Sunday 17 July · Tipperary, Eire
14:57 Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Handicap Chase (0-102)
- Distance
- 2m 0f 170y
- Going
- Yielding
- Class
- 0
- Prize
- EUR 10501
- Runners
- 10
Race preview
A difficult contest to assess, with recent winners A Mere Bagatelle and REBELLIOUS GALE both starting off over fences. The Tony Martin trained latter ran well on his penultimate start at Kilbeggan, since making the breakthrough at Limerick, comfortably accounting for 17 rivals. The lightly raced six-year-old looks capable of further progress and it'll be disappointing if he is not involved towards the business end. A Mere Bagatelle was a winner at Cartmel last month and is sure to have plenty of supporters in his bid to follow-up. Zalinka has some decent efforts to her name and can make her presence felt, while others to consider are handicap debutant Mullins Cross (first time cheekpieces), top-weight General Clermont and three-time winner Bilbo Bagins, who was second at Limerick on his penultimate start.
| Pos | Horse | Form | Jockey | Trainer | Wgt | SP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fly De Megaudais | 4/1U0-78 | Cian Quirke | M J McDonagh | 10 5 | 20-1 | |
| 2 | A Mere Bagatelle | 700-231 | Sean Flanagan | J J Hanlon | 11 2 | 5-1 | |
| 3 | Zalika | 505-765 | C P McNamara | P J Gilligan | 10 8 | 7-1 | |
| 4 | Rebellious Gale | 70004-1 | P J Carberry | A J Martin | 11 13 | 3-1 | |
| 5 | General Clermont | 698F-83 | Danny Mullins | D E Fitzgerald | 12 0 | 7-2 | |
| 6 | Early Arrival | 60029-0 | J J Slevin | L Casey | 11 2 | 16-1 | |
| 7 | Bilbo Bagins | 0/80-727 | Darragh O'Keeffe | R P Burns | 10 7 | 17-2 | |
| - | Ricky Langford | 33267-8 | J P O'Sullivan | P J Rothwell | 11 9 | 11-1 | |
| - | Mullins Cross | 2000-96 | Sean O'Keeffe | P Nolan | 11 3 | 12-1 | |
| - | So Easy Way | 0P7-007 | Simon Torrens | I Madden | 10 10 | 16-1 |