Irish Stallion Farms EBF Rated Novice Chase

Off time: 13:11 | Winning time: 4m 14.7s

Peacocks Secret^b¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 123

7/2

Winner of a Naas novice handicap chase in November beating Sir Bob ½L. Won a 2m4f handicap chase at Punchestown earlier this month and should go well once again.

Form: F611F1

Monatomic¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 120

5/2

Needs to recapture the form of his second of eight beaten ½L behind Ellie Mac over 2m in November. Well held in a similar contest at Fairyhouse earlier this month.

Form: 1-F2235

D'bru Na Boinne^p,t³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: A E Lynch| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 110| BF

7/2

Improved form since November was encouraging until a below par performance at Fairyhouse on Saturday. Work to do on current form.

Form: 489126

Frankly All Talk¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: A Ring| T: R K Watson| OR: 110

5/1

Steady improvement in three beginners contests since chasing debut here over 2m4f on St Stephens Day. Open to plenty of improvement.

Form: 093632

My Manekineko¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 114| D

16/1

Six-race maiden over the larger obstacles but showed plenty of promise on last start in a Fairyhouse beginners contest earlier this month. Improvement needed but not discounted.

Form: F56UF2

Stoneford^t¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| D

9/2

Has finished third in a couple of promising starts over fences including in a Navan 3m contest earlier this month following a break of seven-months.

Form: 3210-33

Forecasts

Monatomic (5/2), Peacocks Secret (7/2), D'bru Na Boinne (7/2), Stoneford (9/2), Frankly All Talk (5/1), My Manekineko (16/1)

The J J Hanlon-trained PEACOCKS SECRET can land his fourth chase win in five starts following a number of solid starts since October. The seven-year-old appears to be improving with every run and can outpoint the Gigginstown House Stud-owned Monatomic and the ten-year-old My Manekineko.