Next Meeting Thursday January 12th Novice Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:46 | Winning time: 5m 4.7s

Serenity Grove^p1,t¹⁴⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 120

16/1

Fairly useful winner at 19f over hurdles. 9/2 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fifth of 8 in novice chase at Tipperary (16.8f, soft) 144 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 7590-35

Carrolls Cottage^b1¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Brian Hayes| T: P Fenton| OR: 118

12/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2021. Last of 7 in handicap chase (8/1) at Gowran (20f, heavy) 12 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 24P4P-7

Happy Dreams^h²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: C A Landers| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 104

9/4

Promising individual. 2 wins from 4 runs this season. 4/1, didn't need to improve to win 15-runner handicap chase at Naas (20f, soft) 26 days ago. The one to beat.

Form: 00-4F11

Berliet Express^t⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 93

8/1

Latest win in hurdle at Gowran in September. Creditable fifth of 12 in handicap chase (18/1) at Thurles (18f, good to soft) 7 days ago.

Form: 465105

Womalko²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| OR: 93| BF

5/6

Fairly useful winner at 19f over hurdles. First run since leaving Robert Tyner when third of 16 in handicap chase (4/5) at this course (20.4f, heavy) 21 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 62120-3

Pennywell Girl⁴⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: Louise G Lyons| OR: 92

28/1

First run since leaving S. Curling when 22/1, pulled up in handicap chase won by Happy Dreams at Limerick (19.4f, soft) 46 days ago, dropping away end of back straight.

Form: 12599-P

Forecasts

Womalko (5/6), Happy Dreams (9/4), Berliet Express (8/1), Carrolls Cottage (12/1), Serenity Grove (16/1), Pennywell Girl (28/1)

This should boil down to a duel between HAPPY DREAMS and Womalko, both of whom remain open to improvement as chasers. The latter failed to land the odds on his return here 3 weeks ago but he promises to be suited by this drop back in trip and he remains on an attractive mark. However, Happy Dreams has really got his act together of late and he is taken to complete the hat-trick. Berliet Express is best of the rest.