14:00 Thurles

Thursday 6 February 2025

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Racing Again February 20th Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 4m 7.9s

Lake Chad⁷⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 12-1| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 113| D

28/1

Seventh of 11 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, soft, 6/1) 79 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Back down in trip.

Form: 914137

Kazakh D'arthel^h¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 108

16/1

Well held when unseated rider in handicap chase (16/1) at Fairyhouse (17.1f, soft) 12 days ago.

Form: 80F57U

Spinning Web^t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Danny Mullins| T: Ms M Mullins| OR: 108| D

22/1

Modest winner at 12f on flat. Tongue strap on for 1st time, thirteenth of 14 in novice chase at Gowran (20f, soft, 250/1) 14 days ago. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 23-5090

In The Trenches^h²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Kieren Buckley| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 107

14/1

Highly promising type. Eighth of 12 in novice chase (200/1) at Fairyhouse (17.2f, soft) 26 days ago. Makes handicap chase debut. Open to significant progress.

Form: 233808

Wee Charlie⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: Gerard O'Leary| OR: 104

6/5

2 wins from 6 runs this season. Good second of 18 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at this course (16.1f, good) 47 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Potentially very well treated given recent hurdling exploits.

Form: 001122

Turbo^p,t¹⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 11-3| J: K C Sexton| T: J R Finn| OR: 101| C

8/1

Course winner. Latest win in chase here in November. Good fourth of 10 in handicap chase (9/1) at this course (21.8f, good) 18 days ago. Back down in trip. Can make presence felt.

Form: 9/18784

Ernie From Nurney^t¹²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: P Roche| OR: 95| BF| D

8/1

Below form sixth of 10 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (17.1f, soft, 3/1) 12 days ago.

Form: 11-4036

Andyourbirdcansing²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: D King| T: J P Ryan| OR: 94

22/1

Fair winner at 18f over hurdles. Sixth of 9 in handicap chase at Cork (20f, soft, 20/1) 20 days ago.

Form: 0P4376

Get It Right¹²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Aherne| OR: 94

66/1

Tenth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Galway (16.6f, good to soft, 14/1) 121 days ago. Makes chase debut. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: P53-300

Baltinglass Hill^b⁷⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 93| BF| D

17/2

Fair winner at 17f over hurdles. 2/1, 13¾ lengths sixth of 8 to Turbo in handicap chase at this course (16.6f, good) 77 days ago.

Form: 424P46

Mahlers Cove^p1²⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: Mike O'Connor| T: J J Mangan| OR: 90| CD

13/2

One win from 21 NH runs. Fifteen runs since last win in 2023. Creditable second of 7 in handicap chase at Punchestown (19.4f, heavy, 7/1) 25 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 2-35762

Mywayorthehighway^p,t¹⁹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-3| J: D Robinson| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 87

25/1

11/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, tenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22f, good). Off 6 months. Makes chase debut. Back down in trip. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 800-650

Added Bonus^p,t⁵²

Age: 11| Weight: 10-1| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: Brendan Walsh| OR: 85| CD

9/1

C&D winner. Two wins from 44 NH runs. Second of 19 in handicap hurdle at Naas (16.2f, good to soft, 33/1) 52 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 782P72

Forecasts

Wee Charlie (6/5), Mahlers Cove (13/2), Ernie From Nurney (8/1), Turbo (8/1), Baltinglass Hill (17/2), Added Bonus (9/1), In The Trenches (14/1), Kazakh D'arthel (16/1), Spinning Web (22/1), Andyourbirdcansing (22/1), Mywayorthehighway (25/1), Lake Chad (28/1), Get It Right (66/1)

WEE CHARLIE has been in the form of his life since joining current connections and is potentially very well treated back over fences. In The Trenches looks open to significant improvement when making his handicap debut in this sphere so is feared most ahead of Turbo.