17:45 Gowran Park

Saturday 30 September 2023

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Join Gowran Park Racing Club Beginners Chase

Off time: 17:46 | Winning time: 5m 36.90s

Backintheroom¹⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: R Deegan| T: P Nolan| C

10/1

Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. Unseated rider 2nd in novice chase at Cork (20f, good to soft, 9/1) on debut over fences 174 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 1/6540U-

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Brucejack¹⁶⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: P A Fahy

25/1

Fair hurdler. 8/1, career best when easily winning 14-runner handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.1f, soft) 169 days ago. Much respected on his chase debut.

Form: 0009U1-

Bushmans Pass³⁶⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: O McKiernan

40/1

Winner of bumper at Tipperary in May 2022. Off 12 months so has fitness to prove on his chase debut.

Form: F54/10-

Franciscan Rock¹⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Ricky Doyle| T: M F Morris

9/2

Useful hurdler. Winner at Thurles in February and excellent third at Punchestown in April. Goes over fences now and he's one to note.

Form: 322133-

Largy Debut¹⁵⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 132

10/3

Useful chaser. Only ninth of 14 in handicap chase (20/1) at Punchestown (21f, good to soft) 155 days ago. Yard in good form and this is much less demanding so he sets the standard.

Form: 333229-

Letsbeclearaboutit¹⁶⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

4/6

Useful hurdler. Creditable 13¼ lengths fourth of 14 to Irish Point in Mersey Novices' Hurdle at Aintree (20f, good, 14/1) 168 days ago. Interesting chasing debutant.

Form: 242144-

Teescomponentsyess^p,t¹⁵⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: J J Hanlon| D

28/1

Twentieth of 25 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (19.8f, good to soft, 50/1) 157 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase with work to do.

Form: 7/02U80-

Western Express

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: C P McNamara| T: R O'Leary

100/1

€26,000 3-y-o, Westerner gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to very smart hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 29f) Pettifour. Betting can prove a good indicator.

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Forecasts

Letsbeclearaboutit (4/6), Largy Debut (10/3), Franciscan Rock (9/2), Backintheroom (10/1), Brucejack (25/1), Teescomponentsyess (28/1), Bushmans Pass (40/1), Western Express (100/1)

LARGY DEBUT has much less on his plate than when ninth in a Punchestown handicap last time so is taken to get off the mark in this sphere. Fencing newcomers Franciscan Rock and Letsbeclearaboutit both bring plenty of potential and rate big threats however in an intriguing contest.