Horse by horse guide to the BoyleSports Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse
By Donn McClean
17:10 · SUN April 04, 2021
Donn McClean leaves no stone unturned as he runs the rule over every single horse in the BoyleSports Irish Grand National, settling on Jack Kennedy s mount, Run Wild Fred.
BoyleSports Irish Grand National Chase (Grade A)
When: 5.00pm, Easter Monday
Odds:
Latest Exhibition (Trainer: Paul Nolan – Jockey: Bryan Cooper)
A top class novice who also had Sunday’s Grade 1 two-and-a-half-mile novices’ chase as an option, he was a Grade 1 winner last season as a novice hurdler, and he has finished second to Monkfish in Grade 1 chases twice this season. The defection of Tiger Roll and the resultant raising of the weights was not ideal, but he is a top class individual who could still run a big race under his big weight, and it is interesting that his trainer is fitting cheekpieces for the first time.
Envoi Allen and connections celebrate
Sky Bet Killiney Novice Chase: Envoi Allen takes record to perfect 11-11 with Punchestown win following Asterion Forlonge fall
By Sporting Life
15:56 · SUN January 17, 2021
The Gordon Elliott-trained Envoi Allen kept up his perfect career record with victory in Sunday s Grade Three Sky Bet Killiney Novice Chase at Punchestown.
Enjoying a slight drop in class after winning the Grade One Drinmore Novice Chase at Fairyhouse, seven-year-old Envoi Allen was sent off the 1/2 favourite, despite having to concede lumps of weight all round, and delivered in typically sumptuous style under Jack Kennedy.
There was drama right from the off as the Willie Mullins-trained Asterion Forlonge, considered a serious threat in receipt of 11lb and the well-backed second-favourite, made a mistake and fell at the very first fence, bringing down Sempo in the process.