15:15 Down Royal

Tuesday 21 January 2025

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Aspall Handicap Chase (0-100)

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 5m 15.03s

Doonbeg Don⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 100

6/1

Winner in chase at Galway in October. Twelfth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (23.8f, soft, 9/2) 42 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Open to progress in this sphere.

Form: 49-0310

Quornofamonday²³

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 100

8/1

Fair winner at 16f over hurdles. 20/1, fifth of 12 in handicap chase at Limerick (22.6f, soft) 23 days ago. Opposable.

Form: 91-0P65

Rightfolksplease³⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Danny Gilligan| T: P W Flynn| OR: 100

7/4

Respectable third of 18 in handicap chase at Naas (16f, good to soft, 15/2) 36 days ago. Up in trip and expected to be bang there.

Form: 7FF263

Finnians Row^v,t²⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 98

8/1

Latest win in chase at Gowran in October. Below form seventh of 13 in handicap chase at this course (20.6f, good to soft, 15/2) 26 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 242167

Don't Talk^t³⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Thornton| OR: 96

11/2

Fair winner at 21f over hurdles. 11/1, below form fifth of 12 in handicap chase at Navan (20.6f, good to soft) 37 days ago. Place possibilities.

Form: 34P2-05

Le Grand Vert⁷⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-6| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly| OR: 92

14/1

Winner in chase at Roscommon in August. Unseated rider in handicap chase at Clonmel (20.8f, good to soft, 13/2) 75 days ago. First run for yard after leaving J. P. Dempsey. Each-way chance granted a clear round.

Form: 14P23U

Rideau Canal^t⁴²

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 85

10/1

Remains a maiden after 16 NH runs. 9/1, thirteenth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (23.8f, soft) 42 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase and makes handicap debut in this sphere.

Form: 008360

School Lane²⁶

Age: 12| Weight: 10-8| J: Caragh Monaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: L Lennon| OR: 80| C

8/1

Course winner. 25/1, third of 13 in handicap chase at this course (20.6f, good to soft) 26 days ago, running on late. Not discounted.

Form: 0P008-3

Non-Runners

Room To Roam⁵

Weight: 12-0| Age: 11

T: J C McConnell J: D A Kidd

Forecasts

Rightfolksplease (7/4), Don't Talk (11/2), Doonbeg Don (6/1), School Lane (8/1), Finnians Row (8/1), Quornofamonday (8/1), Rideau Canal (10/1), Room To Roam (10/1), Le Grand Vert (14/1)

DOONBEG DON shaped better than the bare result over hurdles last month and is taken to make it 2-2 in this sphere having scored on his chase debut at Galway in October. Rightfolksplease gave it a good shot when third in a big-field Naas handicap last time and he should be on the premises once again, along with Finnians Row and Le Grand Vert.