16:40 Clonmel

Thursday 28 October 2021

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Clonmel Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 4m 31.10s

Ciankyle^p¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: P Cluskey| OR: 109| D

10/1

Sixth of 8 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (20.3f, good, 28/1) 14 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Back down in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 2594P6

Shopping Around¹¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J T R Dreaper| OR: 107| CD

6/4

Fairly useful winner at 19f over hurdles. 11/2, respectable second of 15 in handicap chase at Limerick (19.7f, good) 110 days ago, no match for winner. Not taken lightly.

Form: 92P-162

Dontdooddson²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: P J Cawley⁽⁷⁾| T: R Tyner| OR: 106| C

4/1

10/1, career best when winning 10-runner handicap chase at Killarney (17f, soft) 25 days ago. Hard to know if he'll arrive in the same form, though.

Form: U66/PP-1

Tiantu^p,t²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr P Power⁽⁵⁾| T: Paul Power| OR: 103| D

13/2

Eighth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (16f, good, 8/1) 27 days ago, not ideally placed. Switches from hurdles to chase. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 078P78

Mullaghmurphy Blue^t⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-1| J: Mr P C Bannon⁽⁷⁾| T: J T R Dreaper| OR: 98

6/1

9/1, creditable 10 lengths seventh of 16 to Bellgrove in handicap chase at Thurles (18f, good) 7 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 82-4687

Trans Wood^p⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 10-8| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: G M Doyle| OR: 91

9/2

One win from 40 NH runs. Modest winner at 20f over hurdles. Respectable 15½ lengths eighth of 16 to Bellgrove in handicap chase at Thurles (18f, good, 8/1) 7 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 878358

Non-Runners

Ricky Langford¹⁵

Weight: 11-1| Age: 7

T: P J Rothwell J: J P O'Sullivan

Drummullagh Rocky⁴⁸

Weight: 10-4| Age: 12

T: S McParlan J: C D Maxwell

Bellgrove⁷

Weight: 9-12| Age: 13

T: P M Cloke J: Sean O'Keeffe

Forecasts

Shopping Around (6/4), Bellgrove (5/2), Dontdooddson (4/1), Ricky Langford (4/1), Trans Wood (9/2), Mullaghmurphy Blue (6/1), Tiantu (13/2), Drummullagh Rocky (7/1), Ciankyle (10/1)

SHOPPING AROUND is leniently treated based on hurdling form and arrives on the back of a creditable second at Limerick 110 days ago, so he's fancied to go one better if fully tuned up. Ricky Langford is thriving, underlined by a cracking effort over hurdles last time, so he's regarded as the main danger ahead of Drummluggah Rocky.