15:05 Thurles

Saturday 15 March 2025

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:25

Flexineb E3 Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:05 | Winning time: 5m 18.60s

Spinning Web^t⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-1| J: Donagh Meyler| T: Ms M Mullins| OR: 115| CD

9/2

Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. 11/2, career best when winning 11-runner novice chase at this C&D (good to soft) 9 days ago. Well in the mix again.

Form: 509021

Secret She Keeps⁵⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 112| CD

40/1

C&D winner. First run since leaving Henry De Bromhead when last of 10 in handicap chase at this course (21.8f, good, 8/1) 55 days ago.

Form: 32145/0

Clonbury Bridge^b,t¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-13| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 111| D

14/1

Latest win in chase at Fairyhouse in January. Brought down 1st in handicap chase at Leopardstown (21.5f, good to soft, 13/2) 12 days ago. Can bounce back.

Form: 32051B

Malinas Glory^p1,t¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽³⁾| T: A O'Grady| OR: 100| C

12/1

Course winner. Eleventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (18.9f, heavy, 20/1) 16 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Tongue strap back on. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: F41P70

Must Be Dreaming^p⁷⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: G Ahern| OR: 100

20/1

Latest win in chase at Tramore in September. Pulled up in handicap chase (20/1) at Limerick (17.7f, soft) 79 days ago, pulled up before 2 out. Others more persuasive.

Form: 91556P

Lilian Bland¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-1| J: R Deegan| T: N P Hennessy| OR: 99| CD

8/1

C&D winner. 9/2, career best when winning 7-runner handicap chase at Navan (20.4f, heavy) 14 days ago. Up 5 lb but she's not taken lightly in her current mood.

Form: 24P321

Get It Right³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Aherne| OR: 94

9/2

66/1, hampered and unseated rider last (running well) in handicap chase at this course (16f, good) on debut over fences 37 days ago. Back up in trip and not ruled out.

Form: 53-300U

Irish Impulse^t⁸⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Phillip Enright| T: R Tyner| OR: 92| BF| D

5/1

2 wins from 4 runs this season. 10/3, below form fourth of 18 in handicap chase at Naas (16f, good to soft) 89 days ago. Can make his presence felt if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 00-P114

Ricky Langford^p⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 10-8| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 92

11/1

Moody sort. Good fourth of 16 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at this course (15.6f, good to soft) 9 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Significantly up in trip. Others are still preferred.

Form: 4537P4

Baltinglass Hill^b¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 91

25/1

Fifteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft, 50/1) 13 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 4P46U0

Andyourbirdcansing³⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-6| J: Daniel King| T: J P Ryan| OR: 90

14/1

One win from 21 NH runs. Running below form when fell last in handicap chase (22/1) at this course (16f, good) 37 days ago. Back up in trip with more needed.

Form: P4376F

Crowsatedappletart⁷⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M Winters| OR: 88| D

7/2

A three-time winner over hurdles and fences this season. 8/1, very good second of 18 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, soft) 77 days ago. Switches to fences and expected to be bang there off a reduced mark.

Form: 133012

Dontdooddson⁹

Age: 12| Weight: 10-3| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Collins| OR: 87

40/1

Twenty one runs since last win in 2021. Eleventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at this course (15.6f, good to soft, 18/1) 9 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 38-0680

Non-Runners

Big Island⁷³

Weight: 11-1| Age: 8

T: W J Lanigan J: Cian Quirke

Walk In Time²

Weight: 10-6| Age: 8

T: D H Kelly J: Aidan Kelly

Forecasts

Crowsatedappletart (7/2), Spinning Web (9/2), Get It Right (9/2), Irish Impulse (5/1), Lilian Bland (8/1), Walk In Time (10/1), Ricky Langford (11/1), Malinas Glory (12/1), Clonbury Bridge (14/1), Andyourbirdcansing (14/1), Must Be Dreaming (20/1), Baltinglass Hill (25/1), Big Island (33/1), Secret She Keeps (40/1), Dontdooddson (40/1)

CROWSATEAPPLETART comes here at the top of his game over hurdles but also has a fencing win to his name this season and is fancied to bag a second victory off a reduced chasing mark. C&D winners Lilian Bland and Spinning Web appeal as the duo to chase home Michael Winters' 8-y-o in that order.