12:45 Thurles

Thursday 4 November 2021

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Littleton Handicap Chase

Off time: 12:46 | Winning time: 4m 35.1s

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Ask Nile^b¹¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: Ricky Doyle| T: S Neville| OR: 122

10/1

Thirty-three runs since last win in 2017. Creditable fourth of 11 in handicap chase (20/1) at Wexford (20f, heavy) 11 days ago. Solid each-way chance.

Form: 0-27204

Benefit Run^p1⁴⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-10| J: L P Dempsey| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 122| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Bit below form 16½ lengths fifth of 9 to Defan in handicap chase (13/2) at Listowel (17f, good) 40 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time and expected to be bang there.

Form: 64-82F5

Defan⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 119

4/1

Promising type. 1 win from 3 runs this season. Career best when winning 9-runner handicap chase (13/2) at Listowel (17f, good) 40 days ago, driven out. Remains open to improvement.

Form: 010-031

Tesseract^p¹¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: S D Torrens| T: A A Howard| OR: 118

25/1

Thirteen runs since last win in 2017. Seventh of 8 in handicap chase at Galway (22.5f, heavy, 11/2) 11 days ago. Others more persuasive overall.

Form: 90-6727

Shakeytry¹⁸⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 117

9/1

12/1, bit below form twelfth of 22 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16.2f, good to soft). Off 6 months and he's opposable back in this sphere.

Form: 1U4250-

All The Chimneys^p¹⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 11-4| J: S Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: Leonard Flynn| OR: 116| CD

20/1

C&D winner. 100/1, first run since leaving W. J. Austin when second of 18 in handicap hurdle at Cork (19f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Looks vulnerable.

Form: 314P-P2

Fine Brunello^p³³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J C Gainford⁽³⁾| T: E Bolger| OR: 116

8/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2018. 14/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable sixth of 12 in handicap chase at Gowran (20f, good) 33 days ago. Not without each-way hope.

Form: 2/F-4556

Golden Jewel^t¹⁴³

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: B J Cooper| T: E Cawley| OR: 114| BF

3/1

Twenty three runs since last win in 2018. Good second of 8 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good, 4/1) 143 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase and he's one for the shortlist.

Form: 2505-62

Well Joey^t²⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: J M Moore| T: P Stafford| OR: 112| C

33/1

Course winner. Bit below form seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle (9/2) at Downpatrick (21.5f, soft) 27 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase and tongue strap back on. Others preferred.

Form: P55247

Champagne Beauty²³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-10| J: D F O'Regan| T: P D Fitzgerald| OR: 108

17/2

Respectable sixth of 16 in handicap chase (12/1) at Punchestown (23.9f, good) 23 days ago. Back down in trip and minor place money is probably the best he can hope for.

Form: 8P4036

Seskin Flyer¹¹⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 10-6| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: P Carey| OR: 104| CD

50/1

C&D winner. Fifteen runs since last win in 2019. Thirteenth of 15 in handicap chase at Limerick (19.7f, good, 40/1) 117 days ago. Readily passed over.

Form: 3D0/9-60

My Oakclahome^b1²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-5| J: R P Treacy| T: D M O'Brien| OR: 103

16/1

11/1, ninth of 13 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (23.7f, good) 26 days ago. Down in trip and blinkers on 1st time. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 43P669

Ricky Langford^t²²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: A W Short| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 98

11/1

Good second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (16f, good to soft, 11/1) 22 days ago, conceding first run. Switches from hurdles to chase. Can make presence felt.

Form: 124512

Forecasts

Golden Jewel (3/1), Defan (4/1), Fine Brunello (8/1), Champagne Beauty (17/2), Shakeytry (9/1), Benefit Run (10/1), Ask Nile (10/1), Ricky Langford (11/1), My Oakclahome (16/1), All The Chimneys (20/1), Tesseract (25/1), Well Joey (33/1), Seskin Flyer (50/1)

DEFAN has gone up 8 lb for his Listowel success, but he remains unexposed in this sphere and may well take another step forward. He gets the nod ahead of Golden Jewel, who hit the crossbar off a significantly higher hurdles mark at Kilbeggan when last seen in June. Benefit Street was below par behind Defan last time, but he is capable of better and merits respect, along with Ricky Langford.