14:40 Down Royal

Friday 4 November 2022

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Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 4m 11.1s

Gevrey¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-2| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 134| D

7/2

5/1, career best when winning 9-runner handicap chase at Limerick (19.4f, soft) 12 days ago, driven out. Merits consideration.

Form: 1P-7431

Espion Du Chenet^t¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: Louise G Lyons| OR: 131| CD

14/1

C&D winner. Latest win in chase at Punchestown in May. Below form sixth of 10 in handicap chase (40/1) at Cork (17.6f, heavy) 19 days ago. Risky proposition at present.

Form: 5-13306

Bythesametoken^t¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: Keith Donoghue| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 123| CD

10/1

C&D winner. 16/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Cork (17.6f, heavy) 19 days ago, yet to be asked for effort when bad mistake 4 out.

Form: 21F-43P

Now Where Or When^p,t²⁰¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Sam Ewing| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 123| D

4/1

Creditable 8½ lengths second of 8 to Gevrey in minor event chase (9/1) at Fairyhouse (21.2f, soft). Off 6 months.

Form: 213P32-

Downthecellar^p,t⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 122| D

28/1

Bit below form sixth of 16 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Clonmel (16.5f, heavy) 8 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 404426

Wingin A Prayer²³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: P J Carberry| T: A J Martin| OR: 121| C

18/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Naas (19f, heavy, 25/1), pulled up before 2 out. Off 7 months. Switches from hurdles to chase. First run for yard after leaving Mrs J. Harrington.

Form: 7FF4PP-

The Greek^b,t⁴³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 120| D

9/2

10/3, career best when winning 4-runner handicap chase at Perth (20.1f, good) 43 days ago. Should continue to give a good account.

Form: 842F61

Alice Avril^t²⁰⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 117| D

9/2

Third of 4 in handicap chase at Cheltenham (16.3f, good, 11/4). Off 6 months. On fair mark on pick of her form.

Form: 442533-

Gladiatorial^t¹³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: D A Jacob| T: N C Kelly| OR: 116

11/2

Creditable second of 8 in handicap chase at Kelso (17.1f, good to soft, 5/1) 13 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: P23FU2

Hollybank King¹⁸²

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Daire James McConville⁽⁷⁾| T: S McConville| OR: 87| D

50/1

Winner in chase at Thurles in February. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, tenth of 13 in handicap chase (14/1) at Downpatrick (19.2f, soft), racing closer to pace than ideal. Off 6 months. Difficult ask.

Form: 61260-0

Non-Runners

Razzle Dazzle Love²⁴⁶

Weight: 11-0| Age: 8

T: T Gibney J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Elegant Lass⁵¹

Weight: 10-12| Age: 7

T: T Gibney J: Gavin Brouder

Forecasts

Gevrey (7/2), Now Where Or When (4/1), The Greek (9/2), Alice Avril (9/2), Gladiatorial (11/2), Bythesametoken (10/1), Elegant Lass (12/1), Espion Du Chenet (14/1), Razzle Dazzle Love (14/1), Wingin A Prayer (18/1), Downthecellar (28/1), Hollybank King (50/1)

Davy Russell gets a good tune out of GEVREY and Gordon Elliott's charge is taken to follow up having beaten a subsequent winner at Limerick 12 days ago. His stablemate The Greek made the most of a good opportunity at Perth and is next best ahead of Alice Avril and Gladiatorial.