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Wednesday 25 January 2023

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Off time: 13:25 | Winning time: 6m 5.07s

Difficult Decision^p,t²⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: O McKiernan| OR: 113| D

9/2

2 wins from 6 runs this season. 10/1, career best when winning 16-runner handicap chase at Limerick (22.6f, heavy) 27 days ago. 10 lb rise to contend with but clearly motoring at present.

Form: 091401

Broken Ice²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 112| D

22/1

Latest win in chase at Sligo in September. Below form eighth of 16 in handicap chase (50/1) at Leopardstown (21f, soft) 27 days ago.

Form: 2165P8

Norwigi^p⁵³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: L P Dempsey| T: E Bolger| OR: 109| C

16/1

Bit below form sixth of 11 in handicap chase (16/1) at this course (21.2f, soft) 53 days ago, unable to sustain effort.

Form: 5F-34U6

Ciao Bella^p³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 106| C

9/1

Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. Pulled up in handicap chase at Punchestown (24.8f, soft, 7/1) 37 days ago, weakening 4 out. Uphill task.

Form: 044-53P

The Tack Room²⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: Simon Torrens| T: J E Kiely| OR: 106

3/1

Promising type. Bit below form 21¼ lengths fourth of 16 to Difficult Decision in handicap chase at Limerick (22.6f, heavy, 11/2) 27 days ago. Has a bigger effort in him.

Form: 3-B8744

Mont Saint Vincent²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara| OR: 105

15/2

Respectable fifth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (24f, heavy, 11/1) 28 days ago. Back chasing and could have more to offer in this sphere.

Form: 6U39-25

Sweet Will⁷⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 105| C| D

85/40

Promising type. Career best when winning 18-runner handicap hurdle at Cheltenham (21f, good, 8/1) 75 days ago, kept up to work. Won on his only other start chasing and leading claims.

Form: 11-0211

Kalli's Quest¹⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: T O'Brien| OR: 104

9/1

33/1, third of 13 in handicap chase at Punchestown (19.7f, heavy) 10 days ago, let down by jumping. More needed.

Form: 51/U673

Forecasts

Sweet Will (85/40), The Tack Room (3/1), Difficult Decision (9/2), Mont Saint Vincent (15/2), Ciao Bella (9/1), Kalli's Quest (9/1), Norwigi (16/1), Broken Ice (22/1)

SWEET WILL looked an improved model when scoring twice over hurdles within the space of 3 days in November and, having been given plenty of time to recover from those exertions, the 6-y-o is likely to prove hard to beat off a potentially very handy mark back in this sphere. The Tack Room is better than he was able to show in the Limerick handicap won by Difficult Decision and is next on the list ahead of Mont Saint Vincent.