14:32 Gowran Park

Friday 20 November 2020

All11:4512:1512:4713:2213:5714:3215:0715:40

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase

Off time: 14:32 | Winning time: 5m 25.90s

Antey²⁸⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: D J Mullins| T: W P Mullins| BF| D

9/1

Useful chaser. 6/5, fell in maiden at Thurles (16.2f, good to soft) looking big threat at time. Off 9 months. Up in trip. Stable in good form. Should go well again.

Form: 11/94FF-

Bolbec⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon

150/1

Fair hurdler winner. Makes chase debut. First run for yard after leaving Barry Connell. Probably best watched.

Form: 8710/

Ellipsism¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien

66/1

Fair hurdler. 18/1, seventh of 9 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) on reappearance 19 days ago. Second sole previous chase start. Back up in trip. Should have more to offer over fences.

Form: 910P2-7

Energumene²⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| C

8/13

Bumper winner who easily made a successful start to his hurdle career over 2m here in March. Connections waste no time switching him to fences. Exciting prospect.

Form: 1/311-

Fakir^t²⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: J P O'Brien| CD

7/1

Useful hurdler. 11/1, career best when winning 20-runner handicap hurdle at this course (heavy) when last seen in March. Nice chase prospect.

Form: 5761U1-

Ferocious²⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott

50/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Eighth of 9 in minor event hurdle at Thurles (22.4f, soft, 25/1) when last seen in March. Makes chase debut.

Form: 0/512P8-

Montagne D'Argent^t²⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: D H Kelly

80/1

Signed off last season with an improved second over C&D (heavy) in March but an even better performance will be required if he's to go one better now.

Form: 75/09B2-

Port Stanley¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Mrs J Harrington

5/1

Hurdle winner. Good start over fences when third of 17 in maiden at Navan (17f, soft) on reappearance 12 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 53321-3

Speak Easy²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 141

13/2

Useful hurdler/chaser. 3/1, below form fourth of 8 in maiden chase at Galway (22.5f, heavy) on reappearance 26 days ago.

Form: 32/3F3-4

Fort Worth Texas⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr R James⁽⁷⁾| T: C Bowe

25/1

Fair hurdler. 22/1, ninth of 10 in novice hurdle at Killarney (22.8f, good) 46 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 6310-69

Non-Runners

Coko Beach²⁶

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Jack Kennedy

Forecasts

Energumene (8/13), Coko Beach (7/2), Port Stanley (5/1), Speak Easy (13/2), Fakir (7/1), Antey (9/1), Fort Worth Texas (25/1), Ferocious (50/1), Ellipsism (66/1), Montagne D'Argent (80/1), Bolbec (150/1)

ENERGUMENE looked a very exciting prospect when demolishing his field in a course maiden hurdle in March and is taken to make a successful switch to fences but this will be a good test of his credentials as there some useful sorts in opposition, headed by his stablemate Antey and Gordon Elliott's recent Galway runner-up Coko Beach.