18:00 Wexford

Friday 1 April 2022

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Arctic Tack Stud Veterans Handicap Chase

Off time: 18:00 | Winning time: 5m 12.40s

Ben Dundee¹⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: A Lynch| OR: 145| D

13/8

Seventeen runs since last win in 2018. Bit below form eleventh of 24 in handicap chase (22/1) at Cheltenham (25f, good) 17 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 824720

The West's Awake^t¹⁴⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 11-8| J: Phillip Enright| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 141| D

8/1

Latest win in chase at Kilbeggan in June. Pulled up in handicap chase at Aintree (21.1f, good to soft, 20/1) 146 days ago, losing touch from Canal Turn.

Form: 17023P

Robin Des Foret^t⁵⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 10-9| J: Brian Hayes| T: J C McConnell| OR: 128| D

25/1

Ten wins from 39 NH runs. Pulled up in handicap chase (28/1) at Musselburgh (31.5f, good to soft) 55 days ago, dropping away soon after. Significantly back down in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 5803PP

Alpha Des Obeaux^p,t¹⁶

Age: 12| Weight: 10-1| J: L P Dempsey| T: G Elliott| OR: 120| D

12/1

Unreliable individual. Respectable sixth of 16 in minor event chase at Cheltenham (30.2f, soft, 66/1) 16 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 89U806

Kavanaghs Corner²⁰

Age: 13| Weight: 10-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 118

9/2

18/1, seventh of 10 in handicap chase at Gowran (18f, heavy) 20 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 7823U7

R'evelyn Pleasure^p²⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: S O O'Brien| OR: 118| D

3/1

Respectable sixth of 10 in handicap chase (13/2) at Gowran (18f, heavy) 20 days ago. Has work to do.

Form: P24556

Cap D'Aubois²⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: R P Treacy| T: M E K Keoghan| OR: 116

28/1

Creditable third of 8 in minor event chase at Sligo (24.7f, good to soft, 22/1) on latest start under Rules back in September 2019. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 3453/56

Neverushacon^p,t⁷⁷

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 116| D

15/2

100/1, last of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (12f) 77 days ago. Switches from Flat to chase. Fairly useful chaser, below form on last chase run. Others have achieved more.

Form: 0P4U-40

Forecasts

Ben Dundee (13/8), R'evelyn Pleasure (3/1), Kavanaghs Corner (9/2), Neverushacon (15/2), The West's Awake (8/1), Alpha Des Obeaux (12/1), Robin Des Foret (25/1), Cap D'Aubois (28/1)

BEN DUNDEE went close in a valuable Leopardstown handicap during the Christmas period and, if able to reproduce form akin to that here, he will take plenty of stopping. The 10-y-o was down the field in the Ultima back from a break at the Cheltenham Festival last month, but this is a much easier assignment. Kavanaghs Corner gets the nod for forecast purposes ahead of Alpha Des Obeaux.