14:25 Cork

Monday 21 April 2025

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Coolmore N.H. Sires Luxembourg Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 4m 6.4s

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Selected odds by:

Golden Joy^t⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jake Coen⁽³⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 133| D

4/1

Career best when winning 7-runner minor event chase (9/2) at Leopardstown (17f, good to soft) 49 days ago, easily. Makes handicap chase debut. Likely to improve.

Form: 44-9051

Je T'ai Porte^h³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: S Fitzgerald| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 133| D

18/1

Tailed-off eighth of 9 to Dinoblue in Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Chase (Liberthine) at Cheltenham (20.6f, good to soft, 100/1) 38 days ago, missing break. Has work to do.

Form: 0272F8

Coming Up Easy^t³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: M P O'Connor| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 125

10/3

Career best when winning 6-runner handicap chase (15/2) at Limerick (17.9f, good to soft) 39 days ago, easily. Shortlist material.

Form: F10-001

Kings Halo⁴³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-1| J: R Deegan| T: J Dullea| OR: 122| C

12/1

Course winner. Latest win in chase here in January. 10/1, ninth of 14 in handicap chase at Naas (24.8f, soft) 43 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 0-90159

My Gaffer³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: J P Ryan| OR: 119

8/1

Latest win in chase at Clonmel in February. 11/4, 30 lengths fourth of 6 to Coming Up Easy in handicap chase at Limerick (17.9f, good to soft) 39 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 00-9714

Jay Pee M^h³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: T O'Brien| OR: 115| C| D

6/4

Promising type. 2 wins from 4 runs this season. 5/2 and hooded for 1st time, career best when winning 11-runner handicap chase at Navan (17f, soft) 30 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 5-6F141

Mount Frisco⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-8| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 115

14/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2024. Sixth of 7 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (19.8f, good, 13/2) 8 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 23FP66

Non-Runners

Captains Nephew⁵⁷

Weight: 11-9| Age: 8

T: P J Rothwell J: Tiernan Power Roche

Gaelic Arc¹

Weight: 11-8| Age: 9

T: J P Ryan J: L A McKenna

Forecasts

Jay Pee M (6/4), Coming Up Easy (10/3), Golden Joy (4/1), Captains Nephew (7/1), My Gaffer (8/1), Kings Halo (12/1), Mount Frisco (14/1), Je T'ai Porte (18/1), Gaelic Arc (25/1)

This looks between COMING UP EASY, Jay Pee M and Golden Joy, who all arrive on the back of a career-best win, and they are preferred in that order.