17:13 Clonmel
Thursday 4 April 2024
All16:0316:3817:1317:4818:1818:4819:18
Botanica International Opportunity Handicap Chase
- 4YO plus  |  2m 7f  |  Heavy  |  9 Runners  |  Turf
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Horse A-Z
Show odds
Career best when winning 8-runner claiming hurdle at Limerick (21f, heavy, 8/1) 65 days ago, unchallenged. Switches from hurdles to chase. Has to be feared.
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Eleven runs since last win in 2021. First run since leaving Henry De Bromhead when tenth of 15 in handicap chase at Thurles (20.3f, heavy, 50/1) 19 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.
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Unreliable sort. Eleventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, heavy, 25/1) 26 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Stable in good form. Blinkers back on and first-time tongue strap added, too.
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Course winner. 3 wins from 8 runs this season. Latest win in chase here in February. 11/2, below form eighth of 15 in handicap chase at Thurles (20.3f, heavy) 19 days ago. Can make presence felt.
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Respectable fifth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Cork (24.3f, heavy, 6/1) 14 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase (safely held sole previous start in this sphere).
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Blinkered for 1st time, pulled up in handicap chase (22/1) at Fairyhouse (21.2f, heavy) 71 days ago. Probably best to look elsewhere.
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Fair 3m winner over hurdles. Fourth of 13 in handicap chase at Navan (24f, heavy, 9/2) 75 days ago. Shortlist material off the same mark here.
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One win from 34 NH runs. Creditable third of 9 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (26f, heavy, 18/1) 68 days ago. Place possibilities.
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One win from 25 NH runs. Below form seventh of 14 in handicap chase (17/2) at Down Royal (20.4f, heavy) 72 days ago. Tongue strap back on. Needs a couple of these to falter.
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Forecasts
Tangental (11/4), Mick Charlie (4/1), Danny The Fence (5/1), Eddies Pride (5/1), Robinstown (11/2), Weihnachts (10/1), Da Big Fella (12/1), Carrolls Cottage (14/1), Centurion Steel (20/1)
The vote goes to TANGENTAL, who stepped up on his low-key chase debut when fourth at Navan in January and he is on a good mark judged on his exploits over hurdles last spring. Mick Charlie wasn't at his best last time but was on a roll prior to that and he could be the one to follow the selection home, for all that Robinstown and Eddies Pride are also pretty strong each-way candidates.
Prize Money
1st: €6,900.002nd: €2,300.003rd: €1,150.004th: €575.005th: €345.006th: €230.00
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