16:25 Tramore

Friday 18 August 2023

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EY Chase

Off time: 16:28 | Winning time: 5m 42.0s

Darver Star^b,t⁴²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-10| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 138

12/1

Smart hurdler. Ten wins from 36 NH runs. Three wins from 7 runs last season. 7/1, fifth of 8 in handicap chase at Wexford (19.8f, good to soft) 42 days ago. Place possibilities.

Form: 11720-5

Fighter Allen^t¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 139| CD

11/2

Useful chaser. C&D winner. Seventeenth of 22 in handicap chase at Galway (22.5f, good to soft, 33/1) 16 days ago. Would have a big chance if on-song but clealry needs to get back on track.

Form: F/4PP-30

Salvador Ziggy⁶⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

4/7

Promising individual. Smart winner at 24f over hurdles. Career best when winning 6-runner novice chase (8/13) at Punchestown (24f, good) on debut over fences 68 days ago. Open to improvement in this sphere.

Form: 1142P-1

The Banger Doyle¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: J Queally| OR: 128| BF

15/2

Fairly useful chaser. Good fourth of 16 in maiden at Galway (12.2f, good to soft, 9/1) 16 days ago, slowly away. Switches from Flat to chase. Significantly up in trip and each-way chance at best.

Form: 7UF1-44

Grozni^p1¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: C Byrnes| D

7/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Fairly useful winner at 23f over hurdles. Creditable third of 6 in novice chase at Galway (22.5f, good to soft, 11/4) 15 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 24-5343

Riggs³⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: P Cluskey

80/1

Fairly useful hurdler. One win from 26 NH runs. Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. Eighth of 12 in novice chase (33/1) at Kilbeggan (25f, soft) 35 days ago, going in snatches. Best to look elsewhere.

Form: 6357-48

Time To Rocco^h¹³²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: C Motherway

25/1

Fairly useful chaser. Three wins from 13 runs last season. Tailed-off last of 7 to Instit in listed chase at Fairyhouse (21.7f, good to soft, 40/1) 132 days ago. Others look stronger.

Form: 033817-

Non-Runners

Lieutenant Highway¹⁵

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: Donagh Meyler

Forecasts

Salvador Ziggy (4/7), Fighter Allen (11/2), Lieutenant Highway (13/2), Grozni (7/1), The Banger Doyle (15/2), Darver Star (12/1), Time To Rocco (25/1), Riggs (80/1)

This is best left to SALVADOR ZIGGY, a smart hurdler who did the job well on his chase debut at Punchestown in June. He looks destined for bigger and better things in this sphere. Grozni gets the nod ahead of Darver Star for forecast purposes. Fighter Allen has essentially become disappointing and needs to get back on track.