Benbulben can make winning start over fences

Classy Mount Benbulben should prove the star of today’s action in Tipperary, if the track’s chase course passes a 7.30am inspection.

A Grade 2 winner over hurdles, this triple bumper-winner has always looked an exciting chasing prospect and, denied an opportunity when Punchestown was cancelled last Wednesday.

But Gordon Elliott has found a good opportunity for Barry Connell’s seven-year-old Beneficial gelding in the www.tipperaryraces.ie Beginners Chase, even if the trip, two miles and a furlong, is short of his optimum.