14:10 Thurles

Sunday 21 January 2024

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Duggan Veterinary 4Cyte Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:10 | Winning time: 6m 9.70s

Brideswell Lad²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: J J Slevin| T: S Neville| OR: 132| D

50/1

Latest win in hurdle at Wexford in September. 20/1, eighteenth of 21 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, heavy) 24 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 1-861F0

Broomfield Hall^t⁸⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽³⁾| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 130

22/1

10/1, respectable seventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at this course (20.5f, soft) 80 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 1P4F-07

Time To Rocco^h,t¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: C Motherway| OR: 125| C

14/1

Course winner. 11/2, 5¾ lengths fourth of 6 to R'evelyn Pleasure in handicap chase at Cork (20f, heavy) 15 days ago. Heading back in the right direction recently.

Form: 248344

Emancipator^b³⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: John Shinnick⁽⁷⁾| T: T O'Brien| OR: 121

17/2

2 wins from 4 runs this season. Career best when winning 9-runner handicap chase (11/2) at Fairyhouse (24.3f, heavy) 36 days ago, finding extra. Must be respected.

Form: 1F-P151

Falco Blitz²⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara| OR: 121| D

16/1

Fifteen runs since last win in 2022. Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap chase at Limerick (19.4f, heavy, 11/1) 24 days ago, running on. Respected.

Form: 3-0U434

Optional Mix^t²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 121| C

8/1

Course winner. 12/1, eighth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (20f, heavy) 26 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Potentially on a nice mark.

Form: 38U-268

Battle Of Mirbat⁵⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 120

15/2

Latest win in chase at Wexford in June. 9/2, good second of 11 in handicap chase at Cork (21f, soft) 56 days ago, staying on well. Enters calculations.

Form: 416322

R'evelyn Pleasure¹⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 11-0| J: Mark McDonagh⁽³⁾| T: S O O'Brien| OR: 118

10/1

2 wins from 4 runs this season. 13/2, improved to win 6-runner handicap chase at Cork (20f, heavy) 15 days ago. Must be respected.

Form: 46-7411

Jacksons Gold⁵⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 10-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: Ms Alice Curran| OR: 116| C

20/1

Fifteen runs since last win in 2021. Eighth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, heavy, 25/1) 56 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 555-908

Toofareastiswest^t³⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁵⁾| T: A O'Grady| OR: 115| C

18/5

7/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap chase at this course (25f, good to soft) 35 days ago, staying on well. Needs considering.

Form: F-69521

Ideal Du Tabert²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Sean Flanagan| T: C Collins| OR: 113

8/1

2/1, second of 4 in handicap chase at Catterick (25.2f, heavy) 20 days ago. Progressing well recently.

Form: 334442

Ahead Of The Posse^p1⁶⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 10-7| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 111

9/2

Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. Good seventh of 12 in novice chase at Navan (17f, heavy, 125/1) 64 days ago. Up in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Capable of better now switched to a handicap (potentially lenient mark)

Form: 5-42367

Mount Frisco²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Daniel King⁽³⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 109

9/1

11/2, career best when winning 6-runner novice chase at Tramore (15.4f, heavy) 20 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Makes handicap chase debut. Remains unexposed in this sphere.

Form: 894551

Forecasts

Toofareastiswest (18/5), Ahead Of The Posse (9/2), Battle Of Mirbat (15/2), Ideal Du Tabert (8/1), Optional Mix (8/1), Emancipator (17/2), Mount Frisco (9/1), R'evelyn Pleasure (10/1), Time To Rocco (14/1), Falco Blitz (16/1), Jacksons Gold (20/1), Broomfield Hall (22/1), Brideswell Lad (50/1)

Plenty to consider with BATTLE OF MIRBAT shading the vote on the back of a couple of excellent placed efforts. R'evelyn Pleasure and Emancipator are both having good seasons so they head the dangers.