12:20 Gowran Park

Saturday 11 November 2023

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Gerry Comerford Drilling Beginners Chase

Off time: 12:21 | Winning time: 5m 36.5s

Hand Over Fist³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mike O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead| D

11/2

Fair hurdler. 2 wins from 4 runs this season. Creditable sixth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (23f, good, 11/1) 32 days ago. Makes chase debut. Stable in good form.

Form: 39-3116

Innellan Shore²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: G Elliott

80/1

Modest hurdler. 18/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 21 days ago, pulled up before next. Makes chase debut. Up in trip.

Form: 65588-P

Jet Setting Johnny¹⁹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D Moloney⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Pulled up in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Tipperary (24.3f, good to soft), beaten quickly end of back straight. Off 6 months. Makes chase debut.

Form: PP530-P

Nephin Beg²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: S Doyle| D

14/1

Fair hurdler. Below form fifth of 13 in handicap hurdle (18/1) at Limerick (24f, heavy) 20 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 619F-05

Noble Blue⁹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: P Nolan

12/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 16 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (19.8f, good to soft, 11/1) 95 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Makes chase debut.

Form: 62-348

Saddle In The Rain³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: D J Barry

300/1

66/1, last of 12 in handicap at Thurles (12.5f, soft) 37 days ago. Makes chase debut. Pulled up on last hurdle outing.

Form: 0/008-0P

Sixhandsinmypocket³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 102

14/1

Promising type. Remains a maiden after 18 NH runs. Third of 14 in novice chase at Tramore (21.7f, heavy, 5/1) on debut over fences 30 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 542303

Squire Ohara²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: A P Heskin| T: A J Martin

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 80/1, fifth of 8 in novice chase at Cork (17.6f, good to soft) 27 days ago.

Form: 3-70605

Steppenwolf¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley⁽³⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 112

10/1

Fair winner at 19f over hurdles. Similar form over fences. 33/1, sixth of 9 in novice chase at Galway (18.2f, heavy) 14 days ago. This is a bit easier.

Form: 37-7PF6

Wee Charlie²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: E Walsh⁽³⁾| T: T Gibney

4/1

Fair hurdler. Shaped well when fourth of 10 in maiden at Limerick (19f, heavy, 22/1) on debut over fences 20 days ago, finishing with running left. Shortlist material.

Form: 5212-64

Carrig Carol²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: P Croke| D

7/2

Fair hurdler. Sixth of 13 in maiden at (11/1) at Thurles (20.5f, soft) on debut over fences 23 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 25083-6

Silent Approach³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Danny Mullins| T: C O'Keeffe

10/3

Fair hurdler. 6/1, creditable third of 14 in novice hurdle at Tramore (20.3f, heavy) 30 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 3523F3

Forecasts

Silent Approach (10/3), Carrig Carol (7/2), Wee Charlie (4/1), Hand Over Fist (11/2), Steppenwolf (10/1), Noble Blue (12/1), Jet Setting Johnny (14/1), Nephin Beg (14/1), Sixhandsinmypocket (14/1), Squire Ohara (40/1), Innellan Shore (80/1), Saddle In The Rain (300/1)

WEE CHARLIE shaped well when fourth on his recent Limerick chase debut and is given a chance to build on that promise. Carrig Carol also showed an aptitude for chasing when sixth in a maiden at Thurles last month and is second choice ahead of Henry de Bromhead's Hand Over Fist, a dual winner over hurdles this summer.