Good time to show some Love

SHATTERED Love should prove too strong for Miss Eyecatcher in the Clonmel oil Chase Day November 16 Mares Chase today.

A three-time winner over hurdles, including a success at Grade 3 level, Gordon Elliott’s charge always looked a chaser-in-themaking.

And she could hardly have been more impressive than when making a winning debut over fences at Fairyhouse, slamming Conduct Yourself by 26 lengths.

The six-year-old Yeats mare looks a stayer, although her hurdles wins were achieved over two miles (twice) and two and a quarter. so she should prove effective over today’s journey (two and a quarter miles).

rated significantly superior to chief rival Miss Eyecatcher, shattered Love looks a particularly exciting prospect and should triumph, although the roger Mcgrath-trained Eyecatcher is a smart mare in her own right and has impressed in her two chase wins.

a treble in Dundalk last night, Colin Keane enjoys an unassailable lead over Pat smullen in the race for the Jockeys Championship.

Keane, on the verge of a first title, swooped late on overcoming, trained by his boss Ger Lyons, in the two-year-old maiden.

he struck again on Tom Cooper’s free-running Bid Adieu, which made all to land the www. dundalkstadium.com Maiden.

And he displayed an alarming degree of confidence on 2/1 favourite Ben rumson in the finale.

Keane now leads the nine-times champion 97-87 with just two meetings remaining, Dundalk tomorrow night and Naas on sunday.

Lido will not bid for back-to-back victories in saturday’s Jnwine.com Champion Chase (Grade 1) in Down royal.