16:45 Downpatrick

Monday 29 August 2022

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Downpatrick Handicap Chase (0-95)

Off time: 16:44 | Winning time: 4m 45.0s

Magic Piper¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 94| C

9/2

Fair winner at 21f over hurdles. Respectable seventh of 12 in handicap chase at Tramore (21.6f, good, 11/1) 17 days ago. Ought to give another good account.

Form: 0P-9287

A Mere Bagatelle⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: C J Orr| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 90

85/40

Promising type. Creditable fourth of 15 in handicap hurdle (9/2) at Bellewstown (16.4f, good to firm) 6 days ago. Open to improvement back over the larger obstacles here.

Form: 231234

Shantou Sisu²⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: Danny Mullins| T: W J Lanigan| OR: 88

5/1

Below par in this sphere last time but had run well over hurdles at Bellewstown previously and is on a workable mark.

Form: 48-3630

Allez George^t¹⁰⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: C A Landers| T: J Barcoe| OR: 81

14/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (10/1) at Wexford (17f, good to soft) 107 days ago, struggling when pulled up soon after. Makes chase debut.

Form: 00002-P

I Can't Remember^p,t1²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: C A McBratney| OR: 80

18/1

Blinkers on for 1st time in this code, eleventh of 14 in handicap hurdle (50/1) at this course (21.8f, good) 22 days ago. Work to do on chase debut. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 0090-00

Sulafaat⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 80

11/2

Very good fourth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.1f, good, 28/1) 7 days ago. Claims if taking to chasing.

Form: 708704

Zagnzig^b1¹²

Age: 11| Weight: 10-13| J: Simon Torrens| T: H Smyth| OR: 79| D

12/1

One win from 47 NH runs. Thirty runs since last win in 2018. 40/1, ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (20.6f, good) 12 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 4F5089

Nabraska¹⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: C D Maxwell| T: S Wilson| OR: 75

11/1

Ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle (80/1) at Perth (20.2f, good to firm) on hurdles bow 16 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Others preferred.

Form: P00-8U9

Capture The Drama^p⁴⁶

Age: 14| Weight: 10-0| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: Aengus King| OR: 65

9/1

Unreliable type. Fifty runs since last win in 2018. Eleventh of 16 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Killarney (20f, good) 46 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Hard to fancy.

Form: 8U0-7P0

Non-Runners

Carlotalin²²

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: L Lennon J: Thomas Reilly

Forecasts

A Mere Bagatelle (85/40), Magic Piper (9/2), Shantou Sisu (5/1), Sulafaat (11/2), Capture The Drama (9/1), Nabraska (11/1), Zagnzig (12/1), Allez George (14/1), I Can't Remember (18/1), Carlotalin (20/1)

A MERE BAGATELLE showed an aptitude for chasing on his Tipperary debut and can land the spoils here. Shantou Sisu and Magic Piper can also make their presence felt.