12:20 Limerick

Thursday 29 December 2022

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Ryans Cleaning Event Specialists Veterans Handicap Chase

Off time: 12:20 | Winning time: 6m 24.5s

Forza Milan^p,t⁴⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 123

6/1

Unreliable type. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, eighth of 11 in handicap chase at Cheltenham (27.3f, good to soft, 22/1) 46 days ago. Each-way chance.

Form: 45-P468

R'evelyn Pleasure^p¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-11| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: S O O'Brien| OR: 122

9/2

40/1, creditable second of 13 in handicap chase at Thurles (17.8f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Back up in trip and claims if able to reproduce that Thurles form here.

Form: 126-542

Blast Of Koeman^p,t³⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: P Maher| OR: 111| C

13/2

Temperamental sort. Two wins from 47 NH runs. Thirty-three runs since last win in 2017. Respectable ninth of 17 in minor event chase at Punchestown (24.8f, good to soft, 33/1) 39 days ago.

Form: 55437-9

Sir Bob^p¹⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: Mark Walsh| T: R Tyner| OR: 110

6/5

13/2, won 11-runner handicap chase at Punchestown (24.8f, soft) 10 days ago, responding well. Shortlist material.

Form: 8321-01

Carrig Cathal^t⁴⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 10-0| J: C P McNamara| T: D Broad| OR: 95

20/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2019. First run since leaving Patrick G. Kelly when seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (19.8f, heavy, 100/1) 44 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 97/P80-7

Silver Planeur^t¹⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McNamara| OR: 90

7/1

Respectable seventh of 18 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (23.4f, soft, 40/1) 10 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Makes handicap debut in this sphere.

Form: 45P767

Three Loud Knocks¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: B Mortell| OR: 80| D

18/1

Unreliable type. One win from 25 NH runs. Eleven runs since last win in 2022. Respectable seventh of 17 in handicap chase at Thurles (24.3f, good to soft, 22/1) 11 days ago.

Form: 945067

Non-Runners

Nobody Home⁵⁴

Weight: 10-12| Age: 12

T: E Cawley J: Cian Quirke

Stormey³

Weight: 10-7| Age: 12

T: P J Gilligan J: R Deegan

Forecasts

Sir Bob (6/5), R'evelyn Pleasure (9/2), Forza Milan (6/1), Blast Of Koeman (13/2), Silver Planeur (7/1), Three Loud Knocks (18/1), Carrig Cathal (20/1), Nobody Home (25/1), Stormey (25/1)

SIR BOB finally got the job done over fences at Punchestown recently, jumping with greater fluency than is so often the case, and a 6 lb rise is unlikely to prevent him from going in again (winner off a mark just 1 lb lower than this over hurdles during the spring) in a race in which many of his rivals have something to prove. Next on the list is R'evelyn Pleasure, who is also prone to mistakes but avoided any serious errors when second at Thurles last time. Forza Mila is best of the rest.