12:27 Gowran Park

Saturday 9 November 2024

All11:5212:2713:0213:3714:1214:4715:2215:57

Gerry Comerford Drilling Beginners Chase

Off time: 12:27 | Winning time: 5m 8.70s

Battle Roar¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: E Walsh| T: Ciaran Murphy

66/1

Modest hurdler. Excellent fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.6f, good to soft, 25/1) 16 days ago. Makes chase debut. Back up in trip.

Form: 460-064

Be Fierce^t³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: T M Walsh

25/1

Fair hurdler. 1 win from 2 runs this season. Career best when winning 9-runner handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, good to soft, 4/1) 30 days ago, kept up to work. Makes chase debut (maiden pointer). Up in trip.

Form: 774P-31

Brucejack¹⁸⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: H E Sexton⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy| OR: 109

16/1

Fair chaser. 28/1, good third of 21 in handicap chase at Punchestown (31.3f, soft). Off 6 months. Significantly down in trip. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 842543-

Cosmo Renfro²⁰⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley| T: S Nolan

33/1

Fair hurdler. Career best when winning 10-runner handicap hurdle (9/2) at Limerick (19f, heavy). Off 6 months. Makes chase debut.

Form: 332321-

Driscolls Hill¹⁷⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Gilligan| T: T Gibney

20/1

Below form ninth of 15 in novice hurdle at Tipperary (24f, good to soft, 7/1) 178 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: U1622-9

Due Course^t⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| D

8/1

Fair hurdler. Latest win in hurdle at Punchestown in October. 9/1, creditable sixth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, good to soft) 6 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Likely to improve over fences.

Form: 717316

Individualiste¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 109

22/1

Fair hurdler. Fair winner at 19f over hurdles. First run since leaving Paul Nicholls when sixteenth of 18 in handicap chase at Cheltenham (25f, good, 7/1) 15 days ago.

Form: 314PP-0

Muskerry Rock^t²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: M F Morris

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 12/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, fourteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Limerick (21f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 0/09-00

Noble Blue³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: R Deegan| T: P Nolan| OR: 102

25/1

Fair chaser. 14/1, sixteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at this course (20.2f, good to soft) 36 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 435P7-0

Noble Talent²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: T J Nagle-Jr| OR: 107

11/1

Fair hurdler. Fair winner at 21f over hurdles. 5/2, fourth of 5 in novice chase at Cork (17.6f, good) 27 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: U05-524

Poets Cottage²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: N Meade

50/1

Fair hurdler. Eighth of 10 in novice chase (9/1) at Downpatrick (19.4f, good to soft) on debut over fences 29 days ago, going off too hard.

Form: 3605-58

Ballycashin⁴⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: A Mullins

14/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Latest win in hurdle at Clonmel in May. Fourth of 6 in minor event hurdle (8/1) at Listowel (20f, good) 48 days ago. Makes chase debut.

Form: 76-1704

Hardy Diamond²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

11/2

Promising type. 11/2, third of 10 in novice chase at Downpatrick (19.4f, good to soft) on debut over fences 29 days ago. Stable in good form. Has to be taken seriously with promise of plenty more to come.

Form: 215473

Killinure Lass³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Daniel King| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 106| D

9/1

Fair hurdler. Fair winner at 25f over hurdles. Running well fell in novice chase at Sligo (21.1f, good, 3/1) 38 days ago, potential winner had she stood up. Not taken lightly.

Form: 61-402F

The Great Unknown^p1³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mike O'Connor| T: H De Bromhead| BF

13/2

Promising individual. Second of 10 in novice chase (3/1) at Killarney (23.4f, soft) on debut over fences 34 days ago, sticking to task. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Should have more to offer.

Form: 5543-02

Tell Nobody Nothin²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Sam Ewing| T: N Meade| BF

2/1

Fair winner at 18f over hurdles. Second of 6 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (17.3f, good to soft, 10/11) 29 days ago. Makes chase debut and possesses more ability than most of these.

Form: 3-12

Forecasts

Tell Nobody Nothin (2/1), Hardy Diamond (11/2), The Great Unknown (13/2), Due Course (8/1), Killinure Lass (9/1), Noble Talent (11/1), Ballycashin (14/1), Brucejack (16/1), Driscolls Hill (20/1), Individualiste (22/1), Be Fierce (25/1), Noble Blue (25/1), Cosmo Renfro (33/1), Poets Cottage (50/1), Battle Roar (66/1), Muskerry Rock (100/1)

HARDY DIAMOND already looks a better chaser than hurdler and in the right hands to progress, she makes the most appeal of these. The Great Unknown also has more to come, while unexposed 4-t-o Tell Nobody Nothin also demands consideration on debut over fences.