16:25 Downpatrick

Saturday 12 June 2021

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:0017:30

Laffy Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:25 | Winning time: 5m 53.60s

Stacks Mountain^b1⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 123| D

11/1

Pulled up in handicap chase at Punchestown (24.6f, good to soft, 50/1) 42 days ago, tailing off some way out. Blinkers on 1st time. Risky proposition at present.

Form: U318PP-

Konitho^p1,t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 121

14/1

8/1, below form sixth of 10 in handicap chase at Punchestown (20f, soft) 13 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 623P7-6

Oscar Thyne¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: C D Maxwell| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 121

7/2

Two wins from 5 runs last season. Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22f, heavy, 7/1) 18 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Makes handicap chase debut. Should progress.

Form: 56719-5

Argumental^p,t³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: J R Wildman⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 115

25/1

Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. Blinkered for 1st time, tenth of 14 in handicap chase (16/1) at Ballinrobe (19.5f, soft) 39 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Joseph Patrick O'Brien.

Form: 0/9556-0

Paris Texas^h²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: P Roche| OR: 114| C

25/1

One win from 22 NH runs. Fourteen runs since last win in 2018. 66/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Wexford (25.2f, heavy) 27 days ago, pulled up 2 out.

Form: 4/P800-P

Momus²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: N Meade| OR: 113

10/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2018. Sixth of 8 in novice chase (7/1) at Limerick (24.4f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: U/3345-6

Ask Cory^b²²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: H Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 112| CD

5/2

6/1, career best when winning 13-runner handicap chase at this C&D (soft) 22 days ago. Sure to go well.

Form: 44128-1

Urbanist^p³⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-12| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: S Millar| OR: 111| D

33/1

Ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle (50/1) at this course (21.8f, good) 36 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 1P1/0F-9

Eimear^p⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Smith| OR: 107| D

3/1

Respectable seventh of 14 in handicap chase (4/1) at Kilbeggan (25f, good to soft) 6 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 1512P-7

Twilight Girl⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: M J Bolger| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 105| D

9/1

Below form fifth of 14 in novice chase at Tramore (22f, good to soft, 15/2) 8 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 4357-45

Forecasts

Ask Cory (5/2), Eimear (3/1), Oscar Thyne (7/2), Twilight Girl (9/1), Momus (10/1), Stacks Mountain (11/1), Konitho (14/1), Paris Texas (25/1), Argumental (25/1), Urbanist (33/1)

EIMEAR shaped better than the bare result after 7 months off on his return to fences at Kilbeggan last week and remains well handicapped in this sphere on hurdles form. Ask Cory arrives on the back of a career-best win over C&D 3 weeks ago and is an obvious threat, while Oscar Thyne remains with potential back over fences.