2:30 Stamullen Beginners Chase (4yo+) 20 fences 3m1f

[off 2:30] £5,956.90, £1,387.93, £612.07, £353.45

1 Mcevoy Paul Nolan 6 11-12 J L Cullen 13/2 95 99

2 hd Bryansford Belle T M Walsh 5 11-5 G T Hutchinson 25/1 88 92

3 9 Well Corned D J Cullen 6 11-0 Mr R P Quinlan(7) 33/1 82 91+

4 12 Ballytrim W P Mullins 5 11-10 D J Condon 4/1 74 76

5 22 Nutmeg Tune (IRE) E J O´Grady 6 11-7 P W Flood 7/1 — 51

6 2 Brideswell Boy Seamus Neville 6 11-7 M J Ferris(5) 25/1 — 54

7 shd Dennys Present Kieran Purcell 6 11-12 J M Allen 20/1 — 54

F Indian Hills Ms F M Crowley 7 11-12 Andrew J McNamara 20/1 — —

F Modular (GB) Patrick Morris 6 11-12 D N Russell 20/1 — —

UR Imperial Sun D T Hughes 7 11-7 N J O´Shea(5) 9/1 — —

PU Paying Friends (IRE) J T Gorman 8 11-12 K Whelan 33/1 — —

F Back To Bid Noel Meade 6 11-12 P Carberry 6/4F — —

12 ran TIME 7m 3.60s (slow by 53.60s) TOTAL SP 123%

NON RUNNER: Camptect

1st OWNER: Liam Quinn BRED: John Costello TRAINER: Paul Nolan

2nd OWNER: W J Kane

3rd OWNER: Paradise Racing Syndicate

TOTE WIN £5.70 PL £1.10, £7.10, £17.90; Ex £384.60; CSF £150.34

The two fences at Ballyhack (fences 7,8) omitted due to low sun.

My Notes Analysis Comments In Running

An eventful contest in which jumping carried the day for MCEVOY. The favourite Back To Bid was an early casualty, badly hampering Nutmeg Tune, before Imperial Sun departed at the sixth from home when third, and with three to jump Modular crashed out when still in contention.

Mcevoy, who has a rating of 102 over hurdles, had run respectably on his first two starts over fences. He set out to make all, and a good round of jumping left him with only Bryansford Belle to worry about from the second-last and he eventually got the better of that rival. This trip suited Mcevoy well and he should have a solid future as a staying chaser.

The winning point-to-pointer Bryansford Belle wasn’t disgraced behind Sir Frederick here last month. She was upsides the winner from two out but just couldn’t find a way past, but showed enough to suggest that she will be able to win over fences.

Well Corned, another winning pointer, would have finished a bit closer but for making a mistake at the last. This represented a satisfactory start to her racecourse career.

Ballytrim made a couple of early mistakes. He was well placed from a long way out but was starting to struggle from the fourth-last. A promising sort in bumpers last term, he has yet to deliver on that potential.