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Paddy Power From The Horses Mouth Podcast Beginners Chase.

Leopardstown · Saturday, 27 Dec · 16:37 · 2m 1f · TURF

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Status

12:37

Off time

Runners

Yielding (Good to Yielding in places)

Going

🎯 Tipster's 1·2·3

Sporting Life pick

🏆 Top pick

KARGESE (FR

🥈 Second

LOVELY HURLING (IRE

🥉 Third

JAMES'S GATE (IRE

Market prediction · 5 runners · sorted by price

01 · 🏆 FAV

Kargese

1.91

10/11

02 · 🥈 2nd

Lovely Hurling

2.75

7/4

03 · 🥉 3rd

James's Gate

5.50

9/2

04 · —

Kings Hill

26

25/1

05 · —

Bottler'secret

51

50/1

Sporting Life forecast prices — published the night before the race. Top 3 highlighted as market favourites.

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
4th	1	—	Bottler'secret (G) [B] Fairly useful hurdler. 14/1, last of 9 in maiden at Naas (20.2f, heavy) on debut over fences 12 days ago. Needs to leave that well behind.	Eoin Walsh	Ciaran Murphy	5	75.3 kg	51 50/1
—	2	—	James's Gate (G) [T] Useful hurdler. 3/1, career best when cosily winning 5-runner novice at Navan (16f, soft) in January. Off since. Makes chase debut.	J J Slevin	M Brassil	8	75.3 kg	5.50 9/2
3rd	3	—	Kings Hill (G) [T1] Fairly useful hurdler. Eleven runs since last win in 2024. 40/1, eleventh of 17 in handicap hurdle at Aintree (16.5f, good) in April. Off 8 months. Makes chase debut. Tongue strap on for 1st time.	Danny Gilligan	P J Gilligan	6	75.3 kg	26 25/1
2nd	4	—	Lovely Hurling (G) Useful hurdle winner. Off 7 months, encouraging second of 11 in maiden at Navan (17f, heavy, 9/2) on debut over fences 40 days ago. Should improve.	Mark Walsh	Colm Murphy	6	75.3 kg	2.75 7/4
1st	5	—	Kargese (M) FAV [H] Smart hurdler, including wins in a Grade 1 and last season's County at Cheltenham. Couldn't live with a race-fit Kala Conti in Cork Grade 2 mares' novice on her chase debut/reappearance but she should be hard to beat with that under her be…	Paul Townend	W P Mullins	5	72.1 kg	1.91 10/11

Betting forecast: Kargese (10/11), Lovely Hurling (7/4), James's Gate (9/2), Kings Hill (25/1), Bottler'secret (50/1)