16:20 Thurles

Sunday 21 January 2018

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Arctic Tack Stud Hunters Chase

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 6m 57.2s

Foxrock^t,v²⁷⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: Ms K Walsh| T: A Fleming| OR: 150| CD

11/4

High class chaser on his day and a winner of four hunter chases including this contest in 2017. Leading contender on debut for a new yard.

Form: 21111P-

Venitien De Mai^p²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J J Codd| T: J T R Dreaper| OR: 135| D

5/2

Useful staying chaser at his best and followed up a point-to-point win by finishing runner-up to Gilgamboa at Down Royal (2m6f, heavy) last month.

Form: F6F-312

Gilgamboa²⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-11| J: Ms N Carberry| T: E Bolger| OR: 150

6/4

Classy chaser on his day and made a winning hunter chase debut on heavy ground at Down Royal last month. One for the shortlist in this contest.

Form: 4/2B-521

My Murphy²¹

Age: 12| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: W J Burke| OR: 140| D

12/1

Six time winner under rules and successful in a heavy ground point-to-point last time out. Held by Venitien De Mai on previous running and more needed today.

Form: PP82-31

Quarry Rua^t1⁶³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr E P O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: P O'Flynn| OR: 99| D

33/1

Open point-to-to point winner in May and still held chances when coming down on seasonal debut two months ago. This looks a much tougher contest however.

Form: 18P4-1F

Wilcosdiana¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Miss M O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: E M O'Sullivan| D

14/1

Made up into a useful mare in point-to-points and already the winner of a hunter chase at Cork (soft-to-heavy) earlier this season. Beaten in a point-to-point since and is an interesting runner today.

Form: 22-2112

Tj Goodtymes¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: Mr E Dwan⁽⁷⁾| T: T Townend| D

50/1

Sole point-to-point success came in a maiden ten months ago and likely to find this tough going having finished runner-up in a Winner Of One contest earlier this month.

Form: 12-0232

Non-Runners

Ourmanmassini⁴⁹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 10

T: G Elliott J: Mr A J Fox

Forecasts

Gilgamboa (6/4), Venitien De Mai (5/2), Foxrock (11/4), Ourmanmassini (10/1), My Murphy (12/1), Wilcosdiana (14/1), Quarry Rua (33/1), Tj Goodtymes (50/1)

GILGAMBOA is reportedly being aimed at the big hunter chases in the spring by connections and he can follow up last months Down Royal hunter chase victory by getting the better of Foxrock, the winner of this race 12 months ago who is making his first start fora new stable today. Venitien De Mai ran well behind the selection at Down Royal last time out and he is taken to finish third today.