12:15 Thurles

Saturday 22 December 2018

All12:1512:5013:2514:0014:3515:1015:40

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase

Off time: 12:16 | Winning time: 6m 20.30s

1^st

Moonshine Bay

511-12

11/8f

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: R M Power

Tracked leaders, went 2nd halfway and led 5 out, headed briefly 2 out, pushed along approaching last and drew clear run-in op 7/4

2^nd

Westland Row

611-12

14/1

T: G ElliottJ: Keith Donoghue

Held up towards rear, ran freely, slight mistake 3rd, headway 9th, 2nd 3 out and led briefly next, soon ridden and no impression on winner run-in, kept on one pace op 11/1

3^rd

Aherlow

611-12

10/1

T: H De BromheadJ: Rachael Blackmore

Led or disputed lead, headed after 3rd, left in lead after 7th, headed 5 out and mistake next, 3rd 3 out, pushed along approaching next and soon no impression, kept on one pace op 7/1

4^th

2 ¼

Polar Present

711-5

7/1

T: S FaheyJ: Donagh Meyler

Mid-division, slow 4th, 5th halfway, checked after 3 out, left 4th next and soon no impression, no extra, kept on one pace op 8/1

5^th

Eshtiaal

811-12

50/1

T: G ElliottJ: D F O'Regan

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, dropped towards rear approaching 6 out, pushed along and detached 4 out, weakened, tailed off op 40/1

6^th

4 ½

Turndownthevolume

711-5

100/1

T: R TectorJ: J M Moore

Rear of mid-division, headway on outer 4th and 3rd halfway, dropped towards rear after 6 out, pushed along and detached approaching 3 out, weakened, tailed off

Also Ran

Mine Now

1011-12

4/1

T: Peter FaheyJ: R Deegan (5)

Towards rear, hampered 7th and dropped to rear, some headway 4 out and 5th next, pushed along in 3rd and fell 2 out op 7/2

The Conditional

611-12

7/2

T: M HassettJ: R Loughran

Prominent and disputed lead, led after 3rd, blundered and unseated rider 7th op 4/1

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Non-Runners

Castlebrook²³⁵

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: J J Mangan J: D N Russell

Last Man Standing¹⁴

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: M F Morris J: G N Fox

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€2.20Pl:€1.02, €4.20, €1.20EX:€17.60Trifecta:€68.40SF:€21.97

Forecasts

Moonshine Bay (11/8), Castlebrook (11/4), The Conditional (7/2), Mine Now (4/1), Polar Present (7/1), Last Man Standing (8/1), Aherlow (10/1), Westland Row (14/1), Eshtiaal (50/1), Turndownthevolume (100/1)

The Oscar gelding, CASTLEBROOK, may well lead all the way here and have a couple of the field in trouble some way out on chasing debut under jockey Davy Russell. The five-year-old can see off the challenge of fellow chasing debutante, Westland Row, while Moonshine Bay is expected to come on for his run at Fairyhouse earlier this month.