18:15 Limerick

Tuesday 1 April 2025

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Limerick Races On Instagram Handicap Chase

Off time: 18:15 | Winning time: 5m 8.90s

Gabriel Ranger²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: J G Murphy| OR: 108

13/2

Fair winner at 18f over hurdles. 5/1, creditable fifth of 11 in novice chase at Thurles (20.8f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Makes handicap chase debut. Ought to be thereabouts.

Form: 164365

Three In A Row⁴⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Donagh Meyler| T: A L T Moore| OR: 105| D

5/1

Fair winner at 19f over hurdles. Ninth of 11 in novice chase (125/1) at Gowran (20f, heavy) 45 days ago. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 6351-09

Another Ocana¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: E Walsh| T: L J Archdeacon| OR: 99| CD

10/1

Course winner. Good fourth of 15 in handicap chase at this course (22.8f, good to soft, 20/1) 19 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 799P04

Big Island⁹⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Cian Quirke⁽³⁾| T: W J Lanigan| OR: 99

10/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2022. Modest winner at 8f on flat. Pulled up in novice chase at Tramore (15.5f, heavy, 16/1) 90 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 2P20-0P

Must Be Dreaming^p¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: G Ahern| OR: 99

16/1

Latest win in chase at Tramore in September. Respectable seventh of 13 in handicap chase at Thurles (20.8f, good, 20/1) 17 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 1556P7

Birdsandthebees^h⁶³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁵⁾| T: P Roche| OR: 97

5/1

In very good nick over fences but she came in a tired fifth of 14 in the mud handicap hurdle (4/1) at this course (21f, heavy) 63 days ago. Expected to be bang there back chasing under these much less testing conditions.

Form: 551525

Chainofconsequence³³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 96| C

11/1

Unreliable sort. Course winner. 15/2, pulled up in handicap chase at Clonmel (23f, heavy) 33 days ago, pulled up before 2 out.

Form: 80642P

Snow Punt^t⁴⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: Brendan Walsh| OR: 94

10/1

Ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at Clonmel (16.1f, soft) 47 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 93-92F9

Island Mccoo⁹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Collins| OR: 92

25/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at this course (16f, soft, 80/1) 95 days ago, beaten 3 out. Back up in trip. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 45380P

Junot¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M Winters| OR: 91| BF

8/1

Respectable sixth of 11 in handicap chase (11/4) at Wexford (19.4f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Can give a good account.

Form: 586856

Love Like This¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Conor Clarke⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 90

5/1

Remains a maiden after 21 NH runs. Eleventh of 13 in handicap hurdle at Navan (16f, soft, 9/1) 10 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 034320

Coole Arcade^b,t¹²³

Age: 11| Weight: 10-3| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: C Coakley| OR: 85

28/1

Nineteen runs since last win in 2022. Eleventh of 13 in handicap chase (16/1) at Thurles (18.3f, good to soft) 123 days ago. Blinkers back on.

Form: 642460

Dontdooddson¹⁷

Age: 12| Weight: 10-1| J: P J O'Hanlon| T: D Collins| OR: 83

50/1

Twenty two runs since last win in 2021. Ninth of 13 in handicap chase at Thurles (20.8f, good, 40/1) 17 days ago.

Form: 8-06809

Non-Runners

Silent Flight³⁶

Weight: 10-9| Age: 9

T: P Byrne J: Brian Hayes

Forecasts

Birdsandthebees (5/1), Three In A Row (5/1), Love Like This (5/1), Gabriel Ranger (13/2), Junot (8/1), Big Island (10/1), Snow Punt (10/1), Another Ocana (10/1), Chainofconsequence (11/1), Silent Flight (14/1), Must Be Dreaming (16/1), Island Mccoo (25/1), Coole Arcade (28/1), Dontdooddson (50/1)

A few with chances but it is worth siding with BIRDSANDTHEBEES to bounce back in style over fences having got stuck in the mud over hurdles here last time out. In-form course scorer Another Ocana tops the list of dangers, athough handicap-debutant Gabriel Ranger and in-form pair Must Be Dreaming and Junot are others well worthy of consideration.