WELL-SUITED by the conditions, the John Kiely-trained Jassu may win today's first running of the Thurles European Breeders! Fund Chase, formerly known as the P Z Mower Chase which was first run in 1970 and won by Kinloch Brae.

Jassu cut little ice in the Thyestes Chase, but the extremely testing ground was against him and that was his first outing since mid-November. He ran well to finish a seven-length third behind Imperial Call at Clonmel earlier that month, and as he meets Second Schedual on 14lb better terms than their official ratings, is extremely well in.

The Crazy Bishop ran Northern Hide to a head at Leopardstown but would receive a lot of weight from Jassu in a handicap. Rust Never Sleeps was a long way behind Northern Hide at Leopardstown, but Loshian, who finished fifth in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup, might be a danger to Jassu.

Third behind Major Rumpus on Sunday, Love The Lord should return to winning form in the Tattersalls Ireland Novice Chase. Like the winner, she is entered for the Sun Alliance Chase.

Dermot Weld said yesterday that Fortune And Fame is unlikely to run in Saturday's Red Mills Trial Hurdle if the ground is very testing. Anyway, he will decide today after he has worked the Champion Hurdle-bound gelding.