19:10 Kilbeggan

Monday 14 June 2021

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Axa Smart Insurance Midlands National July 9th Opportunity Beginners Chase

Off time: 19:12 | Winning time: 5m 1.1s

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Selected odds by:

Abraham^t¹⁸²

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: C Brassil⁽²⁾| T: M Brassil| D

20/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Latest win in hurdle at Bellewstown in July. Fairly useful winner at 20f over hurdles. Sixth of 10 in novice chase at Naas (19f, heavy, 150/1). Off 6 months.

Form: 100976-

Blackhillsofdakota^p1³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: J C Gainford⁽⁴⁾| T: J Halley

10/3

Fairly useful chaser. 5/1, respectable third of 16 in novice chase at Tipperary (23.3f, good to soft) 39 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: 575/82-3

Cassells Rock^t²³

Age: 11| Weight: 12-0| J: C A Landers| T: J R Finn| OR: 102| D

150/1

Fair hurdler. Tenth of 11 in handicap hurdle (66/1) at Killarney (22.2f, good). Switches from hurdles to chase. First run for yard after leaving David Peter Nagle. Unplaced in a point last month.

Form: 45320/9

Cerberus^t³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: S D Torrens| T: J P O'Brien

2/1

Useful hurdler. 18/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, respectable sixth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (17f, good to soft) 36 days ago. Makes chase debut. Yard in good form.

Form: 36/450-6

Demain Des L'Aube^b1,t³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: H Morgan⁽²⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 125| BF

3/1

Fairly useful chaser. Bit below form sixth of 13 in handicap chase (4/1) at this C&D (good) 31 days ago. Yard in good form. Blinkers on 1st time. One to consider.

Form: 43PP2-6

Four Courts^t²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: P J Cawley⁽⁴⁾| T: B Cawley| OR: 95

80/1

Modest chaser. 9/2, fourth of 8 in handicap chase at Limerick (19.6f, good to soft) 27 days ago.

Form: 0070-44

Happy Jacky⁴⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: M P O'Connor⁽⁴⁾| T: R Hackett| OR: 117| D

4/1

Promising sort. Below form fourteenth of 25 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (24f, good to soft, 100/1) 46 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. May well do better.

Form: 3/85140-

Kilgorey²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: D J Hand⁽⁴⁾| T: Mrs Y Dunleavy

40/1

Fair hurdler. 18/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, seventh of 14 in novice chase at Limerick (22.7f, good to soft) 27 days ago.

Form: U/0545-7

Politicise^p⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: B Browne| T: A McGuinness| CD

11/1

Useful hurdler. Two wins from 6 runs last season. 10/1, eighth of 9 in handicap at Listowel (16.2f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Makes chase debut. Back up in trip.

Form: 32910-0

Where's Frankie^h1⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: E Walsh⁽²⁾| T: K Thornton

150/1

Modest hurdler. Seventh of 8 in novice chase at Down Royal (19.7f, good to soft, 66/1) 42 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 90008-7

Non-Runners

Low Sun⁸

Weight: 12-0| Age: 8

T: D Hogan J: S A Mulcahy

War God¹⁰

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: E Bolger J: T Joseph Kelly

Mustang Sallie¹⁸

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: S Curling J: R Deegan

Forecasts

Cerberus (2/1), Low Sun (5/2), Demain Des L'Aube (3/1), Blackhillsofdakota (10/3), Happy Jacky (4/1), Politicise (11/1), War God (12/1), Abraham (20/1), Kilgorey (40/1), Mustang Sallie (66/1), Four Courts (80/1), Cassells Rock (150/1), Where's Frankie (150/1)

CERBERUS is Flat bred and isn't the biggest, but he can call upon useful hurdles form ahead of this switch to chasing and represents a yard in good order. He receives the vote in favour of Low Sun and Demain des L'aube.