14:30 Cork

Sunday 14 November 2021

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Mallow Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:33 | Winning time: 4m 31.8s

Noble Yeats¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: E Mullins| OR: 142| BF

13/8

Promising individual. 7/4, 15¼ lengths fourth of 7 to Cape Gentleman in Grade 3 chase at this course (20f, heavy) 14 days ago. Remains open to improvement now handicapping.

Form: 3161-14

Epson Du Houx^h,t¹⁹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 140

7/1

Latest win in chase at Naas in January. 14/1, respectable sixth of 19 in handicap chase at Punchestown (16f, good to soft). Off 6 months. Not taken lightly.

Form: 110F36-

Everlastingpromise¹⁰⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: J S McGarvey| T: E Bolger| OR: 139| D

40/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, eighteenth of 19 in handicap chase at Galway (22.5f, good, 14/1) 107 days ago, possibly amiss when. Back down in trip.

Form: 44/1-720

Arahecan¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: D Robinson| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 124

14/1

Not seen to best effect when seventh of 9 in handicap chase (9/2) at Down Royal (16.4f, soft) on reappearance 16 days ago. May fare better this time.

Form: 615FP-7

Halsafari^p²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: L P Cusack| OR: 123

4/1

11/1, first run since leaving Michael J. Bowe when respectable fourth of 10 in handicap chase at this course (17.7f, good to soft) 28 days ago, unable to sustain effort.

Form: 2450F-4

Weihnachts¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: L P Dempsey| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 119| D

8/1

Creditable third of 9 in handicap chase at Down Royal (16.4f, soft, 14/1) 16 days ago, conceding first run.

Form: 9611-73

Exit To The West²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: R Tyner| OR: 116| C

16/1

Course winner. 14/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Wexford (20f, heavy) on reappearance 21 days ago. Needs to have come on a lot.

Form: 22124-P

Golden Jewel¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 9-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: E Cawley| OR: 114| BF

7/2

Twenty four runs since last win in 2018. 3/1, respectable eighth of 13 in handicap chase at Thurles (18f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 505-628

Forecasts

Noble Yeats (13/8), Golden Jewel (7/2), Halsafari (4/1), Epson Du Houx (7/1), Weihnachts (8/1), Arahecan (14/1), Exit To The West (16/1), Everlastingpromise (40/1)

NOBLE YEATS was a touch disappointing when a beaten favourite in a course Grade 3 last time but the promise of his Galway chase debut success is still fresh in the memory and it's possible an opening handicap mark in the low-140s could underestimate him. Epson du Houx could pose the chief threat if picking up where he left off in the spring. Weihnachts is also on the shortlist.