ lengths. Returns to track where he's shown good form wi…	885511	Danny Mullins P A Fahy	9	75.3kg	3.50 5/2
—	5	—	Enge Hazard (G) Fell T Has shown modest hurdle form, including when third at Thurles in November before finishing sixth of 13 in handicap at Navan (9/2) 28 days ago. Making chase debut and will need to improve on hurdles f…	475/436	Darragh O'Keeffe A McNamara	8	75.3kg	9 8/1
2nd	6	—	John The Diva (G) Has shown decent form in chase maidens, placing 2nd at Gowran Park 64 days ago. Finished 5th at Navan (4/1) 28 days ago, beaten by 11¾ lengths. Should compete well at this level.	513/252	Sean O'Keeffe M A Cahill	9	75.3kg	4.20 16/5
3rd	7	—	Mighty Jeremy (G) HT Veteran 12-year-old who switched to chasing after modest hurdling career. Finished fourth of 9 in maiden chase at Naas (300/1) 27 days ago, making headway in the straight before plugging on. Facing s…	505/435	Simon Torrens P T Foley	12	75.3kg	10 9/1
—	8	—	Mistyburn (G) Pulled Up Poor over hurdles and pulled up in maiden chase at Cork (100/1) 8 days ago, cheekpieces removed today.	731-663	Tiernan Power Roche P J Rothwell	6	75.3kg	251 250/1
—	9	—	Rajsalad (G) Pulled Up No wins since 2022; pulled up of 17 in hurdle (40/1) 10 days ago; unlikely to improve for this chase debut.	7/FP-0PP	Charlie O'Dwyer C O'Dwyer	10	75.3kg	201 200/1
4th	10	—	Silver King (G) HT Without a win in 11 starts since January 2024, finished 13th of 16 in handicap chase at Punchestown (14/1) 11 days ago when making running before weakening. Hard to fancy on recent form.	269P/F0	Phillip Enright O McKiernan	10	75.3kg	26 25/1
6th	11	—	Themanintheboots (G) B Won at Navan (10/1) 55 days ago with blinkers but pulled up in field of 13 when favourite (7/2) in a Hurdle at Navan 28 days ago. Switching to Chase discipline.	21P673	Jack Kennedy G Elliott	8	75.3kg	9 8/1
5th	12	—	Katie Daniels (M) Won a maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse in November but ran poorly when pulled up in handicap hurdle at Limerick (9/1) 16 days ago. Worth watching on chase debut having shown aptitude for staying hurdles.	31P571	Kevin Healy C Collins	7	72.1kg	9 8/1

Betting forecast: Brucejack (5/2), John The Diva (16/5), Additional Time (15/2), Katie Daniels (8/1), Themanintheboots (8/1), Enge Hazard (8/1), Mighty Jeremy (9/1), Banter At The Bar (12/1), Silver King (25/1), Rajsalad (200/1), Bajan Excell (250/1), Mistyburn (250/1)