Gordon Elliott duo worth siding with on competitive Punchestown card

Positives are in short supply among the eight contenders for the opening Sporting Life Beginners Chase (12.30), so you need to have luck on your side if you are to get off to a good start.

Noel Meade's runner Cherokee Bill makes plenty of appeal on form, though admittedly his recent credentials are open to question. He could be tested by chasing newcomer Iknowwhereiamnow, who won a handicap hurdle at Gowran on her penultimate start.

The 2018 Cheltenham Champion Bumper runner-up Carefully Selected raced only twice as a novice hurdler last season but looked in fine shape on his chasing debut at Fairyhouse and should take all the beating in the Killiney Novice Chase (1.05).