16:50 Killarney

Friday 21 July 2023

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Lee Stand Handicap Chase (0-102)

Off time: 16:50 | Winning time: 5m 43.50s

Norwigi^p⁴¹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: E Bolger| OR: 102

14/1

Respectable fourth of 10 in handicap chase (18/1) at Punchestown (24f, good) 41 days ago, finishing with running left. Cheekpieces back on and not written off from a slipping mark.

Form: 6544-04

Napoleon Blue³⁴⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: C P McNamara| T: R P Burns| OR: 100| D

40/1

One win from 25 NH runs. Sixteen runs since last win in 2019. 18/1, creditable third of 13 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (25f, good). Off 11 months. First run for yard after leaving Adrian Murray.

Form: 3F420/3-

Gondor⁵⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: Colm Murphy| OR: 99

4/1

13/2, excellent third of 16 in handicap chase at Limerick (22.7f, good to soft) 57 days ago. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 52246-3

Chainofconsequence¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 96

16/1

16/1, creditable third of 16 in handicap chase at Tipperary (19.5f, soft) 17 days ago. Should remain competitive off current mark now back on track.

Form: 20P5-P3

Kingston Kid^p,t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: E M O'Sullivan| OR: 95

6/1

One win from 21 NH runs. Fourteen runs since last win in 2021. Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Cartmel (25.4f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 039-274

Punters Poet^p,t³²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy| OR: 95

11/1

Fair winner at 20f over hurdles. 50/1, faced a stiff task when fifth of 7 in maiden chase at Kilbeggan (19.4f, good) 32 days ago. Tongue strap back on for handicap chase debut.

Form: 068-045

Chief Seattle¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: Tom Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 89| D

50/1

Ran no sort of race when pulled up in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (24f, good to soft, 14/1) 15 days ago. Back over fences now.

Form: F-8PU3P

Loughaneala Og⁶¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: Donagh Meyler| T: W J Burke| OR: 89

40/1

Remains a maiden after 16 NH runs. Creditable fifth of 10 in hunter chase at Tipperary (23.8f, soft, 18/1) 78 days ago.

Form: 7314-54

O Mio Babbino^t1⁴⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Patrick Cronin| OR: 89

11/1

Winner at Thurles in February but was below form when sixth of 14 in handicap chase at Tramore (21.2f, good) 48 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 155-856

Battle Of Benburb^t³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: B W Harvey⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 88| BF

17/2

Modest winner at 24f over hurdles. Pulled up in handicap chase at Wexford (25.3f, good to soft, 6/1) 31 days ago.

Form: P96-P6P

Early Arrival¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: K Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: J Barcoe| OR: 85

3/1

One win from 22 NH runs. Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Sligo (25.4f, good) 12 days ago, not ideally placed. Switches from hurdles to chase. Can make presence felt.

Form: 4261-44

Shantou Sisu¹⁷

Age: 11| Weight: 10-9| J: Danny Mullins| T: W J Lanigan| OR: 83

8/1

14/1, fared better than of late when third of 17 in handicap chase at Tipperary (23.1f, soft) 17 days ago. Potentially well handicapped now.

Form: P6-9943

Westernerona^p¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: G J Power| OR: 81

25/1

Struggling for form over hurdles recently and fared no better sent chasing when sixth of 16 in handicap chase at Tipperary (19.5f, soft) 17 days ago.

Form: 4P-5096

Rudy Catrail⁴²

Age: 12| Weight: 10-1| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 75

14/1

Unreliable sort who was running well falling 2 out in handicap chase at Clonmel (22.8f, good) 42 days ago.

Form: P70-U2F

Ennemi Public^b,t¹⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 10-5| J: Mike O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: D Howard| OR: 79

25/1

Twenty one runs since last win in 2020 and pulled up in handicap chase (18/1) at Tipperary (23.1f, soft) 17 days ago, losing touch 3 out. RESERVE.

Form: 47U0-6P

Non-Runners

Agirlcalledchloe¹⁷

Weight: 10-1| Age: 6

T: P J Rothwell J: Mike O'Connor

Rebel Waltz¹⁷

Weight: 11-10| Age: 9

T: T J Nagle-Jr J: Reserve 2

Jakes Dream¹⁷

Weight: 11-7| Age: 8

T: M Winters J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Early Arrival (3/1), Gondor (4/1), Agirlcalledchloe (11/2), Kingston Kid (6/1), Shantou Sisu (8/1), Battle Of Benburb (17/2), Punters Poet (11/1), O Mio Babbino (11/1), Rudy Catrail (14/1), Norwigi (14/1), Rebel Waltz (14/1), Chainofconsequence (16/1), Ennemi Public (25/1), Westernerona (25/1), Loughaneala Og (40/1), Napoleon Blue (40/1), Chief Seattle (50/1), Jakes Dream (100/1)

GONDOR matched his hurdles form in this sphere when third at Limerick in May and could be the answer with further improvement possible. Norwigi isn't one to write off from a slipping mark, while Chainofconsequence and Shantou Sisu are others with claims.