17:25 Tipperary

Thursday 6 May 2021

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Tipperary Racecourse Handicap Chase

Off time: 17:26 | Winning time: 4m 33.10s

Bolbec¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 106

9/2

Fairly useful winner at 2m over hurdles. 6 lengths third of 13 to Jack Holiday in handicap chase at Tramore (15.1f, good to soft, 11/2) 18 days ago. Claims again with a repeat.

Form: 10/9003-

Espion Du Chenet¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: R P Treacy| T: Louise G Lyons| OR: 105

13/2

Latest win in chase at Thurles in February. 12¼ lengths fifth of 13 to Jack Holiday in handicap chase at Tramore (15.1f, good to soft) 18 days ago, not for first time failing to see his race out.

Form: P1U525-

Arthur Fonzarelli^t³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 104| D

11/1

Fair winner at 17f over hurdles. 50/1, ninth of 12 in novice chase at Clonmel (19.9f, good to soft) 35 days ago. Will hold more chance now handicapping and interesting what the market makes of him.

Form: 1060U9-

Jack Holiday^p¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: J F Gleeson| OR: 104| CD

10/3

C&D winner. 8/1, career best when winning 13-runner handicap chase at Tramore (15.1f, good to soft) 18 days ago, well on top finish. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 832611-

Broder¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 102| D

8/1

Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. 25/1, 8¾ lengths fourth of 13 to Jack Holiday in handicap chase at Tramore (15.1f, good to soft) 18 days ago, not knocked about. Likely he has more to offer.

Form: 320P94-

Crimson Chief¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: J Morrison| OR: 102

20/1

One win from 23 NH runs. 14/1, below form 35½ lengths eighth of 13 to Jack Holiday in handicap chase at Tramore (15.1f, good to soft) 18 days ago.

Form: 6F7038-

Full Of Zandre^p,t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: P J Carberry| T: A McNamara| OR: 102

16/1

8/1, good fifth of 14 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (19.9f, good) 13 days ago. Present mark demands some progress if he's to figure.

Form: 305675-

Rolling Revenge^p1,t¹⁷⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr C W McCormack⁽⁷⁾| T: Thomas Coyle| OR: 98

25/1

Veteran. Latest win in chase at Clonmel in October. 14/1, bit below form eighth of 14 in handicap chase at Clonmel (20.2f, heavy) 175 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: P/73168-

Fightfortheroses¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: L P Dempsey| T: E Bolger| OR: 97

18/1

37 lengths ninth of 13 to Jack Holiday in handicap chase at Tramore (15.1f, good to soft, 10/1) 18 days ago. That was his first start for 6 months and ths should reveal more.

Form: 009679-

Thisonesforollie^p¹⁴³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: D F O'Regan| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 94

22/1

Eighteen runs since last win in 2018. 27¼ lengths twelfth of 18 to Espion Du Chenet in handicap chase (12/1) at Naas (16f, heavy) 143 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: F24F40-

Cluan Dara³⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 93

9/1

Latest win in chase at Clonmel (16.3f) in March. Fourth of 7 in handicap chase at Limerick (19.6f) 39 days ago, not disgraced given he was long way out of the weights. This rates more suitable.

Form: FPP814-

Give Me A Moment^t1⁹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: A W Short| T: P Griffin| OR: 92

33/1

80/1, sixth of 9 in minor event chase at Down Royal (16.2f, heavy) 91 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 479756-

Captain Cobajay¹⁶²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 91

80/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2019. 150/1, twelfth of 14 in claimer at Dundalk (12f). Switches from Flat to chase. Pulled up on last chase run.

Form: 26678P-

Black Samurai^t⁶⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Aherne| OR: 89

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Seventh of 14 in novice chase (250/1) at Gowran (20f, heavy) 65 days ago. That was his best effort yet and there may well be more to come now sights are set on handicaps.

Form: 51/P0F7-

The Broom Squire^p,t⁵⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 82

20/1

One win from 3 runs last season. Pulled up in handicap chase (40/1) at Leopardstown (21.4f, good) 59 days ago, behind when pulled up last. Tongue strap back on. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: PPP/10P-

Capture The Drama^p²¹

Age: 13| Weight: 9-12| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: Aengus King| OR: 77| CD

25/1

Unreliable type. Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, good to soft, 14/1) 21 days ago, pulled up before 2 out. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: P6PR3P-

Non-Runners

Fly De Megaudais¹⁷

Weight: 9-12| Age: 8

T: M J McDonagh J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Jack Holiday (10/3), Bolbec (9/2), Espion Du Chenet (13/2), Broder (8/1), Cluan Dara (9/1), Arthur Fonzarelli (11/1), Black Samurai (12/1), Full Of Zandre (16/1), Fightfortheroses (18/1), Crimson Chief (20/1), The Broom Squire (20/1), Thisonesforollie (22/1), Capture The Drama (25/1), Rolling Revenge (25/1), Give Me A Moment (33/1), Captain Cobajay (80/1)

JACK HOLIDAY has proved a different porposition for the fitting of cheekpieces, scoring over C&D in October and picking up where he left off to score impressively at Tramore 18 days ago. He's fancied to make a bold bid to complete the hat-trick, with Bolbec and Broder fancied to pose the chief threats.