12:15 Punchestown

Tuesday 29 November 2022

All11:4512:1512:5013:2513:5514:2514:5515:25

William Hill Pick Your Places Handicap Chase (0-102)

Off time: 12:15 | Winning time: 7m 18.09s

Exciting Oscar¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Danny Mullins| T: D Ahern| OR: 95| C

4/1

25/1, below form tenth of 22 in handicap hurdle at this course (24.6f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Enters calculations.

Form: 67200-0

Lady Mccabe^b²¹

Age: 10| Weight: 12-0| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: M P Fitzgerald| OR: 95

22/1

Tenth of 16 in handicap hurdle (6/1) at Fairyhouse (23.2f, heavy) 21 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 811-860

Spancil Hill²⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: T G McCourt| OR: 95| C

16/1

33/1, first run since leaving Michael J. McDonagh when sixth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (24.1f, soft) 25 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 49PP0-6

Trickey Trix^t²¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-10| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 91

20/1

Eighteen runs since last win in 2020. Respectable fourth of 12 in novice chase at Fairyhouse (23.9f, heavy, 40/1) 21 days ago.

Form: FP3-3P4

Merry Moves²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: D Moloney⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs G O'Connor| OR: 90

5/1

Second of 13 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (23.9f, heavy, 10/1) on debut over fences 21 days ago, sticking to task. Respected.

Form: 4-09092

Laughing Trix^b1,t⁸⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 86

40/1

Unreliable sort. 33/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Wexford (25.2f, good to soft) 87 days ago, tailing off some way out. Blinkers on 1st time and tongue strap back on.

Form: 03P-07P

Glen Ava^p⁵³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: J J Slevin| T: C O'Connell| OR: 84| BF

6/1

Creditable 18¼ lengths eighth of 13 to Sanibel Island in handicap chase (5/4) at Downpatrick (23.5f, good to soft) 53 days ago. Rejoined yard after leaving Iain Jardine. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 111228

Sanibel Island⁵³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M Hourigan| OR: 84

9/2

Two wins from 5 runs this season. Improved to win 13-runner handicap chase at Downpatrick (23.5f, good to soft, 10/3) 53 days ago, just holding on. Good chance in hat-trick bid.

Form: 0-P8311

Three Loud Knocks⁵³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: B Mortell| OR: 84

14/1

Unreliable sort. One win from 23 NH runs. 14/1, well-beaten tenth of 13 to Sanibel Island in handicap chase at Downpatrick (23.5f, good to soft) 53 days ago.

Form: 489450

Any Day Now¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: E Cawley| OR: 83

14/1

Fifteenth of 22 in handicap hurdle at this course (24.6f, good to soft, 25/1) 10 days ago. Makes chase debut. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 89/70-40

Ocean Legacy²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: M J Molloy⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 81

10/1

Excellent fourth of 13 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (23.9f, heavy, 33/1) 21 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 3U4-PP4

Highstreetfashion^p,t²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: P Rooney| OR: 67

9/1

Remains a maiden after 22 NH runs. 9/1, below form eighth of 13 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (23.9f, heavy) 21 days ago.

Form: 6P4-928

Lacken Bridge^p²³

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: G M Doyle| OR: 67

18/1

Twenty four runs since last win in 2018. 16/1, 20½ lengths tenth of 14 to Lady Mccabe in handicap chase at Tramore (21.8f, good to soft). Off 7 months.

Form: F5020-5

Non-Runners

Garrai Phaidin³⁰

Weight: 10-4| Age: 13

T: S K Ryder J: Richard Condon

Forecasts

Exciting Oscar (4/1), Sanibel Island (9/2), Merry Moves (5/1), Glen Ava (6/1), Highstreetfashion (9/1), Ocean Legacy (10/1), Garrai Phaidin (10/1), Three Loud Knocks (14/1), Any Day Now (14/1), Spancil Hill (16/1), Lacken Bridge (18/1), Trickey Trix (20/1), Lady Mccabe (22/1), Laughing Trix (40/1)

SANIBEL ISLAND looked on very good terms with himself when scoring at KIllarney and Downpatrick last month, and a combined 10 lb rise may not be enough to prevent him from completing the hat-trick. It's been well over 2 years since Garrai Phaidin last got his head in front but he has dipped to an attractive mark and is feared on the back of a creditable effort at Galway. Merry Moves is third choice ahead of Exciting Oscar.