17:20 Limerick

Wednesday 21 March 2018

All14:0514:3515:1015:4516:1516:5017:20

Liam Hogan Memorial Handicap Chase

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 7m 15.20s

Paper Lantern²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 12-2| J: D J McInerney⁽⁵⁾| T: K Thornton| OR: 122| CD

10/3

Put a number of disappointing performances behind him when finishing 1L behind Dinnie's Vinnie finishing third of 11 at Naas last month. Interesting runner

Form: P48343

Cappacurry Zak^p²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: R P Treacy⁽⁵⁾| T: L Young| OR: 110| CD

7/2

Possibly the most consistent of these in heavy conditions winning on two occasions in the mud, the latest of which came in December at Limerick off a mark similar to today's. Place claims.

Form: 72178P

Mannin Island^p,t²⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: D F O'Regan| T: S J Mahon| OR: 109

16/1

Without a victory over hurdles or fences at the age of 10 and comes here without a win in seven chases. Hard to construct much of a case for him.

Form: 464556

So Influential^b²⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-11| J: Mr C L Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 103| D

9/1

Winning point-to-pointer but has mainly struggled under Rules and was well beaten on chasing debut at Clonmel last month though will be better for the experience.

Form: 4-25504

Simple Steps⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: Phillip Enright| T: R Tyner| OR: 101| D

6/1

Broke her maiden at the 16th attempt under rules when victorious at Thurles over this distance in December but struggled off a 11lb higher mark last month falling when beaten at the same track. Place claims in this company.

Form: 0-3612F

Milanesque^b1,t⁴¹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-4| J: B Browne⁽⁵⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 96| D

7/1

Well beaten and no impression in a number of dismal efforts since December; plenty of work to do in this company.

Form: F24/P57

Open To The World^b¹¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-3| J: J S McGarvey| T: P Roche| OR: 95

7/2

Good second at Listowel a couple of starts ago, but did not reach anything like that level of form at Thurles or Punchestown when last seen in November for former yard. Market likely to reveal expectations on stable debut.

Form: 130297

Non-Runners

Instant Smile¹

Weight: 10-4| Age: 8

T: J J Walsh J: Rachael Blackmore

Bandon Bridge¹

Weight: 10-3| Age: 8

T: J J Mangan J: Sean Flanagan

Forecasts

Paper Lantern (10/3), Cappacurry Zak (7/2), Open To The World (7/2), Simple Steps (6/1), Milanesque (7/1), Bandon Bridge (7/1), Instant Smile (8/1), So Influential (9/1), Mannin Island (16/1)

PAPER LANTERN is an interesting runner and he's shown more ability than plenty in here; provided he builds on his most recent effort, he could be hard to beat here. So Influential will have learnt plenty from his chase debut last time while Cappacurry Zak is a consistent sort in these conditions and can give his running again.