12:30 Sporting Life Beginners Chase 2m 6f 100y

This isn’t the most exciting affair to kick off proceedings, a beginners’ chase restricted to horses rated 109 or below over hurdles. A tentative vote goes to Noel Meade’s Cherokee Bill, who has plenty of experience, and although he unseated on his latest start, his form before that is useful in the context of this race, in particular his fourth to the useful Castlebrook at Wexford.