14:52 Galway

Sunday 24 October 2021

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Glenman Corporation Handicap Chase (0-109)

Off time: 14:53 | Winning time: 6m 8.8s

Classic Concorde¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: A McNamara| OR: 109

18/1

Fell in handicap chase at Punchestown (23.9f, good, 33/1) 12 days ago.

Form: P228P-F

Sizing Malbay²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: P J Carberry| T: B McMahon| OR: 105

10/1

Latest win in chase at Punchestown in May. Respectable 12¾ lengths eighth of 14 to Father Jed in handicap chase at Listowel (24f, good, 14/1) 29 days ago.

Form: P-71P68

Sir Bob²⁶⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: D F O'Regan| T: R Tyner| OR: 102

7/1

14/1, improved to win 20-runner handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy) when last seen in January, shaken up to assert. Only 1 lb higher back chasing so major player if returning in same form.

Form: 2/80001-

Rock On Barney²¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: D L Queally| T: D Queally| OR: 100| CD

10/1

C&D winner. First run since leaving Paul John Gilligan when twelfth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (24f, good to soft, 7/1) 21 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: P523P-0

Pairc Na Ngael²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: L P Dempsey| T: C Byrnes| OR: 99

6/1

Struggling a long way out when sixth of 10 in handicap chase (8/1) at Tipperary (17f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Could only consider if backed.

Form: 92P0-06

Wake Up Early^p¹⁰⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: F J Flood| OR: 94| CD

15/2

C&D winner. Eleven runs since last win in 2019. 8/1, thirteenth of 15 in handicap chase at Limerick (22.2f, good) 106 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: PP2-P20

Lessofdnegativity²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: C J Orr| T: A J McNamara| OR: 91

14/1

Latest win in hurdle at Tipperary in May. Fair winner at 24f over hurdles. 18/1, below form seventh of 12 in handicap chase at Killarney (23f, soft) 21 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 9-1F037

Balbir Du Mathan^t²³⁴

Age: 12| Weight: 10-9| J: D J McInerney| T: P G Kelly| OR: 90

66/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2018. 100/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Clonmel (20f, heavy), pulled up last. Off 7 months. First run for yard after leaving S. J. Mahon.

Form: PP9P/PP-

Garrai Phaidin^t¹⁶

Age: 12| Weight: 10-8| J: R P Treacy| T: S K Ryder| OR: 89

12/1

Eighth of 12 in handicap chase (9/1) at Downpatrick (23.5f, soft) 16 days ago but claims on his C&D third last month.

Form: 38-5388

Mystic Embarr^b,t²¹⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 10-4| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: E Cawley| OR: 85

22/1

Modest winner at 24f over hurdles. Fourteenth of 15 in novice chase (80/1) at Clonmel (16.2f, soft) on debut over fences. Off 7 months. Significantly back up in trip. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 6/41870-

Go All The Way¹⁰⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: K C Sexton| T: F J Flood| OR: 84

9/1

20/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Limerick (22.2f, good) 106 days ago, struggling when pulled up 4 out.

Form: 0800-4P

Captain Jimmy^b²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: P G Kelly| OR: 83

3/1

Fell in handicap chase at Punchestown (23.9f, good, 33/1) 12 days ago.

Form: 760045

Sanibel Island¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 9-12| J: A W Short| T: P G Kelly| OR: 76

11/1

Fell in handicap chase at Punchestown (23.9f, good, 33/1) 12 days ago.

Form: 06-0P54

Non-Runners

Father Jed¹²

Weight: 11-8| Age: 10

T: J P Ryan J: Danny Mullins

Hilltop Supreme¹⁹⁸

Weight: 11-0| Age: 9

T: D E Fitzgerald J: Sean Flanagan

Forecasts

Captain Jimmy (3/1), Pairc Na Ngael (6/1), Sir Bob (7/1), Father Jed (7/1), Wake Up Early (15/2), Go All The Way (9/1), Sizing Malbay (10/1), Rock On Barney (10/1), Sanibel Island (11/1), Garrai Phaidin (12/1), Hilltop Supreme (12/1), Lessofdnegativity (14/1), Classic Concorde (18/1), Mystic Embarr (22/1), Balbir Du Mathan (66/1)

HILLTOP SUPREME and Sir Bob are both potentially well treated back chasing after improved performances over hurdles. That's particularly the case with the former who returns to the larger obstacles from a mark 12 lb lower than the one he defied over timber at Cork in March. Father Jed has had a very good time of things in the main this autumn and should also play a part.