14:40 Sligo

Wednesday 15 September 2021

All13:3514:1014:4015:1515:4516:1516:50

Frank O'Beirne Memorial Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 4m 17.6s

Benefit Run⁴⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: C J Orr| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 122| CD

4/1

Unreliable type. Course winner. Very good second of 20 in handicap chase (50/1) at Galway (18.2f, good) 49 days ago. Player.

Form: R464-82

Optical Confusion^t¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: J J Slevin| T: M Butler| OR: 122| D

12/1

Latest win in chase at Ballinrobe in May. Fourth of 5 in minor event chase at Wexford (20f, good, 8/1) 11 days ago.

Form: 1UF554

Ingleby Mackenzie^t¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Emma Twomey⁽⁷⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 119

9/1

Latest win in chase at Clonmel in June. Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (19.5f, good, 9/1) 12 days ago.

Form: 8-13755

Convara⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E McCutcheon| OR: 118| D

33/1

Below form twelfth of 20 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Galway (16.6f, good) 9 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 54P-P70

Grange Walk⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: B J Cooper| T: J P Ryan| OR: 117| D

4/1

Latest win in chase at Limerick in July. 7/1, fell in handicap chase at Galway (18.2f, good) 49 days ago. Has good chance on form.

Form: 47-041F

Great Khan^t⁴⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Brian Hayes| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 116| D

25/1

Latest win in chase at Ballinrobe in May. Pulled up in handicap chase at Galway (18.2f, good, 50/1) 49 days ago, fourth. Has work to do.

Form: 23-159P

Turbo^t²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: D F O'Regan| T: J R Finn| OR: 116| D

6/1

1 win from 2 runs this season. 6/1, good second of 16 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (18.2f, good to soft) 26 days ago, clear of rest. Switches from hurdles to chase. Enters calculations.

Form: 10P6-12

Rocky Court^p²³

Age: 12| Weight: 11-2| J: A W Short| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 114| D

40/1

Unreliable sort. Thirteen runs since last win in 2018. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, fourth of 5 in minor event chase (80/1) at Ballinrobe (17f, good) 23 days ago.

Form: 32-5654

Espion Du Chenet^t²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: R P Treacy| T: Louise G Lyons| OR: 109| D

11/1

Career best when winning 9-runner handicap chase (10/1) at Killarney (17f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: 525-561

Jack Holiday^b²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: J F Gleeson| OR: 109| D

13/2

9/1 and blinkered for 1st time, good ½-length third of 9 to Espion Du Chenet in handicap chase at Killarney (17f, good to soft) 26 days ago.

Form: 444583

Western Sea¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 106| C

5/1

Course winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2019. Creditable fifth of 10 in handicap chase at Downpatrick (17.8f, good, 8/1) 16 days ago.

Form: 64-5P35

Forecasts

Grange Walk (4/1), Benefit Run (4/1), Western Sea (5/1), Turbo (6/1), Jack Holiday (13/2), Ingleby Mackenzie (9/1), Espion Du Chenet (11/1), Optical Confusion (12/1), Great Khan (25/1), Convara (33/1), Rocky Court (40/1)

GRANGE WALK had opened his account over fences at Limerick in the style of one who'd go on to even better things and he was still yet to be asked for his effort when coming to grief 3 out at Galway since. He remains one to be interested in so gets the vote over Turbo and Benefit Run.