13:45 www.thurlesraces.ie Handicap Chase (0-102)

Race preview

CLODY VALLEY has been knocking on the door and Liz Doyle's charge can make the breakthrough on his fifth start over fences. He failed to get up by just a short head over this trip at Downpatrick and showed he handles soft ground when filling the same position behind a gambled-on winner at Killarney. He's up 5lb in total for those two good efforts and that shouldn't stop him if he's in the same form. The lightly-weighted Go Battle was well-beaten over hurdles at Clonmel but her last two runs over fences, including when runner-up at Ballinrobe, were creditable and she seems to be better over the larger obstacles. Trans Wood is a fairly modest performer over hurdles but gave an encouraging display in her first handicap chase when third to Buttons And Bows at Wexford. A reproduction of that run would see her involved in the finish although the headgear she wore then has been removed.