14:55 Down Royal
Friday 1 November 2019
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Advanced Ni Scaffolding Beginners Chase
- 4YO plus | 2m 3f 120y | Soft (Yielding to Soft in Places) | 7 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 5m 9.2s
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Horse A-Z
Show odds
Just a maiden hurdle win to his name and bitterly disappointing when last seen out at Galway in July; looks out of his depth against some very promising chasers.
Grade 1 hurdle winner in 2018; had his fair share of problems last season and ran below his best on every occasion; certainly has class and it will be interesting to see how he fares on his chase bow.
Thrown in at the deep end on his only racecourse appearance at Fairyhouse when finishing a long way behind the winner; likely to be just making up the numbers.
Showed glimpses of ability over hurdles but failed to win a single race; hard to see him being good enough unless chasing really does bring out the racehorse in him.
His sole success in his career so far came at Wexford in a 2m maiden hurdle in July 2018; has the most experience of jumping fences in the line-up but unlikely to be good enough based on all known form.
The eagerly anticipated chase debut from dual Grade 1 winning hurdler; he had some problems last year but if fully recovered he may prove difficult to beat if translating hurdle form to fences.
Brother to connections' smart jumper Monksland; finally off the mark on his last appearance of last season in a maiden hurdle at Kilbeggan; should make into a useful chaser but may not be good enough here on his debut.
Forecasts
Samcro (1/3), Dortmund Park (5/1), Trappist Monk (9/1), Myth Buster (12/1), Play The Part (40/1), Castle North (50/1), Lotto Numbers (100/1)
SAMCRO is likely to go off at a prohibitive price for backers but nonetheless this should be an interesting contest. The gelding was found to ill last season and was forced to miss Cheltenham. Expect him to be on top of his game here and will be very hard to beat if taking to the larger obstacles. Stablemate Dortmund Park was also a classy hurdler and another who had problems last season. If returning to his best form he should give the selection most to do.
- Samcro
- Dortmund Park
- Play The Part
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: €9,000.002nd: €3,000.003rd: €1,500.004th: €750.005th: €450.006th: €300.00
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