Saturday 10 October · IRE · Chase
2:33 Fairyhouse
O'Neills.com Irish EBF Beginners Steeplechase
2m5f · Going: Good · 7 runners · €9,600
Verdict — our pick: Kainsbourg
Kainsbourg heads our ratings on 127, four pounds ahead of Antrim Coast on 123, and that edge is enough to make him the one to beat over this 21-furlong trip on good ground. Antrim Coast is the chief danger and sits narrowly the next best, while Walks The Talk and Our Soldier, rated 115 and 114, look best placed of the remainder but have a fair bit to find on our figures. Big Tom is unrated, so he is a difficult one to weigh up, but nothing in the facts suggests he should upset the order. Kainsbourg is our selection.
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1. Antrim Coast(0)Form: 225-60
J: Danny Mullins · T: Rory Anthony Devine · 8yo · 11st 12lb · OR 121 · trainer 13% (14d)
By Presenting out of Zuzka (Flemensfirth) · Owner: Watchman Racing
Antrim Coast has run over today's trip and on this going, and two seconds five and four starts back show he can go close, while a fresh 15 days since his last run suits. Our figures rank him second of seven, but he's unplaced last time and yet to win in his last five.
2. Big Tom(0)Form: 0/815-
J: Conor Smithers(7) · T: Mrs Mary Whelehan · 7yo · 11st 12lb
By Sageburg out of Rose's Emma (Milan) · Owner: Mrs Mary Whelehan
Lightly raced and unexposed, Big Tom was a winner two starts back before a fifth last time out, and he returns after 363 days off carrying 166 lb. Still open to improvement, though the long absence leaves fitness a question.
3. Fort Dino(0)Form: 418-29
J: Darragh O'Keeffe · T: Henry de Bromhead · 5yo · 11st 12lb · trainer 10% (14d)
By Doctor Dino out of Scarletts Fortune (Soldier Of Fortune) · Owner: Duncan Angove
Fort Dino was beaten into ninth last time out and has finished eighth in one of his other recent runs, so he is hard to fancy, though a second two starts back and a win four starts back show he has some ability. He has run on today's going and is back after 16 days, but 166 lb is a big burden, and our rating has him fifth of seven.
4. Kainsbourg(0)Form: 4124-P
J: Jordan Gainford · T: Gordon Elliott · 6yo · 11st 12lb · trainer 13% (14d)
By Doctor Dino out of Ex Fan Des Sixties (Poliglote) · Owner: John P Mcmanus
Kainsbourg showed solid form before his latest pulled up, with a fourth two starts back, a second three starts back and a win four starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going. Our top-rated runner, he is the one to beat, though 126 days off and 166 lb are the reservations.
5. Our Soldier(0)Form: 2/11-7
J: Mr H C Swan · T: Denis Gerard Hogan · 7yo · 11st 12lb · trainer 11% (14d)
By Soldier Of Fortune out of Bell Walks Day (Flemensfirth) · Owner: Denis Obrien
Our Soldier won two starts back and again three starts back, with a second four starts back, and he has run over today's trip and going before. Last time's seventh is the one blemish, though he's fresh enough after 16 days and top weight of 166 lb is the main risk.
6. Straight John(0)Form: 62137-
J: Jack Kennedy · T: Gordon Elliott · 5yo · 11st 12lb · trainer 13% (14d)
By Doctor Dino out of Bournie (Kahyasi) · Owner: Robcour
Hard to fancy after a seventh last time out and a 164-day break, with 166 lb to carry too. In his favour, he's a winner three starts back, and a third two starts back shows he's capable of a better showing than that.
7. Walks The Talk(0)Form: 525P-3
J: Alex Harvey · T: John McConnell · 7yo · 11st 5lb · trainer 3% (14d)
By Walk In The Park out of Ballyknock Hill (Indian Danehill) · Owner: Keep Er Lit Syndicate
Third last time out and a second four starts back show Walks The Talk can find her level, and she's fresh enough after 17 days, having run over today's trip and going before. The main risk is a yard in cold form, 1/31 lately, while she carries 159 lb.
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