19:00 Wexford
Friday 5 August 2022
All16:4517:1517:5018:2519:0019:3520:10
Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Opportunity Handicap Chase
- 4YO plus  |  2m 4f  |  Good (Good to Yielding in places)  |  10 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 19:00Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 4m 56.00s
Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
10/1, bit below form ninth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.6f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Back up in trip.
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Eleven runs since last win in 2019. Pulled up in handicap chase (10/1) at Leopardstown (21f, good to soft), pulled up next. Off 7 months. Uphill task.
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Latest win in chase at Tramore in June. Unseated rider in handicap chase (5/1) at Tipperary (19.5f, soft) 19 days ago.
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Blinkered for 1st time, tenth of 20 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Galway (16.6f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Back up in trip. Cheekpieces back on.
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Has extended his winning run to 5 (including 2 chases) when landing 3m handicap hurdles at Tipparary and Punchestown this season. Returns to fences off a 1 lb lower mark than Punchestown so there's every chance he can make it 6 in a row.
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Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. 6/1, good second of 14 in handicap chase at Tipperary (23.1f, soft) 19 days ago.
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13/2, good second of 10 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (19f, good) 21 days ago, all out (first past the post but subsequently disqualified). Can make presence felt.
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Below form tenth of 17 in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Tipperary (20f, good to soft) 36 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Tongue strap on 1st time.
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One win from 28 NH runs. 16/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Tipperary (23.1f, soft) 19 days ago, pulled up after 3 out. Needs a couple of these to falter.
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One win from 51 NH runs. 11/2 and eyeshields on for 1st time, seventh of 11 in handicap chase at Limerick (19.7f, good) 16 days ago. Hard to make a case for. RESERVE.
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Non-Runners
8

Brideswell Lad16
Weight: 11-7|Â Â Age: 6
T: S Neville  J: C G O'Dwyer
NR
10

Galon De Vauzelle17
Weight: 11-0|Â Â Age: 6
T: P J Rothwell  J: J P O'Sullivan
NR
Forecasts
Direct Image (5/2), Malina Girl (7/2), Brideswell Lad (9/2), First Touch (11/2), The Great White (6/1), Galon De Vauzelle (8/1), She Tops The Lot (17/2), Arthur's Quay (11/1), Callthebarman (14/1), Trans Wood (14/1), Lake Chad (18/1), Avec Espoir (33/1)
DIRECT IMAGE scored over hurdles off a 1 lb higher mark last time and is hard to oppose as he bids to make it 6 in a row. Galon de Vauzelle is another who runs off a lower mark than for a last-time-out hurdle success and can chase Robert Tyner's charge home. The Great White may prove best of the remainder.
- Direct Image5/2
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: €7,200.002nd: €2,400.003rd: €1,200.004th: €600.005th: €361.006th: €240.00
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