12:55 Thurles
Thursday 9 November 2017
All12:5513:2513:5514:2515:0015:3516:10
Thurles Beginners Chase
- 4YO plus | 2m 2f | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 16 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 12:55 | Winning time: 4m 39.9s
Cloth number
Odds
Horse A-Z
Show odds
Modest hurdler well beaten on only chase start so far at Tipperary in July finishing 21L behind the winner. Others preferred.
Won a 2m4f handicap hurdle at Navan in March off a mark of 98, comes here on the back of a 207-day layoff. Beaten on chasing debut finishing 44L behind Close Shave. Very little to be positive about.
Improved performance last time out when beaten a head in Clonmel handicap chase in September. Needs to step up again.
Roscommon winner in September 2014 and having just his third start since then when beaten 48L at Killarney and Tipperary later at Tipperary in July. Others make more appeal.
Winner of 2-19 and seems better suited to summer ground given his performances at Tipperary in the summer. May struggle here.
1-27 record with that victory coming at Tramore in June when adopting his usual positive tactics. Well beaten on last chase at Tramore in August, 25L behind the winner. Others preferred.
84-rated hurdler who has seen his form dip recently following some promising runs over the summer. Tough ask on chasing debut.
Winner last time out in a Listowel handicap hurdle in September. By Westerner and related to the likes of Wakanda and Champagne West. Looks vulnerable on debut.
No impression on the leaders before the last on chasing debut at Downpatrick last month. Will need to improve to figure.
Handy 100-rated hurdler though only 1/14. By Kings Theatre so will be worth a market check on debut for distance winner.
Experienced 14-race maiden chaser who was pulled up last time out in a Thurles chase on yielding ground. Will need to step up on recent performances to figure.
Her two hurdles successes (Cork and Listowel) came over longer trips than this and at a much lower level. Beaten 66L on chasing debut at Punchestown.
Promising second of 15 beaten ¾L in Downpatrick beginners chase last month. Will look to improve on that run and shouldn't be underestimated.
Winning hurdler who has had only twice run over fences, finishing a short head second at Tramore after being sent off at 40-1 before a 28L defeat last time out at Downpatrick last month. Others hold stronger profiles.
Only win over timber came in a maiden hurdle at Listowel in June, last year. Market likely to reveal expectations on chasing debut.
100-rated hurdler not seen since finishing 13½L behind Next Bend at Navan in April. Worth a market check on chasing debut.
Non-Runners
17
Well Joey48
Weight: 11-12| Age: 6
T: Mrs P Dobbs J: Reserve 1
NR
18
Silent Account28
Weight: 11-12| Age: 6
T: D Donovan J: Reserve 2
NR
19
Leader's Choice35
Weight: 11-5| Age: 7
T: D G Murphy J: Reserve 3
NR
Forecasts
Fiddlers Bow (4/1), Leader's Choice (5/1), Solar Heat (6/1), Mill Quest (6/1), Youngnedofthehill (7/1), Wee Small Hours (10/1), Peculiar Genius (10/1), Spare Brakes (10/1), Swift (10/1), Una's Pleasure (14/1), Naturally Blond (16/1), Bakers Street (16/1), Bilbo Bagins (25/1), Just Call Me (25/1), Silent Account (25/1), Omega Springs (50/1), Charlotte's Chum (50/1), Jamesmicheal (66/1), Well Joey (150/1)
Naturally Blond and Wee Small Hours could contest the lead here in the early stages of this contest with Mill Quest chasing in behind. Leaders Choice will be worth a market check if getting in to the contest, while Solar Heat will be looking to improve once again and can grab a place behind FIDDLERS BOW who will look to build on his second of 14 last time out at Clonmel in September.
- Fiddlers Bow
- Leader's Choice
- Solar Heat
Prize Money
1st: €7,392.002nd: €2,292.003rd: €1,092.004th: €493.005th: €192.00
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