Des Iles in good order ahead of Bobbyjo

Trainer Ross O’Sullivan expects his star mare Baie Des Iles to give another good account of herself in the At The Races Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse today.

Fifth behind Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite Native River in the Welsh Grand National at Chepstow over Christmas, the six-year-old grey then claimed her second win since arriving from France in the Grand National Trial at Punchestown three weeks ago.

Connections were initially keen on a tilt at this weekend’s Eider Chase at Newcastle, but have had a change of heart and she instead stays on home soil to contest a Grade Three event rendered a little less competitive by the defection of Gordon Elliott’s top-class chaser Don Poli.