12:10 Thurles

Thursday 23 November 2023

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Off time: 12:10 | Winning time: 5m 56.7s

Criminal Mischief¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: Steve Jones

125/1

Twelfth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, soft, 80/1) 18 days ago, always behind. Switch to chasing needs to have positive effect now.

Form: 015-0P0

Digby⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: D A McLoughlin

4/1

Promising sort. 7/1, second of 8 in novice chase at Fairyhouse (21.5f, soft) on debut over fences 47 days ago, keeping on well latter stages. Open to improvement in this sphere.

Form: 3F-3732

Finnfaraway⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: M M McDonagh⁽³⁾| T: Patrick J Hassett

200/1

€11,000 3-y-o, Schiaparelli gelding. Dam (h111), 2m-2½m hurdle winner (stayed 3m), half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stays 3¼m) Martha Brae out of 19f-21f hurdle/chase winner. Maiden pointer.

Form: 75-UUP4

Friends N Commerce²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: P G Kelly

66/1

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 16 NH runs. Fifth of 6 in novice chase at Galway (22.5f, heavy, 100/1) 25 days ago. Handicaps entitled to be more his bag in this sphere.

Form: 343-485

Gold Bullion^t⁶⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

10/3

Bumper/hurdles winner who shaped encouragingly when third of 9 on chase debut in a Listowel maiden (22f) back in September, impressing with his jumping. Rates a likely improver in this sphere and expected to be thereabouts.

Form: 14/3-13

Klassical Dream^h¹⁸⁷

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

1/4

High-class hurdler who added a third Champion Stayers Hurdle to his tally at Punchestown (23.6f) in April. Another smashing effort when third in French Group 1 a month later and he's very much the one to beat now his attentions switch to larger obstacles on return.

Form: 1/2291-3

Made In Muckross³²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽³⁾| T: Eamon Courtney

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 250/1, eighth of 10 in novice chase at Limerick (19f, heavy) on debut over fences 32 days ago.

Form: 8P-8

Soldier Of Honour³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: E McCarthy

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. 250/1, seventh of 10 in novice chase at Limerick (19f, heavy) 32 days ago, not knocked about. Low-grade handicaps entitled to be more his bag.

Form: 3/3-67

Starlight Cato²⁰³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: D Howard

200/1

Maiden pointer who not for the first time didn't convince with his jumping when seventh of 10 in hunter chase at Tipperary (23.8f) when last seen in May. Passed over on return.

Form: P2P3F-7

That's Me Finished¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly

150/1

80/1, seventh of 9 in novice chase at Down Royal (19.6f, soft) on debut over fences 13 days ago. Hard to warm to.

Form: 0/04767

Coastguard Lady^p,t⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell

100/1

50/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.2f, good to soft) 43 days ago, behind when pulled up before last. Switches from hurdles to chase. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 8-5364P

Forecasts

Klassical Dream (1/4), Gold Bullion (10/3), Digby (4/1), Friends N Commerce (66/1), Coastguard Lady (100/1), Criminal Mischief (125/1), That's Me Finished (150/1), Made In Muckross (200/1), Finnfaraway (200/1), Soldier Of Honour (200/1), Starlight Cato (200/1)

Firmly established as a high-class staying hurdler, KLASSICAL DREAM signed off last term with victory/placed efforts in Grade 1 company and this looks a very good opportunity form him to make a winning return/chase debut. Gold Bullion and Digby comfortably rate best of those in opposition.