14:15 Tramore

Sunday 20 August 2023

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McCarthys Irish Bar Lexington Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:15 | Winning time: 5m 41.02s

Pat Coyne²

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Mark McDonagh⁽⁵⁾| T: J Queally| OR: 125| CD

8/1

C&D winner. Three wins from 8 runs last season. 12/1, creditable third of 11 in handicap hurdle at this course (21f, soft) 2 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Others have achieved more.

Form: 41-P303

Rotten Row³^{(ex 7)}

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Danny Mullins| T: A Mullins| OR: 113| C

7/2

Career best when winning 8-runner novice chase at this course (15.5f, good, 8/1) 3 days ago, forging clear. Carries penalty and significantly up in trip for this handicap chase debut.

Form: U55-4P1

Whacker Clan^p⁶¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 120

7/1

Two wins from 4 runs last season. Creditable third of 8 in handicap chase at Wexford (25.3f, good to soft, 6/1) 61 days ago. Each-way chance.

Form: 141F-93

Inclusion⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 119| D

5/2

Promising individual. 11/10, career best when winning 12-runner novice chase at Tipperary (19.5f, soft) 47 days ago, cruising clear. Makes handicap chase debut and expected to be bang there.

Form: 1/421-41

Charlie Stout^p,t¹⁴

Age: 12| Weight: 11-5| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: S Nolan| OR: 116

40/1

33/1, bit below form seventh of 12 in handicap chase at Galway (18.2f, soft) 14 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 0414-47

Hamundarson^b1,t³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 114

10/1

Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. 12/1, fifth of 8 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (19f, soft) 30 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time. Must improve.

Form: 0/2-4635

Broken Ice^p²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 113

14/1

Tenth of 14 in handicap chase at Market Rasen (21.4f, soft, 25/1) 29 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 68-2240

Influential Lady¹⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-8| J: J J Slevin| T: J Barcoe| OR: 105| CD

5/1

C&D winner. Creditable third of 13 in handicap hurdle (10/1) at Sligo (20.4f, good to soft) 10 days ago, faring best of those ridden prominently. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: FP8193

Lake Chad⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Brian Hayes| T: P Fenton| OR: 104| C

14/1

Course winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2022. Sixth of 8 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (19f, good to soft, 12/1) 8 days ago, left poorly placed. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 6-33506

Where's Bunny⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: N Dooly| OR: 103| C

14/1

Course winner. Three wins from 13 runs last season. 14/1, creditable fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (20.4f, soft) 9 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Has work to do.

Form: 0434P4

Non-Runners

Sphagnum¹⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: J P Broderick J: Dillon Maxwell

Centurion Steel³¹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 8

T: H De Bromhead J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Top Line Tommy⁹

Weight: 11-0| Age: 7

T: E J O'Grady J: Kieren Buckley

Forecasts

Inclusion (5/2), Rotten Row (7/2), Influential Lady (5/1), Whacker Clan (7/1), Pat Coyne (8/1), Hamundarson (10/1), Sphagnum (12/1), Top Line Tommy (12/1), Lake Chad (14/1), Where's Bunny (14/1), Broken Ice (14/1), Centurion Steel (33/1), Charlie Stout (40/1)

INCLUSION stepped up on her chase debut when coasting home at Tipperary and, with the promise of better to come now pitched into a handicap in this sphere, she will prove hard to beat. Top Line Tommy, a wide-margin C&D winner in June, shaped better than the bare result at Wexford recently and he is feared most. Influential Lady and Whacker Clan both make each-way appeal.