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Saturday 1 January 2022

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Happy New Year From Tote.ie Beginners Chase

Off time: 15:18 | Winning time: 5m 47.9s

Didn'tsleepawink²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: L P Dempsey| T: E M O'Sullivan

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 28/1, thirteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, soft) 27 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 46-70

Diol Ker²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| OR: 135| C

4/1

Smart hurdler. 7/1, bit below form ninth of 18 in novice chase at Navan (20f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 296-F59

Grand Paradis^t³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| C| D

5/2

Useful hurdler. Struggled in Drinmore Novices' Chase latest but had run well (prior to falling 2 out) on Down Royal chase debut previously. Shortlisted.

Form: 1411-FP

History Of Fashion¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: R Deegan⁽³⁾| T: P A Fahy

40/1

Fairly useful chaser. 33/1, third of 8 in novice chase at Thurles (24.8f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Not out of things.

Form: 4654-83

Johngus^t³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: P J Carberry| T: S Aherne

80/1

Fair hurdler. 18/1, below form fifth of 9 in novice hurdle at Punchestown (21.7f, good to soft) 39 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 42F6B-5

Jungle Boogie³²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W P Mullins

5/6

Twice-raced winner under NH rules. Easily won 20-runner novice at Punchestown (20f, heavy, 2/13) on hurdles bow in February. Much respected on chase debut.

Form: 11-

Know The Game⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J T R Dreaper

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fifteenth of 18 in novice chase at Gowran (20f, good to soft, 300/1) on debut over fences 42 days ago.

Form: 089-0

Mercury Lane^t²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: B J Cooper| T: P Nolan

50/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Fairly useful winner at 24f over hurdles. 40/1, tenth of 13 in novice chase at this course (21f, soft) 21 days ago.

Form: 221-C00

Minella Escape⁵³

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| D

10/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Ninth of 14 in novice chase at this course (21f, good to soft, 14/1) on debut over fences 53 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 1/F21F-9

Glen Ava^p²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: C O'Connell

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Sixteenth of 18 in novice chase at Navan (20f, good to soft, 300/1) 28 days ago.

Form: P44180

Non-Runners

Shadow Rider²⁹³

Weight: 12-0| Age: 8

T: W P Mullins J: Mark Walsh

Forecasts

Jungle Boogie (5/6), Grand Paradis (5/2), Diol Ker (4/1), Shadow Rider (4/1), Minella Escape (10/1), History Of Fashion (40/1), Mercury Lane (50/1), Johngus (80/1), Didn'tsleepawink (150/1), Glen Ava (250/1), Know The Game (250/1)

JUNGLE BOOGIE won impressively over hurdles in February and can make a winning start over the larger obstacles on his return here. Grand Paradis and stable companion Shadow Rider may provide the biggest dangers.