13:20 Punchestown

Monday 5 February 2024

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SBK P.P. Hogan Memorial Cross Country Chase

Off time: 13:20 | Winning time: 7m 11.40s

Coko Beach^b⁵⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 161| C| D

11/8

High-class chaser. Course winner. 1 win from 3 runs this season. Respectable second of 12 in handicap chase at Aintree (25.8f, heavy, 6/1) 58 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 41P-312

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Stattler^t¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins| OR: 160| D

7/4

High-class chaser. 20/1, 13 lengths second of 4 to Allaho in Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles (20.2f, heavy) 15 days ago. Back up in trip. Stable in good form. Not taken lightly.

Form: 1/22P-62

Vital Island^t⁵²

Age: 12| Weight: 12-0| J: J J Slevin| T: R P O'Keeffe| OR: 127| CD

40/1

Fairly useful chaser. C&D winner. 28/1, eleventh of 13 in handicap chase at Cheltenham (29.2f, good to soft) 52 days ago. Tough ask.

Form: 121-P20

Enjoy D'allen^p⁴⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 137

12/1

Fairly useful chaser. Sixteen runs since last win in 2021. 40/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Leopardstown (24.4f, heavy) 40 days ago, tailed off when pulled up before last.

Form: 060-57P

Fameaftertheglory⁵²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 123

10/1

One win from 22 NH runs. Nineteen runs since last win in 2021. Very good third of 13 in handicap chase (16/1) at Cheltenham (29.2f, good to soft) 52 days ago. Temperamental sort.

Form: 676173

Genois²⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Simon Torrens| T: E Bolger| OR: 127

9/2

Useful hurdler. 4/1, eighth of 12 in handicap chase at Naas (16f, good to soft) 24 days ago. Significantly up in trip with more needed.

Form: 65-2638

Jet Fighter^p¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: P Maher| OR: 85

200/1

Poor chaser. 124/1, eighth of 18 in Velka Pardubicka at Pardubice (34.3f, good) 120 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: P-7P785

Knockiel Synge^t⁵⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Miss Georgie Benson⁽⁷⁾| T: P Flood

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Off over 2 years. Makes chase debut. First run for yard after leaving D. Harvey.

Form: 241P36

Low Lie The Fields^p¹³⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr B T Stone⁽⁷⁾| T: P Maher| OR: 114| C

125/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Eleventh of 13 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Listowel (20f, soft) 135 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Henry De Bromhead.

Form: 94P40-0

Three By Two⁷¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: D P Murphy| CD

40/1

Fair chaser. C&D winner. Creditable fourth of 8 in minor event chase (17/2) at this course (24f, soft) 71 days ago. This demands more, however.

Form: P1313-4

Forecasts

Coko Beach (11/8), Stattler (7/4), Genois (9/2), Fameaftertheglory (10/1), Enjoy D'allen (12/1), Three By Two (40/1), Vital Island (40/1), Low Lie The Fields (125/1), Jet Fighter (200/1), Knockiel Synge (250/1)

Willie Mullins' STATTLER has no Allaho to contend with this time so is fancied to go one better than his recent Thurles second to his top-class stablemate and get off the mark for the season. Gordon Elliott's Coko Beach rates much the biggest danger ahead of the talented but temperamental Fameaftertheglory.