14:48 Cork

Saturday 8 January 2022

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Off time: 14:48 | Winning time: 5m 49.80s

Ben Thomson^t¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: N Meade

11/2

Fair hurdler. 5/1, career best when winning 15-runner handicap hurdle at Down Royal (17f, heavy) 13 days ago, battling well. Makes chase debut. Respected.

Form: 584401

Coolamber^t⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: S Neville

50/1

Poor chaser. Fourth of 7 in minor event chase (40/1) at Tramore (15.4f, heavy) on debut over fences 7 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 60-8904

Dancing Jeremy⁴¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: B J Cooper| T: T Cooper| OR: 102

7/1

Promising individual. 16/1, sixth of 13 in maiden chase at Gowran (20f, heavy), finishing with running left. Off 13 months. First run for yard after leaving John Patrick Ryan. Should improve.

Form: 486276-

Exciting Oscar¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: R Deegan⁽³⁾| T: D Ahern| OR: 101

3/1

Fair winner at 24f over hurdles. Off 10 months, good sixth of 16 in handicap chase (16/1) at Limerick (22.6f, heavy) 10 days ago. May come on for the run.

Form: P/1332-6

Fou Diligence^p²³

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 97| BF

10/3

Fair hurdler winner. 10/3, third of 17 in handicap chase at Naas (16f, soft) 23 days ago. Back up in trip. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 0-90U93

Fox Watch¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Danny Mullins| T: A Mullins

17/2

Fair hurdler. Creditable seventh of 18 in handicap hurdle (66/1) at Limerick (21f, heavy) 11 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 069607

Mosstown Miller¹⁰

Age: 11| Weight: 12-0| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: Patrick J Hassett| OR: 79

50/1

Modest chaser. Creditable fifth of 11 in handicap chase at Limerick (22.6f, heavy, 33/1) 10 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 7934P5

Thedancingfarrier³⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: I J Power| T: P Kiely| CD

5/1

Fair hurdler. Winner in hurdle here in December. Ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle (9/2) at Tramore (21f, heavy) 30 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Enters calculations.

Form: 466519

Top Question¹³

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr C J Shine⁽⁷⁾| T: L J Archdeacon| OR: 87

50/1

Modest hurdler. Below form sixth of 16 in handicap chase (25/1) at Limerick (19.7f, heavy) 13 days ago.

Form: 5P3P06

Be My Dream³⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Kevin Sexton| T: J R Finn| OR: 86

22/1

Modest chaser. Below form sixth of 14 in novice chase (50/1) at Tramore (21.4f, heavy) 30 days ago.

Form: 0602P/6

Hidden Dilemma^p²⁶⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 108| D

20/1

Modest hurdler. Sixteen runs since last win in 2018. Modest winner at 20f over hurdles. 12/1, thirteenth of 14 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (19.9f, good). Off 8 months.

Form: 076660-

Quarry Girl^t⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| D

18/1

Fair hurdler. 33/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, fourteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (24.5f, soft) 7 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 1440-80

Non-Runners

Clarabello³⁰

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: Miss E Doyle J: Sean Flanagan

Forecasts

Exciting Oscar (3/1), Fou Diligence (10/3), Thedancingfarrier (5/1), Ben Thomson (11/2), Dancing Jeremy (7/1), Fox Watch (17/2), Clarabello (10/1), Quarry Girl (18/1), Hidden Dilemma (20/1), Be My Dream (22/1), Top Question (50/1), Mosstown Miller (50/1), Coolamber (50/1)

A repeat of the form FOU DILIGENCE showed when placed in a handicap at Naas last time might be good enough to see him get off the mark over fences. Ben Thomson came good over hurdles last time and will be a threat if able to reproduce that form now chasing. Dancing Jeremy could also have a say if primed for his new stable after an absence.