14:35 Thurles

Sunday 19 January 2025

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Leugh Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:35 | Winning time: 5m 23.80s

Final Orders²⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 12-2| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 134

14/1

16/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap chase at Leopardstown (17f, good to soft) 24 days ago. Back up in trip. Dangerous if scaling a revival but not threatening to at present.

Form: 044700

Optional Mix²³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 126| C

25/1

Course winner. 7/1, seventh of 11 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (20f, soft) 23 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Not one to rule out.

Form: 868947

The Echo Boy^t⁵⁰

Age: 12| Weight: 11-8| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 126

25/1

Latest win in chase at Ballinrobe in May. 22/1, respectable sixth of 10 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (21.5f, good) 50 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 67-1766

Digby^p⁴³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-3| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 121

9/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2022. 33/1, sixteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Navan (25.2f, soft) 43 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Others more persuasive.

Form: 24P-340

Potters Party^p,t³⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Mike O'Connor| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 121

17/2

11/2, respectable fifth of 12 in handicap chase at Navan (24f, good to soft) 35 days ago. Should be on the premises.

Form: 417-825

Secret She Keeps⁶³³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 114| BF| C

8/1

Course winner. 5/1, below form fifth of 12 in handicap chase at Punchestown (21.2f, good to soft). Off 21 months. First run for yard after leaving Henry De Bromhead. Others make more appeal.

Form: 732145/

That's About Right^p,t²⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-5| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 109| C| D

9/4

Course winner. 4 wins from 10 runs this season. Latest win in chase here in November. Excellent second of 7 in handicap chase (5/1) at this course (20.8f, good) 29 days ago. Stand-out claims.

Form: 137312

Whatsyourstatus^t³⁵

Age: 12| Weight: 10-5| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁵⁾| T: G O'Loughlin| OR: 109

9/1

80/1, respectable fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, good to soft) 35 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Not discounted.

Form: 0/1697-5

Secrecies Of Stone^b²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 102

7/2

Winner in hurdle at Tipperary in July. Fair winner at 20f over hurdles. Blinkered for 1st time, ninth of 17 in handicap chase (16/1) at Leopardstown (24.4f, good to soft) 21 days ago.

Form: 216089

Turbo^p,t¹⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 10-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: J R Finn| OR: 101| C| D

9/1

Course winner. Latest win in chase here in November. Eighth of 20 in handicap hurdle (33/1) at Fairyhouse (20f, soft) 18 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: P9/1878

Non-Runners

The Dara Man¹⁴

Weight: 11-5| Age: 10

T: J P Ryan J: Danny Mullins

Forecasts

That's About Right (9/4), Secrecies Of Stone (7/2), Secret She Keeps (8/1), The Dara Man (8/1), Potters Party (17/2), Whatsyourstatus (9/1), Turbo (9/1), Digby (9/1), Final Orders (14/1), Optional Mix (25/1), The Echo Boy (25/1)

THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT represents a bang-in-form stable and is going the right way, so he's an obvious selection in a race where the majority are struggling for form. Potters Party should give his running and Optional Mix isn't without hope.