2025 Ryanair Handicap Chase Tips

Nurburgring is an interesting runner and it seems likely that the Joseph O’Brien-trained charge will go off favourite for the Ryanair Handicap Chase. The five year old claimed the spoils on his seasonal debut, although recent efforts have been wider of the mark, including the latest showing where the runner was only able to register a ninth-placed finish.

An Peann Derg is definitely a better each-way proposition based on the last performance which saw the Paul Nolan-trained charge land the spoils at Leopardstown on Boxing Day. There was everything to like about a victory against nine other runners and that came after finishing second at Wexford, with more improvement to come.

There are a clutch of horses all trading at a similar price and that includes Down Memory Lane, with the seven-year-old having landed a top-three finish in all three outings to date. The Gordon Elliott-trained charge is available at the same odds as Midnight It Is and the nine-year-old could go well off a lower weight.

Shanbally Kid will also be near the bottom of the weights order and the Willie Mullins-trained charge could benefit from that handicap despite not making a huge impression in the three outings to date. The bookies are certainly keeping the horse on side and the same applies to So Scottish who has raced a great deal this season.

2023 Sandyford Handicap Chase Tips

One of the reasons why Get My Drift is operating as one of the favourites is because the horse is carrying less weight than many of the other pretenders in this race. The allowance of 10-10 looks to be favourable despite the runner failing to land a win this season, with the horse landing third place last time out although it was in a competitive heat.

Indeed, Appreciate It was always the likeliest winner of a Beginners Chase, although there was only one other horse too good for Get My Drift even if the biggest concern is that the runner hasn’t been in the winners’ enclosure for some time. The same can’t be said of Final Orders and there have been four straight victories for this horse.

The latest of these triumphs came on Boxing Day when winning a handicap chase at Leopardstown, so this is a horse we know can perform at the track. It’s also clear that the runner should be able to cope with bottomless ground, with Gavin Cromwell regarding this charge as one of his best chances of landing a winner at the festival.

Henry de Bromhead has an interesting prospect in Epson Du Houx and the nine-year-old has run well on two occasions this season. There was a third-placed finish out of eleven runners at Fairyhouse, with Rachael Blackmore potentially on board again and the horse ran pretty well when finishing a distant second to Energumene over two miles at Cork.