15:30 Tramore

Saturday 1 January 2022

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Tom Carroll Memorial Handicap Chase (0-102)

Off time: 15:30 | Winning time: 6m 22.1s

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Selected odds by:

Ballea Fox^t⁶⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: M P O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: S Spillane| OR: 101

33/1

25/1, eleventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.6f, heavy) 65 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Significantly back up in trip. Difficult ask.

Form: 51PF-00

Presenting Point^p¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: D J O'Keeffe| T: E O'Grady| OR: 100| C

7/1

Course winner. One win from 21 NH runs. 10/1, good second of 18 in handicap chase at Thurles (24.8f, good to soft) 13 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: P-80242

Satin Sun⁴²

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: J Dullea| OR: 99

9/2

Creditable fourth of 18 in novice chase at Gowran (20f, good to soft, 10/1) 42 days ago. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 35-0404

An Marcach^b1¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: B Hayes| T: D Donovan| OR: 97

18/1

One win from 25 NH runs. Visored for 1st time, sixth of 15 in handicap chase at Navan (20f, good to soft, 22/1) 14 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 400706

Rudy Catrail^b³⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-10| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 97

20/1

Unseated rider in handicap chase at Punchestown (25.7f, good to soft, 25/1) 39 days ago.

Form: RPP08U

I'm Not Alone^p,t³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 95

33/1

Latest win in chase at Tipperary in July. Below form tenth of 16 in handicap chase at Punchestown (25.7f, good to soft, 28/1) 39 days ago, having hopeless task from position. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 0-15F00

Lessofdnegativity^p⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-8| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: A McNamara| OR: 95| C

4/1

Course winner. Latest win in chase here in December. Unseated rider in handicap chase (5/1) at Limerick (19.7f, heavy) 6 days ago.

Form: 03771U

Wake Up Early^b³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-2| J: J S McGarvey| T: F J Flood| OR: 89

28/1

One win from 21 NH runs. Thirteen runs since last win in 2019. 50/1 and blinkered for 1st time, eleventh of 16 in handicap chase at Punchestown (25.7f, good to soft) 39 days ago, left with lot to do.

Form: 2-P2090

Bitview Colin^b⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 11-1| J: L Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 88

25/1

Twenty five runs since last win in 2020. Seventh of 16 in handicap chase at Limerick (19.7f, heavy, 20/1) 6 days ago.

Form: 9P4657

Arctic Ambition²³

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: R P Treacy| T: R Tyner| OR: 86

2/1

Promising type. 1½ lengths second of 14 to Lessofdnegativity in handicap chase at this course (21.4f, heavy, 13/2) on debut over fences 23 days ago, closing all way to line. Shortlist material.

Form: 6P-7032

Highest Benefit²³

Age: 13| Weight: 10-13| J: G B Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Austin| OR: 86| C

16/1

Course winner. 25/1, 14¾ lengths fifth of 14 to Lessofdnegativity in handicap chase at this course (21.4f, heavy) on reappearance 23 days ago. Has fallen to a workable mark.

Form: 28P9-65

Subset^p⁶⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-12| J: Mr T D Geoghegan⁽⁷⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 85

66/1

First run since leaving Ciaran Murphy when fifteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (20f, good to soft, 100/1) 170 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase. Makes handicap chase debut.

Form: 8301UU

Fr Gilligansvoyge^t⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 10-10| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: John G Carr| OR: 83

40/1

Remains a maiden after 35 NH runs. Has unseated rider on 4 of his last 5 starts so comes with obvious risks attached.

Form: 3U5UUU

Memory Of Youth^p¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 10-8| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 81

20/1

8/1, twelfth of 15 in handicap chase at Navan (20f, good to soft) 14 days ago.

Form: 269-660

Lacken Bridge^p⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 9-13| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: G M Doyle| OR: 72| C

14/1

Course winner. Nineteen runs since last win in 2018. Third of 16 in handicap chase (40/1) at Limerick (19.7f, heavy) 6 days ago.

Form: P8-0693

Non-Runners

Be My Dream²³

Weight: 10-13| Age: 9

T: J R Finn J: K C Sexton

Capture The Drama¹³

Weight: 9-12| Age: 14

T: Aengus King J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Arctic Ambition (2/1), Lessofdnegativity (4/1), Satin Sun (9/2), Presenting Point (7/1), Capture The Drama (11/1), Be My Dream (14/1), Lacken Bridge (14/1), Highest Benefit (16/1), An Marcach (18/1), Memory Of Youth (20/1), Rudy Catrail (20/1), Bitview Colin (25/1), Wake Up Early (28/1), I'm Not Alone (33/1), Ballea Fox (33/1), Fr Gilligansvoyge (40/1), Subset (66/1)

ARCTIC AMBITION shaped well when second to the reopposing Lessofdnegativity on his course chase debut last month and is fancied to go one better now with improvement on the cards. Presenting Point has been runner-up in his last 2 handicap chases and should give another good account. Highest Benefit might have needed the run on his return and is on a good mark so he's also shortlisted.