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Saturday 4 December 2021

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Foxrock Handicap Chase (0-150) (Grade B)

Off time: 14:56 | Winning time: 5m 25.60s

Conflated⁴⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 145| CD

9/4

C&D winner. 4½ lengths second of 4 to Eklat De Rire in listed chase (10/3) at Wexford (23f, heavy) 40 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 1314-U2

Paloma Blue⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Keith Donoghue| T: A Lynch| OR: 145

40/1

Unreliable individual. 100/1, first run since leaving Henry De Bromhead when below form sixth of 10 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (16.5f, good) 7 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 1300-76

Foxy Jacks^h²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: J M Moore| T: M F Morris| OR: 137| D

10/1

1 win from 3 runs this season. 12/1, bit below form ninth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (23.9f, good to soft) 20 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 7661-49

Charlie Stout^t¹²⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: S Nolan| OR: 133| D

28/1

Bit below form ninth of 20 in handicap chase at Galway (18.2f, good, 40/1) 129 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 3C13/7-9

Winter Escape^p,t⁴¹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: A A Howard| OR: 133| D

12/1

Seven wins from 26 NH runs. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, good third of 8 in handicap chase at Galway (22.5f, heavy, 9/1) 41 days ago.

Form: 1-70333

Wa Wa^t²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 128| D

5/2

Promising sort. 8/1, career best when winning 13-runner handicap chase at Naas (20f, good to soft) 28 days ago, forging clear. Shortlist material.

Form: 3U2611

Soldier At War^t¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: L P Dempsey| T: G Elliott| OR: 124| D

20/1

Fell in handicap chase at this course (24f, good, 33/1) 13 days ago.

Form: 34/31-3F

Halsafari^p⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: R Deegan⁽³⁾| T: L P Cusack| OR: 123| D

15/2

Seventeen runs since last win in 2019. Unseated rider in handicap chase (4/1) at Fairyhouse (21f, good) 7 days ago.

Form: 50F-43U

Stansfield¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-13| J: C J Orr| T: Paul Traynor| OR: 120

16/1

Fell in handicap chase (9/1) at Gowran (20f, good to soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 3-06P2F

Golden Jewel²⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 9-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley| OR: 116| D

5/1

Twenty five runs since last win in 2018. Good second of 8 in handicap chase at Cork (16.7f, soft, 7/2) 20 days ago.

Form: 05-6282

Non-Runners

Ex Patriot³⁹⁹

Weight: 11-9| Age: 8

T: Miss Ellmarie Holden J: D F O'Regan

Forecasts

Conflated (9/4), Wa Wa (5/2), Golden Jewel (5/1), Halsafari (15/2), Foxy Jacks (10/1), Ex Patriot (10/1), Winter Escape (12/1), Stansfield (16/1), Soldier At War (20/1), Charlie Stout (28/1), Paloma Blue (40/1)

WA WA is thriving for his new yard, following up in emphatic fashion at Naas 4 weeks ago, and is taken to defy a 12 lb rise and complete the hat-trick. Conflated is next best ahead of Winter Escape.