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Friday 21 April 2017

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Sean Hughes Memorial Handicap Chase

Off time: 19:40 | Winning time: 5m 6.5s

Lucky Pat^t¹⁴¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr A Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D A Love| OR: 123

9/1

Has won both starts over hurdles on this track and also scored at Punchestown but hasn't quite achieved the same level of form over fences. Still looks feasibly-treated for his handicap debut if ready to go after a short break.

Form: 1/22441-

New Kid In Town⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: D J Mullins| T: W P Mullins| OR: 120

8/1

Twice a winner over fences, including off this mark at Cork (2m4f, yielding) in October but has lost the plot since sustaining successive falls at Leopardstown, pulling up the last twice. Questions to answer.

Form: 51316F

Cassells Rock^t¹¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: A J Martin| OR: 118

20/1

Has rarely looked like making a breakthrough in six starts over fences thus far, including on his handicap bow at Leopardstown on Boxing Day. That said, he's well-handicapped on his hurdles rating, so dangerous to dismiss.

Form: U35688-

Show And Go¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: D Robinson⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 117

9/2

Twice a winner over fences, latterly off a 4lb lower mark at Punchestown (2m, soft) on New Year's Eve. Equally adept on better ground and still looks to be improving . Good run over hurdles latest.

Form: F36123

Double Scores^t¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott| OR: 116

11/1

Easy winner at Limerick last time month over 2m1f (yielding) - his best effort yet over fences. Didn't appear to stay a longer trip on his handicap bow but worth considering back over shorter.

Form: 42316P-

Samanntom^t²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-3| J: M A Enright| T: A Fogarty| OR: 116

10/1

Good winner at Clonmel in February over 2m1f (heavy) to take his chasing winning tally to three. Not disgraced but held off a revised mark twice since and may just be vulnerable to improvers.

Form: 368612

Captain Hox^t⁴³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: A W Short⁽⁷⁾| T: P Griffin| OR: 114

33/1

Only one chase victory to his name in 13 starts and that came in a very weak two-runner affair where his opponent fell at the first. That said, he's not been discredited on too many occasions but his handicap mark looks high.

Form: 883555-

Rock On Fruity⁴³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: C Byrnes| OR: 113

16/1

Doesn't appear progressive over fences, having yet to get off the mark in ten attempts . Slowly dropping in the handicap but a 30L defeat at Thurles last time suggests a win is still some way off.

Form: 73P076-

Stonehall Jack¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: D E Splaine| T: D E Fitzgerald| OR: 113

7/1

Showed a liking for this track when winning over 3m1f here last summer and returned from a layoff better than ever when winning at Tramore over 2m5f recently. Drop in trip and a 6lb rise to contend with though.

Form: 27212-3

Dawerann¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 105

6/1

Experienced campaigner who gained the last of three hurdle wins at Punchestown in December. Still a maiden over fences despite nine attempts but improved to finish a runner-up at Tramore last time. This a deeper race.

Form: 145523-

Bellgrove¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-5| J: J J Slevin⁽⁵⁾| T: P M Cloke| OR: 104

7/1

Sole win over fences came at Down Royal in June 2015 (2m4f, good) but has come close to adding to that tally from a sliding mark on occasions. Not quite at his best when only fourth of nine at Tramore latest.

Form: 524347-

Patsio³⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-5| J: A Ring⁽³⁾| T: J R Barry| OR: 104

20/1

A former bumper winner who popped up to win successive races over hurdles in May 2015 but very much regressive since then. No real impact in five chase starts so far and looks opposable.

Form: 0U0030-

Nimdani⁴³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Rachael Blackmore⁽³⁾| T: Mrs Y Dunleavy| OR: 99

25/1

It's now 29 starts under rules without a win, following a lacklustre return from a lengthy absence at Thurles last month. Has placed three times over fences in the past but hard to fancy right now..

Form: 534P80-

Allied Victory^t²⁶⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 95

14/1

Plenty of letters next to his name and a sole chase victory at Thurles in October 2014 is a distant memory. First reserve.

Form: 0PP0-6U

Non-Runners

Ontopoftheworld³³

Weight: 11-1| Age: 8

T: A L T Moore J: Donagh Meyler

Killare Castle³⁵

Weight: 9-10| Age: 7

T: G M Doyle J: Reserve 2

Rufino¹²

Weight: 9-10| Age: 7

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Ontopoftheworld (3/1), Show And Go (9/2), Dawerann (6/1), Stonehall Jack (7/1), Bellgrove (7/1), Rufino (15/2), New Kid In Town (8/1), Lucky Pat (9/1), Samanntom (10/1), Double Scores (11/1), Allied Victory (14/1), Rock On Fruity (16/1), Cassells Rock (20/1), Patsio (20/1), Nimdani (25/1), Captain Hox (33/1), Killare Castle (33/1)

Stonehall Jack comes into this race on the back of a fine win at Tramore but looks vulnerable over this shorter trip and preference is for DOUBLE SCORES. Gordon Elliot's charge is better than he showed over a longer trip last time and looks feasibly-treated on the form he showed to win at Limerick previously. Ontopoftheworld and Show And Go are also worth considering.

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