15:55 Wexford

Sunday 16 May 2021

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Think Print And Design Wexford Novice Chase

Off time: 15:55 | Winning time: 4m 18.4s

Automatic¹⁷¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Donagh Meyler| T: W J Burke| OR: 98| D

33/1

Fair hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Limerick in July. Ninth of 13 in novice chase (250/1) at Thurles (18f, heavy) 171 days ago. Type to do better in low-grade handicaps in this sphere.

Form: 0/19469-

Bold Enough³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Mark Walsh| T: H De Bromhead

1/2

Fairly useful hurdler. 11/2, creditable third of 22 in handicap hurdle at Aintree (16.5f, good to soft) 37 days ago, clear of rest. Has a background in points and he may do better now chasing.

Form: 145623-

Four Courts^t⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: P J Cawley⁽⁷⁾| T: B Cawley| OR: 95

100/1

Poor hurdler. 150/1, twelfth of 14 in novice chase at Cork (20f, good to soft) 42 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 6/00070-

Mahler Of Autumn¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: K J Brouder| T: E McCarthy

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 150/1, first run since leaving K. A. Heffernan when tenth of 16 in novice chase at Tipperary (23.3f, good to soft) on debut over fences 10 days ago.

Form: 3P610-0

Nero Rock^t1⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M F Morris| D

5/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Two wins from 6 runs last season. Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft) 42 days ago. However, he may yet get back on the up now switched to chasing.

Form: 511P0P-

Effernock Fizz⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: A W Short| T: Miss K Brown| CD

3/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 9/1, 7 lengths sixth of 7 to Getaway Gorgeous in listed mares event at Killarney (17f, good to soft) 7 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 53966-6

Non-Runners

Gold Des Bois¹²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: Mrs D Foster J: R M Power

Galloway Du Lia⁶³

Weight: 11-6| Age: 5

T: J Halley J: J J Doyle

Greenway Machine¹⁰¹

Weight: 11-6| Age: 9

T: Ms H P Markham J: Cian Cullinan

Le Figaro Faoudel¹²

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: E McCarthy J: G P Brouder

Forecasts

Bold Enough (1/2), Effernock Fizz (3/1), Gold Des Bois (3/1), Nero Rock (5/1), Galloway Du Lia (20/1), Le Figaro Faoudel (25/1), Automatic (33/1), Greenway Machine (33/1), Mahler Of Autumn (80/1), Four Courts (100/1)

GOLD DES BOIS was strong in the betting and got firmly back on track when making a winning chase debut at Ballinrobe 12 days ago, jumping fine and edging ahead final strides. He's entitled to build on that and gets the nod to follow up. Bold Enough ended last season in good form over hurdles and is feared most, ahead of Nero Rock and Effernock Fizz.