12:35 Thurles

Thursday 25 November 2021

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Racing TV Black Friday Offer Tomorrow Only Handicap Chase (0-116)

Off time: 12:35 | Winning time: 4m 36.6s

Arthur's Quay^t⁶¹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: P Roche| OR: 113| BF

4/1

Produced best effort to date over fences when fifth of 14 in handicap chase (18/5) at Listowel (24f, good) 61 days ago. Drops in trip and could have a say.

Form: 580-455

Yaiza¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 111

40/1

40/1, seventeenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Navan (22f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Back chasing with something to prove.

Form: 686260

Ciankyle²⁸

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

18/1

10/1, creditable second of 6 in handicap chase at Clonmel (16.3f, heavy) 28 days ago, though was well positioned.

Form: 594P62

Pretty Little Liar^t²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: D P Dunne| OR: 109| CD

9/2

Made a smooth transition to chasing when readily landing 14-runner maiden over C&D 3 weeks ago. Has had plenty of racing but is entitled to do better over fences.

Form: 822211

Dontdooddson²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Phillip Enright| T: R Tyner| OR: 106

8/1

Landed a third career success after 11 months off at Killarney in October. In process of running respectably when falling heavily 2 out in a similar event at Clonmel last time.

Form: 66/PP-1F

Western Sea⁵³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: C A Landers| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 105| C

12/1

Produced a rare below-par effort when fifth of 10 in handicap chase at Tipperary (17f, good to soft) 53 days ago. Type to bounce back quickly.

Form: 5P3535

Seskin Flyer²¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: P Carey| OR: 104| CD

16/1

C&D winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2019, though shaped as if better for the run after a 4-month break when fifth of 13 in handicap chase (50/1) at this C&D (good to soft) 3 weeks ago.

Form: D0/9-605

My Oakclahome^b²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: D M O'Brien| OR: 103

6/1

Blinkered for 1st time, in process of running respectably unseating rider 2 out in handicap chase (16/1) at this C&D (good to soft) 21 days ago. Not dismissed.

Form: 3P669U

An Marcach^p¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: D J McInerney| T: D Donovan| OR: 102

22/1

22/1, didn't shape too badly when seventh of 14 in 3m handicap chase at Fairyhouse (good to soft) 16 days ago, fading between last 2. Drop back in trip an obvious plus and not discounted.

Form: 17-4007

Howaya Aoife¹⁸⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 10-10| J: Ricky Doyle| T: G Keane| OR: 95

28/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2019 and out of sorts at Wexford when last seen in May. Returns with enough to prove.

Form: 35570-7

Gold Creek^p¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: J J Slevin| T: Aengus King| OR: 89| BF| C

11/2

Finally broke her duck in handicap hurdle here earlier this month, but was let down by her jumping back over fences at Naas 2 days later, unseating her rider at the seventh.

Form: 36501U

Rolling Revenge^t¹¹

Age: 12| Weight: 10-1| J: C J Orr| T: Thomas Coyle| OR: 86| D

20/1

250/1, unseated rider fourth in minor event chase at Punchestown (24f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 78953U

Bellgrove³⁵

Age: 13| Weight: 9-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P M Cloke| OR: 78| CD

11/1

Took advantage of a career-low mark to end a long losing run in 16-runner handicap chase at this C&D (good) 35 days ago. Wouldn't be an obvious type to follow up.

Form: 075471

Forecasts

Arthur's Quay (4/1), Pretty Little Liar (9/2), Gold Creek (11/2), My Oakclahome (6/1), Dontdooddson (8/1), Bellgrove (11/1), Western Sea (12/1), Seskin Flyer (16/1), Ciankyle (18/1), Rolling Revenge (20/1), An Marcach (22/1), Howaya Aoife (28/1), Yaiza (40/1)

PRETTY LITTLE LIAR has had plenty of racing, but she made a smooth transition to chasing when winning with more in hand than the bare margins would imply at Thurles 3 weeks ago, so gets the nod to follow up now returning to handicap company. Arthur's Quay ran his best race over fences at Listowel last time and merits consideration, along with An Marcach, who drops back to a more suitable trip.