16:35 Clonmel

Thursday 13 February 2025

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Monksgrange Beginners Chase

Off time: 16:35 | Winning time: 5m 34.20s

Answering¹⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle

50/1

Fair hurdler. Twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Naas (18.7f, heavy, 28/1) 18 days ago. Work to do on chase debut.

Form: 148-600

Castle Field Boy^t⁴³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: P T Foley| C| D

10/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Fairly useful winner at 24f over hurdles. 125/1, sixth of 9 in novice chase at Fairyhouse (21.5f, soft) 43 days ago. Makes limited appeal.

Form: P20-676

El Champo^p¹⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 115

15/2

Consistent sort who shaped as if still in good heart when respectable third of 11 in handicap chase (13/2) at Naas (20.1f, heavy) 18 days ago. Likely to be in the mix again.

Form: 224243

He's Home Again³²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Byrnes| T: E Cawley

22/1

Fair hurdler. Fair winner at 24f over hurdles. 28/1, fourth of 11 in novice chase at Punchestown (22.7f, heavy) 32 days ago. Others more appealing.

Form: P2P1-04

Ik's Man^t⁴⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: T O'Brien

50/1

Fair hurdler. 28/1, fell in novice chase at Limerick (17.7f, soft) 49 days ago. Others more convincing.

Form: 452P/9F

John The Diva¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: M A Cahill

11/1

Fair hurdler. 13/2, good second of 17 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (19.2f, heavy) 17 days ago, running on. Switches from hurdles to chase. Not out of things.

Form: 418-3U2

Lightkeeper^b1,t³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| OR: 113

14/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Galway in July. Fairly useful winner at 21f over hurdles. Sixth of 9 in novice chase (18/1) at Fairyhouse (21.9f, soft) 33 days ago. Could be a player in first-time blinkers.

Form: 1P44B6

My Gaffer²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr D McGill⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan

8/1

Fair hurdler. 11/2, seventh of 9 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (15.5f, good) 25 days ago. Makes chase debut. Significantly up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 4000-97

On Lovers Walk^t¹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan

20/1

Fair chaser. 15/2, running below form when unseated rider in novice chase at Punchestown (22.7f, heavy) 32 days ago. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 0-2572U

Rockbrook⁴³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: D Robinson| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 100

20/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 2 wins from 3 runs this season. Career best when winning 9-runner handicap hurdle (9/2) at Tramore (16.8f, heavy) 43 days ago, easily. Enters calculations on chase debut.

Form: 862-P11

Union Station²¹

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

7/4

Promising type who wasn't knocked about when fourth of 14 in novice at Gowran (20f, soft) on debut over fences 21 days ago, faring best of those held up. Shortlist material.

Form: 3332-44

Notimelikedpresent²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-8| J: Simon Torrens| T: R Tyner

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fifth of 15 in novice chase (40/1) at Cork (20f, soft) on debut over fences 27 days ago. May well do better.

Form: P-0005

Banprionsa^t⁴⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

7/2

Fair winner at 21f over hurdles who posted an encouraging third of 9 in novice (3/1) at Down Royal (20.6f, good to soft) on debut over fences 49 days ago. Open to progress and is one for shortlist.

Form: 21P0-03

Non-Runners

Our Boy Rocky⁷²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: L P Cusack J: R Deegan

Forecasts

Union Station (7/4), Banprionsa (7/2), El Champo (15/2), My Gaffer (8/1), Castle Field Boy (10/1), John The Diva (11/1), Lightkeeper (14/1), On Lovers Walk (20/1), Rockbrook (20/1), He's Home Again (22/1), Ik's Man (50/1), Answering (50/1), Our Boy Rocky (50/1), Notimelikedpresent (80/1)

This can go to UNION STATION, who is in good hands and made a pleasing start over fences at Gowran last month. Banprionsa appeals as the type to progress over the larger obstacles and is feared most, whilst El Champo should also go well.