12:40 Naas

Sunday 30 January 2022

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Naas Racecourse Business Club Novice Chase (Grade 3)

Off time: 12:40 | Winning time: 6m 33.80s

1^st

Stattler

711-2

11/10f

T: W P MullinsJ: Paul Townend

Tracked leaders in 4th, not fluent 12th, headway into 2nd 2 out, soon ridden, strongly pressed winner at last, led inside final furlong, stayed on well under pressure close home op 11/8 tchd Evens

2^nd

1 ¼

Farouk D'Alene

711-2

3/1

T: G ElliottJ: Jack Kennedy

Tracked leader in 2nd, mistake 6th, mistake 3 out, led before 2 out, ridden 2 out, strongly pressed at last, headed inside final furlong, kept on under pressure close home op 11/4 tchd 10/3

3^rd

Vanillier

711-10

13/2

T: G P CromwellJ: Keith Donoghue

Tracked leaders in 3rd, slight mistake 9th, ridden in 3rd entering straight, no impression on leaders after 2 out, kept on same pace tchd 11/2 and tchd 7/1

4^th

Darrens Hope

810-9

40/1

T: R MurphyJ: Darragh O'Keeffe

Held up in touch in 6th, pushed along briefly at 10th, mistake 12th, ridden from next, moderate 5th 2 out, went moderate 4th inside final furlong op 50/1

5^th

4 ¼

En Beton

811-2

5/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Danny Mullins

Led, bad mistake 11th, ridden and headed before 2 out, dropped to moderate 4th and mistake 2 out, soon hung left, moderate 5th inside final furlong, no impression op 9/2 tchd 4/1

6^th

Stratum

911-2

28/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Sean O'Keeffe

Held up in touch in 5th, mistake 3rd, lost touch with leaders when mistake 4 out and ridden, weakened, dropped to last before 2 out op 25/1 tchd 33/1

Also Ran

Noble Yeats

711-2

16/1

T: E MullinsJ: Brian Hayes

Always last, jumped left, slow jump at 1st, trailing 3rd, tailed off when pulled up after 9th tchd 12/1 and tchd 18/1

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Non-Runners

Run Wild Fred³²

Weight: 11-2| Age: 8

T: G Elliott J: D N Russell

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€2.10Pl:€1.10, €1.80EX:€5.10Trifecta:€17.90SF:€4.99

Forecasts

Stattler (11/10), Farouk D'Alene (3/1), Run Wild Fred (3/1), En Beton (5/1), Vanillier (13/2), Noble Yeats (16/1), Stratum (28/1), Darrens Hope (40/1)

A fascinating Grade 3 novice in which STATTLER is taken to continue Willie Mullins' fine recent run in this event and follow up his impressive debut success over fences. Farouk d'Alene is feared most now he also steps up in trip, with both Run Wild Fred and En Beton high on the shortlist too.

STATTLER (IRE)
FAROUK D'ALENE (FR)
RUN WILD FRED (IRE)

Previous Winners

2021

Eklat De Rire

Weight: 11-2 |Age: 7

J: Rachael Blackmore | T: H De Bromhead

11/4

Prize Money

1st: €18,000.002nd: €6,000.003rd: €3,000.004th: €1,499.005th: €900.006th: €600.00