August 06 / 14.55 Galway

14.55

Good

Eileen Kelly Memorial Chase

  • Prize money: £13053.1
  • 2m 6f 111y
  • 5 runners
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Eileen Kelly Memorial Chase

Runners: 5 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

8/11 (Won)

  • Win: £1.40
  • Place: £1.10

Form: 5201-1 D

Last run: 83 days

W: 11st 10lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 159

Form & Verdict
Tends to race freely but was able to get away with it when outclassing two opponents at Tramore in April and followed up in beating much better-class opponents with some ease in Grade 3 Killarney contest, jumping well; this track offers an altogether different ask in terms of jumping but looks the one to beat again.
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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

OUR TIP

10/1

  • Place: £1.60

Form: 0506-0 CD

Last run: 4 days

W: 11st 3lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 138

Form & Verdict
Plate also-ran on Wednesday but winner of the Galway Blazers at the 2021 festival; bit to find at the weights but given his record here can't be safely ruled out.
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11th

9

3rd Feb 2025

Soft To Heavy

3m 0f 193y

13:00 Punchestown

Born By The Sea

11st 4lb

J: Jack G Gilligan

T: Paul John Gilligan

Talented on his day but hasn't produced his best for some time; pulled up in his last two starts in point-to-points; can only be watched on his Cross Country debut.

16/1

11th

9

3rd Feb 2025

Soft To Heavy

3m 0f 193y

13:00 Punchestown

Born By The Sea

11st 4lb

J: Jack G Gilligan

T: Paul John Gilligan

Talented on his day but hasn't produced his best for some time; pulled up in his last two starts in point-to-points; can only be watched on his Cross Country debut.

16/1

10th

6

2nd Aug 2024

Good

2m 6f 111y

18:00 Galway

Born By The Sea

11st 4lb

J: Jack G Gilligan

T: Paul John Gilligan

midfield

12/1

Form: 3511-P D

Last run: 69 days

W: 11st 3lb

13 yo Gelding

OR: 141

Form & Verdict
Dual-purpose veteran although none of his 20 wins have come here; could struggle to run to this rating now.
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11th

6

(14)

1st Dec 2023

Standard

2m 0f 0y

19:00 Dundalk (AW)

Peregrine Run

8st 13lb

J: Nathan Crosse

T: Peter Fahey

Veteran the winner of 20 of 68 races who likes a sound surface but making AW debut here on first start since August; sole Flat win came at Leopardstown in 2021.

20/1

0

1

22nd Aug 2023

Good

2m 7f 0y

Class 2

18:00 Worcester

Peregrine Run

12st 0lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Peter Fahey

Veteran who won this race last year and followed up off today's mark at Chepstow in October; only three runs since (one on Flat) and Galway latest was a step back in the right direction; has to be considered.

9/1

3rd

4

6th Aug 2023

Good

2m 6f 111y

14:55 Galway

Peregrine Run

11st 3lb

J: Sam Ewing

T: Peter Fahey

in touch with leaders, soon went modest third, reminders and lost third after 8th, not fluent and went third again 4 out, kept on run-in, never on terms

8/1

Form: 7112P- D

Last run: 118 days

W: 11st 3lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 140

Form & Verdict
Progressed well in first season's chasing last term, winning handicaps at Thurles and Sandown before narrowly beaten in Kim Muir at Cheltenham; let down by jumping in Irish National but still open to improvement and could emerge the chief threat to Saint Sam.
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4th

1

11th Mar 2026

Good To Soft

3m 5f 56y

Class 2

15:20 Cheltenham

Stumptown

11st 10lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Dual C&D winner last season, latterly when beating Latenightpass by 7l in this race (good to soft; first-time cheekpieces); seen only once this term, landing prestigious Velka Pardubicka cross-country chase in Czech Republic (4m2f, good; back in cheekpieces) in October, and has a lofty handicap mark to overcome but still commands respect; blinkers back on today.

11/4

10

5th Apr 2025

Good To Soft

4m 2f 74y

Class 1

16:00 Aintree

Stumptown

11st 2lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Cross-country chasing could hardly have gone better, which augurs well, as does his markedly improved form over 3m5f in the Cheltenham version on last two outings; spending the last third of it off the bridle at the Festival last month (with first-time cheekpieces; last season's blinkers now return) is a niggling worry, and slogging it out was a taxing as well as serious achievement, but he finished well on top and can race off the same mark today; on the shortlist.

10/1

10

5th Apr 2025

Good To Soft

4m 2f 74y

Class 1

16:00 Aintree

Stumptown

11st 2lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Cross-country chasing could hardly have gone better, which augurs well, as does his markedly improved form over 3m5f in the Cheltenham version on last two outings; spending the last third of it off the bridle at the Festival last month (with first-time cheekpieces; last season's blinkers now return) is a niggling worry, and slogging it out was a taxing as well as serious achievement, but he finished well on top and can race off the same mark today; on the shortlist.

10/1

Form: 788U-U

Last run: 4 days

W: 11st 3lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 150

Form & Verdict
Second in the 2022 Grand Annual, never found his best form last season and unseated at the first in the Plate here on Wednesday; hard to be confident in at this stage.
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4th

5

16th Mar 2024

Heavy

2m 6f 193y

16:15 Thurles

Andy Dufresne

11st 0lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Gordon Elliott

Promise behind Zanahiyr in October but really struggled for form since; tailed off in Grade 2 chase latest; drops in class at least.

10/1

5th

3

2nd Mar 2024

Heavy

2m 4f 90y

16:23 Navan

Andy Dufresne

11st 3lb

J: Jordan Gainford

T: Gordon Elliott

raced wide

8/1

15th

5

4th Feb 2024

Soft

2m 0f 0y

15:50 Leopardstown

Andy Dufresne

11st 6lb

J: Kevin Sexton

T: Gordon Elliott

Five career wins but out of form for some time and looks up against it here.

50/1

Non-runners

Fairyhill Run

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €3.50
Straight Forecast €4.54
Trifecta €17.70

Selections

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Peregrine Run

SPOTLIGHT:

Saint Sam

The Irish Sun:

Saint Sam

TOPSPEED:

Peregrine Run

POSTDATA:

Peregrine Run