August 28 / 19.05 Ballinrobe

19.05

Yielding

BoyleSports Chase

  • Prize money: £8353.98
  • 2m 1f 0y
  • 4 runners
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BoyleSports Chase

Runners: 4 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

OUR TIP

11/8 (Won)

  • Win: £1.70

Form: 263-05

Last run: 26 days

W: 11st 12lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 148

Form & Verdict
Started well over fences last season with wins in a beginners' event and a Grade 3 race at Galway; Grade 1-placed twice, second to Saint Roi at Leopardstown, and third behind Banbridge and Saint Roi at Aintree; had a spin over hurdles at Tipperary before creditable fifth in Galway Plate; good chance here, despite meeting Mt Leinster on 8lb worse than handicap terms.
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1

23rd Aug 2025

Good

2m 4f 180y

16:50 Killarney

Visionarian

11st 12lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Dropping down the ratings since he won a three-runner Grade 2 contest at Gowran last autumn; no signs of a revival at Wexford last month when finishing well behind; it is hard to fancy him at the moment.

22/1

9th

1

4th Jul 2025

Good

2m 3f 110y

16:25 Wexford

Visionarian

11st 12lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Winner of a three-runner Grade 2 at Gowran in October (2m4f, good); well held in stronger Graded contests; poor run in a DRF handicap chase and pulled up when last seen in a handicap chase at the Punchestown festival last time from a 3lb higher mark.

18/1

Form: 43302P D BF

Last run: 38 days

W: 11st 0lb

8 yo Mare

OR: 134

Form & Verdict
Admirably versatile nine-time winner, has been struggling to establish consistency lately; tame effort when favourite for Killarney event in which The Little Yank was second; two ordinary runs on the Flat since then; will need to be in peak form now.
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6th

5

4th Apr 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 3f 100y

18:30 Wexford

Effernock Fizz

11st 0lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: Cian Collins

Admirable mare will be having her 108th start under rules; 1-21 over fences but has run well at this venue on multiple occasions; lost form since shock win in a 2m listed handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse in March 2024; hard to fancy on recent showings but can't fully dismiss.

10/1

6th

5

4th Apr 2025

Good To Yielding

2m 3f 100y

18:30 Wexford

Effernock Fizz

11st 0lb

J: Tiernan Power Roche

T: Cian Collins

Admirable mare will be having her 108th start under rules; 1-21 over fences but has run well at this venue on multiple occasions; lost form since shock win in a 2m listed handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse in March 2024; hard to fancy on recent showings but can't fully dismiss.

10/1

5

15th Feb 2025

Soft

2m 0f 0y

13:55 Gowran Park

Effernock Fizz

10st 8lb

J: E Walsh

T: Cian Collins

Admirable front-runner but recent form far from encouraging, 3m beyond her last time; return to 2m to suit but hard to see her lasting it out.

25/1

Form: 2/37-4 C

Last run: 22 days

W: 11st 2lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 146

Form & Verdict
Won twice as a novice in 2021-22 season; good comeback run last December when third in Fairyhouse handicap but following month ran no sort of race at the same venue; only two runs since then were at the Galway festival; second in six-runner Flat event, moderate fourth in a handicap chase two days later; comes out best at the weights but perhaps vulnerable.
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20th

14

(8)

13th Oct 2024

Yielding

2m 0f 23y

16:00 Naas

Mt Leinster

8st 8lb

J: Danny Sheehy

T: John C McConnell

Second runner for stable; formerly trained by Willie Mullins; best effort in eight starts for current yard a 8.75l seventh behind a few of his rivals here in the Q.R. race at Galway; burst blood vessels on latest start at Tramore; coming down the weights but yard has a better chance with Seddon.

66/1

11th

4

(4)

17th Aug 2024

Yielding

2m 0f 80y

19:30 Tramore

Mt Leinster

9st 11lb

J: Donagh O’Connor

T: John C McConnell

Looked to be on the slide until running well when seventh of 20 in the big amateur handicap at Galway where headgear (left off here) seemed to help; pulled up over hurdles later that week; first visit here.

11/1

7

3rd Aug 2024

Good

2m 6f 108y

14:30 Galway

Mt Leinster

11st 3lb

J: Ben Harvey

T: John C McConnell

midfield, headway and prominent halfway

33/1

Form: P5-275 D

Last run: 38 days

W: 11st 2lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 121

Form & Verdict
Six-time chase winner is on a long losing run; others much better treated at these weights.
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8th

6

22nd Feb 2024

Soft

2m 0f 158y

13:53 Thurles

Espion Du Chenet

10st 5lb

J: Ryan Treacy

T: Louise G Lyons

Six-time chase winner but struggling when last seen, tailed off in each of his last three starts; bounce back required and off 153 days.

25/1

9th

11

22nd Sep 2023

Yielding To Soft

2m 1f 0y

16:25 Listowel

Espion Du Chenet

10st 5lb

J: Ryan Treacy

T: Louise G Lyons

Has done a lot of racing since his last win, two most recent runs provide no encouragement; tailed off in Kilbeggan race in which Irish Blaze was third two week ago.

25/1

Non-runners

The Little Yank

+o+e Accumulators

Payout
Exacta €5.80
Straight Forecast €7.26
Trifecta €9.10

Selections

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Mt Leinster

SPOTLIGHT:

Visionarian

The Irish Sun:

Visionarian

TOPSPEED:

Mt Leinster

POSTDATA:

Mt Leinster