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15:15 Thurles (IRE)

Thurles Handicap Chase

  • 11 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 6f
  • Going: Soft (Heavy in places)
  • Surface: Turf
  • €11,000 added
  • Winner: €7,590
  • 2nd: €1,760
  • 3rd: €770
  • 4th: €441
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 6m 5.70s
  • Off Time: 15:15:44
  • 11 Ran
1
Silk - Red, black seams, diabolo on sleeves, black diamond on cap
  • Form 023145
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-12
  • Official Rating 118

rear of mid-division, 10th halfway, no extra in 9th before 3 out, weakened, pulled up before 2 out

2
Silk - LIGHT BLUE & MAROON HOOPS, blue sleeves, striped cap
10/1
  • Form 215646
  • Age 10
  • Weight 11-10
  • Official Rating 116

towards rear, 9th halfway, progress 3 out and went 3rd next, ridden and no impression approaching last, kept on one pace

3
Silk - LIGHT BLUE, dark blue chevron, hooped cap
11/4
  • Form 4F-2915
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-9
  • Official Rating 115

tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along and no impression in 8th approaching 4 out, no extra, pulled up before 2 out

4
Silk - WHITE, emerald green stars, yellow sleeves, maroon cap, white stars
6/1
  • Form 234-4P4
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-5
  • Official Rating 111

tracked leader, 2nd halfway, progress to lead briefly before 9th, pushed along in 3rd 3 out, ridden and no impression in 4th after next, kept on one pace

5
Silk - EMERALD GREEN, yellow sash, white cap, yellow star
  • Form P634P2
  • Age 10
  • Weight 10-10
  • Official Rating 102

tracked leaders, 5th halfway, progress to lead 10th, pressed entering straight, pushed along and 1 length lead last, ridden to assert run-in and stayed on well

6
Silk - EMERALD GREEN, white star, white chevrons on sleeves, white cap
10/1
  • Form 1-0740F
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-10
  • Official Rating 102

led, headed approaching 9th, 3rd when pecked 4 out and lost place, soon no extra, weakened

7
Silk - MAROON, yellow stars, maroon sleeves, striped cap

Miradane

19 t
8/1
  • Form 476638
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-9
  • Official Rating 101

mid-division on outer, 8th halfway, progress in 4th before 4 out, ridden and no extra in 5th after 2 out

8
Silk - Emerald green, yellow sash, red & emerald green hooped cap
25/1
  • Form 51-40P8
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-6
  • Official Rating 98

mid-division, 7th halfway, pushed along and progress into 2nd before 3 out, ridden after 2 out and no impression on winner run-in

9
Silk - Emerald green & pink chevrons, emerald green sleeves, pink cap, em green star
  • Form 341-149
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-6
  • Official Rating 98

always towards rear, slightly hampered 2nd, mistake 7th and pushed along in rear after next, behind and pulled up before 9th

10
Silk - RED, yellow cross of lorraine, black cap
8/1
  • Form F6909-2
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-6
  • Official Rating 98

mid-division on inner, slow 2nd, 6th halfway, mistake 11th, pushed along and no impression 2 out, weakened

11
Silk - EMERALD GREEN, white sash & sleeves, hooped cap

Gary (FR)

31 b
33/1
  • Form 00-P900
  • Age 7
  • Weight 9-10
  • Official Rating 86

tracked leaders on outer, 3rd halfway, mistake 9th and dropped to rear, slight mistake next and soon detached, weakened, completely tailed off

Previous results

In depth

Verdict

He Rock's is the only course and distance winner in the line-up and he's not without a chance despite being 9lb higher. Winter Magic went up 6lb for landing a Punchestown handicap and didn't run quite as well at Fairyhouse on New Year's Day. It's almost three years since COOLNAGORNA GIGGS won a race but he's dropped to a fair mark as a consequence and ran his best race for a while here last month so gets the nod. Tooreen has never won over fences but ran well when runner-up to Pencilhimin at Sligo but Miradane has a poor strike-rate and is overlooked. Mister First is another who doesn't win often but he's generally consistent and can snatch a place again.

Formwatch

Topper Thornton (IRE) 16-1 (11-7) Towards rear, 6th halfway, pushed along and no impression in 5th 2 out, no extra, 5th of 8, 26 1/4l behind Killer Crow (11-3) at Navan 2m 4f hvy in Dec.

Mister First (FR) 16-1 (11-7) Rear of mid-division, 9th halfway, ridden and no impression in 10th after 2 out, 8th at last, kept on one pace run-in, 6th of 12, 11 1/4l behind Clar Na Mionn (11-2) at Leopardstown 2m 5f hcp hvy in Dec.

Winter Magic (IRE) 7-2 (11-2) Tracked leader, led 12th, pushed along and joined briefly entering straight, headed approaching last and soon dropped to 3rd, no extra run-in, 5th of 12, 10l behind Witness Of Fashion (9-10) at Fairyhouse 3m 1f hcp hvy in Jan.

He Rock's (IRE) 8-1 (11-10) Towards rear, closed from before 13th, chased leaders from before straight and no impression, one pace, 4th of 15, 12l behind Winter Magic (11-7) at Punchestown 3m 1f hcp Soft - Heavy in Dec.

Coolnagorna Giggs (IRE) 16-1 (11-10) Led or disputed lead, led 12th, headed 2 out, soon ridden and no impression on winner when pecked last, kept on one pace, 2nd of 15, 7l behind Aunt Nora (11-12) at Thurles 3m hcp Soft - Heavy in Dec.

Shadow Play (IRE) 100-1 (11-12) Towards rear, slight mistake 4th, 10th halfway, 8th and mistake 5 out, no extra approaching straight, remote 7th and fell last, at Gowran Park 2m 4f hvy in Nov.

Miradane 14-1 (11-2) Prominent, slightly slow 1st, a little keen, no extra straight, 8th of 18, 21 3/4l behind Ice Cold Soul (11-12) at Leopardstown 2m 2f hcp hvy in Dec.

Flynsini (IRE) 28-1 (11-12) Towards rear, 13th on outer halfway, reminders after 10th, no extra before 4 out, kept on one pace in straight, 8th of 15, dist behind Aunt Nora (11-12) at Thurles 3m hcp Soft - Heavy in Dec.

Mountain Philip (IRE) 11-1 (11-9) Soon chased leaders, no extra 2 out, 9th of 15, dist behind Nevskij (11-4) at Punchestown 2m 6f Soft - Heavy in Dec.

Tooreen (IRE) 20-1 (10-13) Tracked leader in 2nd throughout, ridden from 2 out, kept on same pace in 2nd from last, 2nd of 10, 3l behind Pencilhimin (11-5) at Sligo 3m hcp Yielding in Sep.

Gary (FR) 25-1 (10-0) Prominent, 4th before 6th, pushed along into straight, no impression and not fluent 2 out, no extra, 10th of 15, 29 1/2l behind Augher Castle (10-5) at Navan 2m 6f hcp hvy in Dec.