April 16 / 16.00 Tramore

16.00

Soft

Tramore Racecourse Directors Chase

  • Prize money: £6787.61
  • 2m 5f 126y
  • 3 runners
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Tramore Racecourse Directors Chase

Runners: 3 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

OUR TIP

1/3 (Won)

  • Win: £1.10

Form: 6-1520

Last run: 30 days

W: 11st 4lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 152

Form & Verdict
Keen sort has been hurdling this season, promising comeback win hasn't been built on; back chasing here first attempt at this trip over fences but tight track should give him every chance of seeing it out although needs to settle better than of late: this looks a golden opportunity.
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Verdict Starting price

3

6th Apr 2026

Yielding To Soft

2m 3f 180y

16:20 Fairyhouse

Saint Sam

11st 10lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: W P Mullins

Six-time chase winner but no success since a Grade 2 win at Clonmel in November 2024; ran a cracker in this last year to finish a 0.75l second behind Found A Fifty; below par in both runs this season and needs to leave those tame efforts behind.

7/2

3rd

3

28th Feb 2026

Heavy

2m 4f 90y

16:08 Navan

Saint Sam

11st 8lb

J: Paul Townend

T: W P Mullins

Free-going front runner; 6-16 over fences; ran right up to his best at Fairyhouse last April (2m4f, soft to heavy), losing out by only 3/4l to Found A Fifty despite a costly error two out; made several mistakes when pulled up in the Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon on seasonal debut; flopped in the Boyne Hurdle in 2023 on his only Navan appearance.

9/4

2nd

4

21st Apr 2025

Soft To Heavy

2m 3f 170y

16:20 Fairyhouse

Saint Sam

11st 10lb

J: Danny Mullins

T: W P Mullins

Front runner; 6-14 over fences; has alternated between hurdling and chasing since being pulled up in this race last season, winning over timber at Cork and Auteuil and adding a Clonmel Grade 2 Chase (2m5f, good) in November; has often raced too keenly, including when beaten at odds-on by a stablemate at Gowran in February.

11/2

Form: 654403

Last run: 8 days

W: 11st 4lb

10 yo Gelding

OR: 110

Form & Verdict
Ground okay, trip possibly stretches him but a very big ask at these weights.
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10th

20

13th May 2026

Good

3m 0f 0y

19:20 Punchestown

Halsafari

10st 13lb

T: James M Barcoe

First reserve; veteran is a four-time winner; consistent efforts over hurdles at Limerick and Tramore; 3m1f at Cork last time likely stretched him and this trip may do so again.

6th

8

10th May 2026

Good

3m 0f 80y

17:00 Cork

Halsafari

10st 13lb

J: Cian Quirke

T: James M Barcoe

Veteran is a four-time winner; last win came here over 2m (yld-sft) in November;has mixed hurdling and chasing to no avail since and never won beyond 2m4f; others preferred.

8/1

4th

5

19th Apr 2026

Soft

1m 7f 110y

17:30 Tramore

Halsafari

11st 0lb

J: Cian Quirke

T: James M Barcoe

Veteran won in fine style over hurdles at Cork (2m, yld-sft) in November; however, he has a strike rate of 1-30 in chases and his last three runs in this sphere have not been encouraging.

11/2

Form: 74F-0P C

Last run: 134 days

W: 11st 0lb

8 yo Gelding

OR:

Form & Verdict
Sole win under Rules came in maiden hurdle over this trip over two years ago; lightly raced in recent years and overall disappointing (struck into himself on latest); hard to have confidence in although no stamina issues.
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0

3

20th Sep 2023

Good

2m 4f 189y

Class 2

17:50 Kelso

Minella Escape

10st 9lb

J: Charlotte Jones

T: James Moffatt

in touch with leaders on outer, went second after 8th

33/1

0

4

22nd Jul 2023

Soft

2m 6f 31y

Class 3

15:25 Cartmel

Minella Escape

11st 12lb

J: Lorcan Murtagh

T: James Moffatt

in rear, fell 1st

33/1

4

29th May 2023

Good

3m 1f 83y

Class 2

14:55 Cartmel

Minella Escape

11st 6lb

J: Leah Noreci

T: James Moffatt

in rear

25/1

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €2.20
Straight Forecast €2.67
Trifecta €5.40

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Saint Sam

RP Ratings (IRE):

Saint Sam

POSTDATA:

Saint Sam

The Irish Sun:

Saint Sam