15:00 Punchestown

Wednesday 30 September 2020

All13:5014:2515:0015:3516:1016:4517:15

Europrint Wicklow Handicap Chase (0-102)

Off time: 15:01 | Winning time: 6m 21.5s

Lord Lariat^t⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Thornton| OR: 100| BF

3/1

Highly promising type. 7/2, good third of 10 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (20.8f, good) 42 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Makes handicap chase debut. Open to significant improvement.

Form: 77-1173

Canadian Steel^t¹²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr O McGill⁽⁷⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 99| D

25/1

Creditable 15 lengths sixth of 12 to Give Him Time in handicap chase at Downpatrick (23.5f, good, 66/1) 12 days ago, left poorly placed.

Form: 0-00F76

Bellgrove¹³

Age: 12| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽³⁾| T: P M Cloke| OR: 98| D

40/1

22/1, ninth of 10 in handicap chase at Tramore (16f, good) 13 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 9370-79

Give Him Time^p¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott| OR: 98| D

7/1

2 wins from 5 runs this season. 6/1, career best when winning 12-runner handicap chase at Downpatrick (23.5f, good) 12 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 8/013P1

Gold Sun¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: R Tyner| OR: 98

10/3

Promising type. 1 win from 2 runs this season. Didn't need to improve to win 12-runner handicap chase at Sligo (20f, good, 4/1) 16 days ago, well on top finish. Has good chance on form.

Form: 000F-F1

Therellalwaysbeone²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: J S McGarvey| T: T Foley| OR: 97

5/1

Bit below form sixth of 18 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at this course (20.3f, soft) 21 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 02/093-6

Famous Day^p,t¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: B Browne⁽³⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 90| D

40/1

One win from 33 NH runs. Well-beaten last of 12 to Give Him Time in handicap chase at Downpatrick (23.5f, good, 16/1) 12 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 08-4P50

Clonguile Way^b¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: C D Maxwell| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 89

9/1

Visored for 1st time, good third of 13 in handicap hurdle at Navan (22f, good, 6/1) 11 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 40-9003

Makeyourcall⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: C D Timmons⁽³⁾| T: E Cawley| OR: 88

40/1

Thirteenth of 14 in novice chase (200/1) at Kilbeggan (19.9f, soft) 40 days ago. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 0/400-70

Ringrone Castle³²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr J C Canavan⁽⁷⁾| T: R J Tierney| OR: 88

80/1

40/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Wexford (25f, soft) 32 days ago, left behind from 4 out.

Form: 217U9/P

Rubiana³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Slevin| T: Caroline Mccaldin| OR: 88

11/1

Promising sort. Creditable fifth of 12 in minor event chase at Downpatrick (19.2f, good, 66/1) 30 days ago, finishing with running left. Makes handicap chase debut. Not taken lightly.

Form: 0028-55

Divin Desir²³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: D E Mullins| T: I Madden| OR: 85

66/1

Remains a maiden after 24 NH runs. 80/1, below form tenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Galway (21.4f, soft) 23 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 548-6P0

Ballinasilla¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: D P Murphy| OR: 84

17/2

11/2, good fourth of 12 in handicap chase at Sligo (24.7f, good) 16 days ago.

Form: 7407-64

Unchago^p,t¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: Brian Hayes| T: M M McNiff| OR: 81

22/1

6/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable seventh of 12 in handicap chase at Sligo (24.7f, good) 16 days ago. Stable having good spell. Merits serious consideration.

Form: 8-82697

Fairymount Boy¹⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 10-5| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: M Hourigan| OR: 77

18/1

Unreliable type. Twenty three runs since last win in 2018. Creditable 9¾ lengths third of 12 to Gold Sun in handicap chase at Sligo (20f, good, 12/1) 16 days ago.

Form: 938-053

Shanklys Dawn^p,t¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 9-12| J: A W Short| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 66| D

50/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2019. 20/1, fifth of 12 in handicap chase at Sligo (24.7f, good) 16 days ago.

Form: 50-0045

Night Sir²¹¹

Age: 14| Weight: 9-12| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: Ms H P Markham| OR: 64

50/1

Unreliable sort. Remains a maiden after 27 NH runs. Pulled up in handicap chase at Navan (24f, heavy, 50/1), reminders before 5 out. Off 7 months. RESERVE.

Form: P8844P-

Non-Runners

Light Bulb⁴⁷

Weight: 10-7| Age: 7

T: J R Finn J: K C Sexton

Castle Fall's⁷³

Weight: 10-0| Age: 15

T: Daniel O'leary J: S A Mulcahy

Forecasts

Lord Lariat (3/1), Gold Sun (10/3), Therellalwaysbeone (5/1), Give Him Time (7/1), Ballinasilla (17/2), Clonguile Way (9/1), Rubiana (11/1), Fairymount Boy (18/1), Unchago (22/1), Canadian Steel (25/1), Light Bulb (33/1), Castle Fall's (33/1), Bellgrove (40/1), Famous Day (40/1), Makeyourcall (40/1), Shanklys Dawn (50/1), Night Sir (50/1), Divin Desir (66/1), Ringrone Castle (80/1)

GOLD SUN made amends for his fall at Wexford (likely to have won) when comfortably beating 11 rivals at Sligo and has room for plenty of improvement, especially in his jumping. Rubiana has caught the eye on both his starts over fences this season and is of interest now handicapping in this sphere, while Lord Lariat remains open to significant improvement over fences on hurdles form.