17:05 Navan

Saturday 13 March 2021

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Proudstown Handicap Chase

Off time: 17:05 | Winning time: 5m 2.7s

Batcio⁵⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Mr A McMahon⁽⁷⁾| T: T M Walsh| OR: 116| D

4/1

Dual bumper winner who opened chase account in a Clonmel maiden (16.5f) in December 2019. Lightly raced since, probably in need of first run for 11 months at Naas in January. One to respect.

Form: 912F6-9

Bilbo Bagins^b1,t⁴³

Age: 12| Weight: 11-10| J: Sean Flanagan| T: A Murray| OR: 116| CD

33/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time cheekpieces on for 1st time, fifteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, heavy, 33/1) 43 days ago.

Form: 03-P060

Conright Boy^b,t¹³

Age: 12| Weight: 11-10| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs C O'Leary| OR: 116| CD

7/2

C&D winner. Latest win in hurdle at Cork in December. 20/1, fourteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.5f, soft) 13 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase and he needs to keep the errors at bay

Form: 178430

Donkey Years⁴¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: C P McNamara⁽³⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 114

5/1

Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. Yet to make a signficant impact over fences, twelfth of 14 in handicap chase at Naas (20.4f, heavy, 9/1) 41 days ago.

Form: 1-U660

Dakota Beat^t⁵⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 108

7/1

100/1, eighth of 13 in novice chase at Fairyhouse (17f, heavy) 56 days ago, making mistakes early and merely passing beaten rivals. One to monitor in the betting on handicap debut.

Form: 232058

Stoughan Cross^t⁶⁰

Age: 12| Weight: 10-11| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: T Gibney| OR: 103| C

9/1

Unreliable type but on a going day when narrowly landing 18-runner handicap chase here (20f) in December. Still in contnetion when falling at Fairyhouse in January and not ruled out now.

Form: 61P0-1F

Kilkeaskins First¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-10| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 102| C

10/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2019. Eighth of 11 in handicap chase (18/1) at Gowran (16f, heavy) 11 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 6F4488

Schmidt⁵⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-8| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 100

10/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2018. 125/1, eighth of 10 in handicap chase at Naas (16f, heavy) 59 days ago.

Form: 0/009P8

Our Friend^b,t⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan| OR: 99

5/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, sixth of 12 in handicap chase at this course (24f, heavy, 12/1) 43 days ago. Needs to step up again to figure here.

Form: 580006

Non-Runners

Espion Du Chenet¹⁶

Weight: 11-0| Age: 7

T: Louise G Lyons J: R P Treacy

Pi Ahio⁷⁷⁴

Weight: 10-7| Age: 9

T: H Rogers J: Phillip Enright

Forecasts

Conright Boy (7/2), Espion Du Chenet (7/2), Batcio (4/1), Donkey Years (5/1), Our Friend (5/1), Dakota Beat (7/1), Stoughan Cross (9/1), Kilkeaskins First (10/1), Schmidt (10/1), Pi Ahio (25/1), Bilbo Bagins (33/1)

A leap of faith is required in supporting BATCIO but he appeals as being on a handy mark on balance and, with January's reapperance spin at Naas under his belt, he may well be up to making a significant impact now. Espion du Chenet and Stoughan Cross are others fancied to play a part.