13:10 Thurles

Sunday 19 December 2021

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Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:12 | Winning time: 4m 39.5s

All The Chimneys^b¹⁷

Age: 12| Weight: 11-10| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽²⁾| T: Leonard Flynn| OR: 120| CD

13/2

C&D winner. 9/1, laboured effort when sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.1f, soft) 17 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Blinkers back on. More needed to get involved.

Form: 4P-P216

Fine Brunello^b1⁴⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: J P Shinnick⁽⁴⁾| T: E Bolger| OR: 116

17/2

Fifteen runs since last win in 2018. 8/1, respectable 10¼ lengths sixth of 13 to All The Chimneys in handicap chase at this C&D (good to soft) 45 days ago, barely adequate test. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: F-45566

The Chapel Field⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: J B Foley⁽²⁾| T: W J Austin| OR: 113| CD

10/3

C&D winner. 9/1, looked rusty when eleventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft) 47 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Player if building on his reappearance effort.

Form: 74228-0

Western Sea²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁴⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 105| C

4/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2019. Wasted no time getting back to form when third of 13 in handicap chase at this C&D (good to soft, 12/1) 24 days ago. Can give another good account.

Form: P35353

Seskin Flyer²⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 10-6| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁴⁾| T: P Carey| OR: 102| CD

12/1

C&D winner. Seventeen runs since last win in 2019. 16/1, ninth of 13 in handicap chase at this C&D (good to soft) 24 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 0/9-6059

Ricky Langford^t²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-2| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁴⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 98

16/5

Latest win in chase at Ballinrobe in September. Good third of 16 in handicap hurdle at Navan (16f, good, 10/1) 28 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 451233

Springfield Lodge¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 9-13| J: Mike O'Connor⁽²⁾| T: E O'Grady| OR: 95

12/1

12/1, unseated rider 2 out in handicap chase at Tramore (21.4f, heavy) 10 days ago. Something to find on form so probably best to look elsewhere.

Form: 3110-6U

Bitview Colin^b¹⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 9-12| J: T Ryan⁽²⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 94

9/1

Twenty three runs since last win in 2020. 14/1, never better than mid-field when sixth of 14 in handicap chase at Tramore (21.4f, heavy) 10 days ago.

Form: 629P46

Forecasts

Ricky Langford (16/5), The Chapel Field (10/3), Western Sea (4/1), All The Chimneys (13/2), Fine Brunello (17/2), Bitview Colin (9/1), Seskin Flyer (12/1), Springfield Lodge (12/1)

Tough to rule any of these out but RICKY LANGFORD's consistency is hard to knock so Philip Rothwell's charge gets the vote to score back over the larger obstacles having mixed hurdling and chasing to good effect this year. The Chapel Field could step forward from his reappearance effort over timber so he may provide the main danger, ahead of Western Sea.