13:45 Cork

Sunday 5 December 2021

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O'Flynn Group Irish EBF Mares Novice Chase (Grade 2)

Off time: 13:45 | Winning time: 4m 16.6s

Carrigeen Lotus²⁸⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Miss E A Lalor| T: R H Lalor| C

50/1

Fair hurdler. Fair winner at 16f over hurdles. Pulled up in listed hurdle at Navan (21f, heavy, 14/1) won by Atlantic Fairy, pulled up before next. Off 9 months. Makes chase debut. Down in trip.

Form: 13/147P-

Concertista^t²¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W P Mullins| BF| D

13/8

Smart hurdler. 8/11 and tongue strap on for 1st time, bit below form 9½ lengths third of 8 to Stormy Ireland in Mares Champion Hurdle at Punchestown (20f, good to soft). Makes chase debut.

Form: 31/1123-

Dolcita²⁹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: C P McNamara| T: W P Mullins

16/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Off 9 months. Makes chase debut. Down in trip. Re-joined yard after leaving Fergal O'Brien.

Form: 2132/23-

Jeremys Flame^h²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: L P Dempsey| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 135

18/1

Fairly useful chaser. Eleven runs since last win in 2019. 13/2, creditable third of 18 in novice chase at Naas (19f, good to soft) 29 days ago, better placed than most.

Form: FU3P-23

Kitty Galore²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: K C Sexton| T: J P Ryan| OR: 125| D

40/1

Fairly useful chaser. Latest win in chase at Clonmel in October. 19½ lengths fourth of 5 to Notebook in Fortria Chase (16/1) at Navan (16f, good to soft) 28 days ago.

Form: 103P14

Magic Daze²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: D F O'Regan| T: H De Bromhead| CD

10/11

Promising sort. 1 win from 3 runs this season. 8/15, career best when winning 7-runner novice chase at this C&D (soft) 21 days ago, easily. Yard in good form. Should progress.

Form: 3124-31

Robinnia⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: J B Foley| T: W P Mullins| BF

9/1

Promising sort. 2 wins from 4 runs this season. 11/4, creditable third of 10 in novice chase at Galway (18.2f, heavy) 43 days ago, finding less than looked likely. Should have more to offer.

Form: 04-1F13

Sayce Gold²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: D J McInerney| T: M Winters| C

28/1

Useful hurdler. 7/2, 26¼ lengths third of 7 to Magic Daze in novice chase at this C&D (soft) on debut over fences 21 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: P1173-3

That's Lifebuoy⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: I J Power| T: J P Ryan| OR: 107

80/1

Fair hurdler. One win from 21 NH runs. Eleven runs since last win in 2021. Fair winner at 22f over hurdles. 9/2, third of 5 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (19.8f, good) 7 days ago.

Form: 22F523

Non-Runners

Razzle Dazzle Love⁴³

Weight: 11-2| Age: 7

T: T Gibney J: J P O'Sullivan

Riviere D'etel¹

Weight: 11-1| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Shane Fitzgerald

Forecasts

Magic Daze (10/11), Riviere D'etel (10/11), Concertista (13/8), Robinnia (9/1), Dolcita (16/1), Razzle Dazzle Love (16/1), Jeremys Flame (18/1), Sayce Gold (28/1), Kitty Galore (40/1), Carrigeen Lotus (50/1), That's Lifebuoy (80/1)

RIVIERE D'ETEL has made a hugely encouraging start to her chasing career, winning a Grade 2 at Punchestown 3 weeks ago in impressive fashion, and following uop with even better effort on Saturday. He's going to be very hard to beat if turned out quickly. Concertista was much the best of these over hurdles so warrants huge respect now chasing on her return, with Magic Daze best of the others.