16:40 Navan

Tuesday 22 February 2022

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Gibney's Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 6m 42.8s

Ragnar Lodbrok^b²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 121| BF

5/1

Useful winner at 19f over hurdles. 10/3, below form sixth of 11 in handicap chase at Down Royal (24f, good to soft) 28 days ago, losing touch from 4 out. Bounce back required.

Form: 0-67026

Agent Boru²⁸

Age: 11| Weight: 11-9| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 118| D

14/1

16/1, back to form when fourth of 11 in handicap chase at Down Royal (24f, good to soft) 28 days ago, plugging on straight. A place probably best he can hope for.

Form: 176874

Wishmoor^p⁵⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 11-9| J: Ricky Doyle| T: J F Levins| OR: 118

18/1

11/1, bounced back to form when won 11-runner handicap chase at Limerick (22.6f, heavy) 55 days ago, rallying after last. Nudged up just 2 lb but not sure to be in same form.

Form: 132-PP1

Call The Tune²³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: D J McInerney| T: B Connell| OR: 115

5/2

Promising individual. 14/1, best effort when ½-length third of 18 to Handsworth in handicap chase at Naas (20.4f, good to soft) 23 days ago. Likely to progress further, so merits consideration.

Form: 652-673

Thunderosa^t,v1²⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: J J Slevin| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 115| D

14/1

Fairly useful winner at 24f over hurdles. Again finished well held when seventh of 11 in handicap chase (6/1) at Down Royal (24f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Visor on 1st time.

Form: 040657

Dubai Devils^p²⁸

Age: 11| Weight: 11-5| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: P Stafford| OR: 114| D

7/1

7/1, creditable second of 11 in handicap chase at Down Royal (24f, good to soft) 28 days ago, running on late after outpaced 4 out. He could have a say in proceedings.

Form: 36-7732

Handsworth^p²³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 114| C

12/1

Course winner. Career best when winning 18-runner handicap chase at Naas (20.4f, good to soft, 22/1) 23 days ago, leading final 100 yds. Should remain competitive up 6 lb.

Form: 842141

Conquredalofeurope^b¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: S Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: J Motherway| OR: 111| BF

4/1

Fairly useful winner at 19f over hurdles. 10/3 and blinkered, creditable fourth of 15 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (21f, soft) 13 days ago, keeping on straight after shuffled back home turn.

Form: 0-00724

Aherlow^b,t³⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 108| D

50/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2018. 16/1 and blinkered/tongue tied for 1st time, sixth of 11 in handicap chase at Punchestown (23f, heavy) 37 days ago. Best to look elsewhere.

Form: 3P2U/U6

School Lane²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-5| J: Sam Ewing| T: L Lennon| OR: 100| D

6/1

2 wins from 5 runs this season. Latest win at Fairyhouse in January. 8/1, creditable fourth of 16 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (25.5f, good to soft) 24 days ago.

Form: 811114

Kilcasey Gold^b¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 83

100/1

150/1, seventh of 10 in novice chase at Thurles (16.4f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: PPPP07

Non-Runners

Railway Hurricane²³

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: G P Cromwell J: Keith Donoghue

Envol Pierji⁵³

Weight: 11-7| Age: 8

T: Miss E Doyle J: Simon Torrens

All Class⁶⁶

Weight: 10-12| Age: 7

T: R McNally J: D F O'Regan

Never Off Duty³¹

Weight: 10-7| Age: 10

T: R Tyner J: Mark Walsh

Forecasts

All Class (6/4), Call The Tune (5/2), Conquredalofeurope (4/1), Ragnar Lodbrok (5/1), School Lane (6/1), Dubai Devils (7/1), Handsworth (12/1), Thunderosa (14/1), Agent Boru (14/1), Never Off Duty (14/1), Envol Pierji (16/1), Wishmoor (18/1), Railway Hurricane (33/1), Aherlow (50/1), Kilcasey Gold (100/1)

Ronan McNally rarely misses when the money is down and his ALL CLASS can continue her rich vein of form and complete the hat-trick back over the larger obstacles. Call The Tune ran his best race yet when a close third at Naas 3 weeks ago so he's expected to be in the mix upped even further in distance, along with old rival Handsworth, and Dubai Devils.