14:10 Sligo

Monday 14 September 2020

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Frank O'Beirne Memorial Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 4m 32.0s

Act In Time^t⁴⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Mark Walsh| T: P Roche| OR: 123| D

5/1

Below form tenth of 16 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Galway (16f, good to soft) 46 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Market perhaps the best guide to expectations.

Form: 9/01PP-0

Icantsay^b³¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 123

22/1

Unreliable sort. 40/1, below form ninth of 16 in handicap chase at Cork (28f, heavy). Off 10 months. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 527759-

Stylish Moment^p³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Doyle| OR: 121| D

5/1

Respectable fourth of 10 in handicap hurdle (4/1) at Tramore (20.4f, good to soft) 31 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 122-844

Rocky Court¹⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 11-7| J: D J Hand⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 120| D

9/2

Good second of 12 in handicap chase (16/1) at Downpatrick (17.8f, good) 14 days ago. Has good chance on form.

Form: 5/2P8-52

Thegoaheadman^p⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: R M Power| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 118

7/1

20/1, eighth of 10 in novice chase at Tramore (21f, good to soft) on reappearance 58 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 8433P-8

Carrig Cathal^p,t⁴⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-3| J: P J Carberry| T: S J Mahon| OR: 116| D

50/1

Ninth of 11 in handicap chase (50/1) at Galway (18.2f, soft) 47 days ago. Others more obvious.

Form: 059-8F9

Ar Eagla Na Heagla^p²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: D F O'Regan| T: Francis Casey| OR: 112

10/1

Sixth of 7 in handicap chase (9/1) at Killarney (17f, heavy) 25 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 44231-6

Benefit Run⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽³⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 109| BF| C| D

15/8

Second here off lower hurdle mark on reappearance in August. Respectable third of 10 in handicap chase at Galway (18.2f, soft) 7 days ago.

Form: 5124-23

Forecasts

Benefit Run (15/8), Rocky Court (9/2), Stylish Moment (5/1), Act In Time (5/1), Thegoaheadman (7/1), Ar Eagla Na Heagla (10/1), Icantsay (22/1), Carrig Cathal (50/1)

ROCKY COURT was back to form when second at Downpatrick a couple of weeks back and is taken to build on that and resume winning ways. Stylish Moment has been in reasonable form over hurdles and was a dual chase winner last term so he may provide the main threat ahead of Ross O'Sullivan's Benefit Run.