Suitable opportunity for Arabella

ENDA BOLGER has found a suitable opportunity for Arabella Boy in the Devil’s Bit Beginners Chase at Thurles this afternoon and the six-year-old is the nap choice.

The selection made a brave attempt from the front at Punchestown in November and the tactics looked sure to succeed heading to the final fence.

Arabella Boy, however, fluffed his lines at the obstacle, got in far too tight and lost momentum. He failed to recover and was run out of it on the flat and beaten two lengths by Magnanimity.