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Saturday 12 December 2020

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BoyleSports This Is Betting Handicap Chase (Grade B)

Off time: 14:12 | Winning time: 4m 18.09s

Chosen Mate^t⁶⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr R James⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 156| CD

14/1

Impressive winner of Grand Annual at Cheltenham Festival. Won a maiden on the Flat in July and not disgraced in Grade 3 hurdle at Tipperary since, Remains with potential in this sphere.

Form: 3411-04

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Sizing Pottsie^t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: P D Kennedy| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 149| C| D

7/2

Course winner. Good 1¾ lengths second of 7 to Felix Desjy in Craddockstown Novices' Chase at Punchestown (16.2f, heavy, 20/1) 28 days ago, making effort earlier than ideal. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: U11F-52

Daly Tiger²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: N Meade| OR: 147| D

9/2

Career best when winning 17-runner handicap chase at Punchestown (19.7f, heavy, 22/1) 28 days ago, keeping on well. Trainer going well. Sure to go well.

Form: P3539-1

Off You Go²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes| OR: 140| D

10/3

Promising sort. 7/1, creditable second of 11 in handicap chase at Cork (16.7f, heavy) 20 days ago, running on. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 8F444-2

Entoucas²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 138| BF| D

10/3

Very good second of 14 in novice chase (6/5) at Navan (17f, heavy) 20 days ago. Makes handicap chase debut. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 2213-22

Capuccimix²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 136| D

14/1

9/2, eighth of 11 in handicap chase at Cork (16.7f, heavy) 20 days ago.

Form: 2U215-8

Smoking Gun²⁷⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: Jack Kennedy| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 135| D

16/1

20/1, below form well-beaten fifth of 14 to Ravenhill in National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham (29.9f, soft). Off 9 months. Significantly down in trip.

Form: 083195-

Yaha Fizz¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: E D Delany| OR: 130| D

40/1

Unreliable individual. 20/1, eighth of 11 in handicap chase at this course (16.5f, soft) 14 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 715-4R8

Cusp Of Carabelli²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: D M O'Brien| OR: 125

33/1

20/1, good second of 16 in handicap chase at Punchestown (22.6f, heavy) 27 days ago, faring best of those held up. Down in trip.

Form: 355P32

Halsafari¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Brian Hayes| T: M J Bowe| OR: 123| C

20/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2019. 7/2, creditable fourth of 13 in handicap chase at this course (21.2f, soft) 14 days ago. Back down in trip. Must improve.

Form: 063224

Non-Runners

A Wave Of The Sea²⁸

Weight: 10-0| Age: 4

T: J P O'Brien J: N P Madden

Forecasts

Entoucas (10/3), Off You Go (10/3), Sizing Pottsie (7/2), Daly Tiger (9/2), Capuccimix (14/1), Chosen Mate (14/1), Smoking Gun (16/1), A Wave Of The Sea (16/1), Halsafari (20/1), Cusp Of Carabelli (33/1), Yaha Fizz (40/1)

OFF YOU GO made a positive start to the season when runner-up at Cork 3 weeks ago, running on well from a poor position, and he remains relatively unexposed in this sphere. Entoucas has made an encouraging start over fences and his opening mark looks a fair one, while cases can also be made for Daly Tiger, Sizing Pottsie and Chosen Mate.