Veteran back for more at Thurles He'llberemembered heads a field of just four runners for the Thurles Racecourse Rated Chase on Thursday. The 12-year-old struck over hurdles at the track earlier in the season and was awarded another race over timber in the stewards room at Punchestown, while he's suffered interference early on when making little impact on his latest two chase starts. Rubi Light, runner-up to Turban at Clonmel last time, Arnaud and Irish Thistle complete the line-up in what should prove an interesting affair. Paul Nolan sends Shuilamach over fences for the first time in the opening two-and-a-quarter-mile Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Beginners Chase, in which she faces 12 rivals. The daughter of Presenting opened her account when beating Kindly Vinnie, who reopposes here, by five lengths in a two-and-a-half-mile handicap hurdle at Cork last month. Nolan said: "She's done loads of schooling. She's a bit temperamental, but she had a nice win in Cork and the form worked out well since. "She was a good third the last day when she looked a winner between the second last and the last, and I think maybe the trip was a couple of furlongs too long for her." Charles Byrnes' Feenakilmeedy is another leading contender along with Carigeen Kigelia. Ryansbrook is a likely favourite in the Littleton Handicap Hurdle following his 11-length victory at the track last month while Cliffside Park heads the runners for the Killinan Maiden Hurdle. Katie Walsh partners King Blue for Ross Sullivan in the Tipperary (Lady Riders) Handicap Hurdle with Westerner Lady representing Willie Mullins in the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Mares Flat Race.
