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Sunday 28 November 2021

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BARONERACING.COM Porterstown Handicap Chase (Grade B)

Off time: 14:05 | Winning time: 7m 37.1s

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Coko Beach^b²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 150

5/1

Won Thyestes Handicap Chase at Gowran and Ten Up Novices' Chase at Navan last season and shaped as if needing run in Gr 2 chase at Down Royal (19.6f, soft) on return. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 23117-4

Milan Native^t²³²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 144

12/1

Winner of Kim Muir in 2020. Mixed record last term, pulled up in Grand National final start. Off 7 months.

Form: 12P09P-

Fairyhill Run¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: D E Mullins| T: J P Ryan| OR: 135

12/1

Below form 22¼ lengths third of 6 to Mount Ida in listed chase at Clonmel (20.7f, heavy, 4/1) 17 days ago.

Form: 111833

Eurobot^p1,t1²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: B J Cooper| T: N Meade| OR: 134| BF

4/1

5/1, bit below form fourth of 12 in handicap chase at Cork (28f, heavy) 28 days ago. Tongue strap on 1st time, cheekpieces on 1st time.

Form: U64F0-4

Stones And Roses³³²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-8| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins| OR: 134

11/1

10/1, career best when winning 12-runner handicap chase at Punchestown (25.2f, heavy), driven out. Off 11 months. Not taken lightly.

Form: 1P0P/71-

Alpha Des Obeaux^b,t¹⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 10-7| J: J S McGarvey| T: G Elliott| OR: 133

22/1

Unreliable type. Eighteen runs since last win in 2018. Respectable eighth of 13 in handicap chase at Cheltenham (30.2f, good to soft, 17/2) 16 days ago.

Form: 40C6-P8

Forza Milan^t¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 10-6| J: G Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 132| C

5/1

Course winner. 20/1, respectable fourth of 13 in handicap chase at Cheltenham (25f, good to soft) 15 days ago.

Form: 4356-74

Smoking Gun^b,t⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-4| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott| OR: 130

10/1

Fell heavily at first in handicap chase at Navan (24f, good, 20/1) 7 days ago. Up in trip. Not easy to make a case for.

Form: PP04-6F

Agent Boru²⁸

Age: 10| Weight: 9-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 124| C

10/1

Latest win in chase at Ballinrobe in May. Below form sixth of 12 in handicap chase (16/1) at Cork (28f, heavy) 28 days ago.

Form: 625-176

The Dabbler^p³⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-12| J: C J Orr| T: L P Cusack| OR: 123| BF

11/2

2 wins from 5 runs this season. Latest win in chase at Gowran in October. Good second of 8 in handicap chase (11/4) at Galway (22.5f, heavy) 35 days ago, just failing. Up in trip. Not taken lightly.

Form: 3-24112

Fiveaftermidnight^p²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-12| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 108

66/1

Good third of 18 in handicap hurdle (28/1) at Navan (22f, good to soft) 21 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Significantly up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 617-063

Forecasts

Eurobot (4/1), Forza Milan (5/1), Coko Beach (5/1), The Dabbler (11/2), Smoking Gun (10/1), Agent Boru (10/1), Stones And Roses (11/1), Fairyhill Run (12/1), Milan Native (12/1), Alpha Des Obeaux (22/1), Fiveaftermidnight (66/1)

THE DABBLER continues in great heart, failing only narrowly to complete a hat-trick at Galway 5 weeks ago, and could have even more to offer over this longer trip. Coko Beach should prove all the better for his return and is considered, with Stones And Roses another interesting runner back from 11 months off.