15:45 Sligo

Wednesday 15 September 2021

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Owenmore Handicap Chase (0-102)

Off time: 15:48 | Winning time: 5m 18.60s

Diggin Deep^b⁴³

Age: 11| Weight: 12-0| J: Brian Hayes| T: P G Fahey| OR: 102

15/2

12/1, fourteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (23.6f, good to soft) 43 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Well handicapped in this discipline, so big player if he can bounce back.

Form: 7-5P140

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Just A Normal Day^b,t¹⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 11-10| J: P J Cawley⁽⁷⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 98| D

10/1

6/1, creditable fourth of 10 in handicap chase at Downpatrick (17.8f, good) 16 days ago. One to consider.

Form: 055274

Sliabh Mhuire Lass^b,t²⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-7| J: D F O'Regan| T: Mrs G O'Connor| OR: 95

16/1

1 win from 2 runs this season. Pulled up in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (25f, good to soft, 8/1) 26 days ago. Not one to write off just yet.

Form: 622U-1P

Cluan Dara²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: J J Slevin| T: J P Ryan| OR: 94

8/1

Latest win in chase at Tramore in August. 6/1, ninth of 14 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (25f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Not discounted.

Form: 605U19

Emir De Rots^b²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Ricky Doyle| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 94

7/2

Winner in hurdle at Roscommon in July. Good second of 14 in claiming hurdle at Bellewstown (20.3f, good, 8/1) 21 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. First run for yard after leaving Paul Nolan.

Form: 32P162

Rolling Revenge^b,t³³

Age: 12| Weight: 11-3| J: C J Orr| T: Thomas Coyle| OR: 91| D

33/1

32½ lengths eighth of 11 to Cluan Dara in handicap chase at Tramore (21.7f, good, 22/1) 33 days ago.

Form: 68-6P78

Old Town Road²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: A W Short| T: Miss S J Harty| OR: 89

7/1

Remains a maiden after 16 NH runs. 7/1, excellent second of 14 in handicap chase at Killarney (20f, good to soft) 26 days ago, having run of race. Not sure to be in the same form.

Form: 9U6P-62

Zagnzig¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 10-7| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: H Smyth| OR: 81| D

11/1

One win from 37 NH runs. Twenty runs since last win in 2018. Sixth of 10 in handicap chase at Downpatrick (17.8f, good, 10/1) 16 days ago. Uphill task.

Form: 099-866

Still Alive³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: A J McNamara| OR: 80

16/1

Twenty two runs since last win in 2019. Seventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, soft, 17/2) 31 days ago. Makes chase debut. Up in trip. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 5-65567

Go Battle⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: P Byrne| OR: 79

7/2

Excellent second of 9 in handicap chase (12/1) at Ballinrobe (17f, good to soft) 5 days ago. Needs to back that up, but could get involved if doing so.

Form: 986762

Bellgrove³³

Age: 13| Weight: 10-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P M Cloke| OR: 74| BF| D

9/1

Respectable 2 lengths fourth of 11 to Cluan Dara in handicap chase (9/2) at Tramore (21.7f, good) 33 days ago. Should give his running once more.

Form: 580754

Forecasts

Emir De Rots (7/2), Go Battle (7/2), Old Town Road (7/1), Diggin Deep (15/2), Cluan Dara (8/1), Bellgrove (9/1), Just A Normal Day (10/1), Zagnzig (11/1), Still Alive (16/1), Sliabh Mhuire Lass (16/1), Rolling Revenge (33/1)

DIGGIN DEEP wasn't himself over hurdles last time but had been in reasonable form prior to that and he's on a lenient mark now returned to chasing. In a weak race, he's the tentative choice ahead of Cluan Dara, with Go Battle unlikely to be far away.