13:00 Thurles

Thursday 24 November 2022

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Racing Again Next Thursday Handicap Chase

Off time: 13:00 | Winning time: 5m 48.20s

Balinaboola Steel^p⁶⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 12-1| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 117| D

66/1

Last of 12 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Listowel (24f, good) 64 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 310480

Chameron^t²⁵⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P Griffin| OR: 116

25/1

Winner in chase at Leicester in February 2021. 4/9, second of 4 in hunter chase at Exeter (24.2f, good). Off 19 months. First run for yard after leaving S. Loxton. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 2U1PU1-

Yeah Man¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 114

11/1

Last of 11 in novice chase at Navan (17f, soft, 66/1) 11 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 1-450

Stormey^t²⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 11-4| J: J G Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Gilligan| OR: 106

28/1

Thirty six runs since last win in 2017. Ninth of 11 in handicap chase at Galway (22.5f, heavy, 10/1) 25 days ago. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 336639

Oscer Romero^p⁶²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 105| D

14/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2021. 25/1, very good second of 16 in handicap chase at Listowel (20f, good) 62 days ago, going with enthusiasm.

Form: P-59782

Difficult Decision^p,t¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: Phillip Enright| T: O McKiernan| OR: 103| C

10/3

Course winner. Latest win in chase here in November. Creditable fourth of 15 in handicap chase at Naas (20f, soft, 7/1) 12 days ago. Stable having good spell. Another bold show likely.

Form: 36-0914

Arthur's Baby^t⁷¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Jordan Gainford| T: M M McNiff| OR: 102| BF

18/1

Fair winner at 20f over hurdles. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, running well unseated rider in handicap chase at Sligo (21.2f, good to soft, 7/2) 71 days ago.

Form: 4-3248U

Ennemi Public^p,t²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: J J Slevin| T: D Howard| OR: 102

40/1

One win from 23 NH runs. Twelve runs since last win in 2020. Eleventh of 13 in handicap chase (50/1) at Galway (22.5f, heavy) 25 days ago.

Form: 5PFP-50

Goodnightngodbless^b,t⁴⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: J Motherway| OR: 102

10/1

Two wins from 42 NH runs. Twenty eight runs since last win in 2019. 4/1, below form fifth of 11 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (23.9f, good) 47 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 3-648U5

Smitty Bacall^p1,t1⁴⁷

Age: 11| Weight: 11-0| J: Danny Mullins| T: J P Flavin| OR: 102| D

25/1

14/1, eighth of 11 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (23.9f, good) 47 days ago. Tongue strap/cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 8-94308

Beating The Odds³⁰⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: W J Austin| OR: 97| C

14/1

Fair winner at 24f over hurdles. Blinkered for 1st time, below form tenth of 22 in handicap chase (6/1) at Navan (24f, soft). Off 10 months.

Form: 14/6330-

Arctic Ambition¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 96| D

6/4

Promising type. First run since leaving Robert Tyner when respectable third of 7 in handicap chase (5/2) at Down Royal (24f, soft) 19 days ago, finding little. Expected to be bang there back in trip.

Form: 03212-3

Touch Of Oscar^p²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M Hourigan| OR: 95

12/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2020. Tenth of 13 in handicap hurdle (25/1) at Clonmel (24f, heavy) 28 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Others more persuasive.

Form: 8P6340

Diamond Grove²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Simon Torrens| T: E Cawley| OR: 88

14/1

Sixth of 13 in handicap chase at Galway (22.5f, heavy, 18/1) 25 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 8F/PP-86

Forecasts

Arctic Ambition (6/4), Difficult Decision (10/3), Goodnightngodbless (10/1), Yeah Man (11/1), Touch Of Oscar (12/1), Beating The Odds (14/1), Oscer Romero (14/1), Diamond Grove (14/1), Arthur's Baby (18/1), Chameron (25/1), Smitty Bacall (25/1), Stormey (28/1), Ennemi Public (40/1), Balinaboola Steel (66/1)

ARCTIC AMBITION failed to see it out over 3m starting out for Gordon Elliott 3 weesk ago but there should be plenty more to come from him, particularly back in trip. He's the one to beat, with Oscer Romero and Goodnightgodbless a couple of viable threats.