Jossestown Handicap Chase

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
—	1	—	Toofareastiswest (G) Pulled up on previous 3 starts, including on hurdles debut/reappearance at Tramore on New Year's Day. Remains with questions to answer back over fences.	3PP-P0P	John Aherne A O'Grady	10	75.3kg	51 50/1
—	2	—	The Big Cloud (M) Fell Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/very smart chaser Big Fella Thanks. Ran well on reappearance for second consecutive season, winning a 10-runner handicap chase at Naas (16f, heavy, 9/1) on d…	143P/1F	Sean O'Keeffe S Crawley	8	74.4kg	6 5/1
3rd	3	—	Lake Chad (G) Veteran who stopped the slide with headgear removed when creditable fourth of 14 in handicap chase at Tramore (21.4f, soft, 12/1) 44 days ago, left with lot to do. On a handy mark but needs to prove …	43201/8	Niall Moore P Fenton	11	71.2kg	10 9/1
7th	4	—	Quinn The Eskimo (G) T Winner of a 19-runner handicap hurdle at Down Royal in May. Bettered hurdles form when fourth on chase debut at Thurles but ran poorly on handicap chase bow at Naas behind The Big Cloud. Remains to b…	64P7-7U	Conor Stone-Walsh P Nolan	6	70.8kg	29 28/1
8th	5	—	Knockbrack Rambler (G) Fair winner at 20f over hurdle but did no better than on chase debut 50/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Limerick (17.6f, heavy) 13 days ago, bad mistake fifth. Needs to improve.	0P858P/	Phillip Enright Brendan Walsh	9	68.9kg	41 40/1
5th	6	—	Halsafari (G) Veteran capitalised on falling mark at Cork over hurdles in November but since posted back-to-back below par efforts, 12/1, tenth of 12 in handicap chase at Limerick (22.6f, heavy) 12 days ago. Back …	77364-6	Brian Hayes J Barcoe	13	68.5kg	19 18/1
1st	7	—	Kilbrin Rocco (G) FAV T 19f hurdle winner who has steadily improved in four starts over fences, only beaten by a well-handicapped rival when second of 14 in handicap chase at Limerick (17.6f, heavy) 13 days ago. That looks …	1951-29	Gary Noonan E McCarthy	7	68.5kg	2.88 15/8
2nd	8	—	Doyen Magic (M) Finished third here before making all to capitalise on lower hurdles mark when winning 8-runner Limerick handicap (16f, heavy). In nothing like that form back over the larger obstacles when pulled up…	1P22-50	Tiernan Power Roche P J Rothwell	7	68kg	4.50 7/2
4th	9	—	Love Like This (M) Finished third behind The Big Cloud on second start over fences at Naas but not in same form over markedly longer trip when 11/1, pulled up in handicap chase at Thurles (25.3f, good to soft) 19 days …	314304	Michael Kenneally J P Ryan	8	65.8kg	5 4/1
6th	10	—	Added Bonus (G) PT Veteran hasn't won for 20 races and couldn't build on promise of previous hurdle run when ninth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (19f, heavy) 10 days ago. Needs to do more back over fences.	859604	Sam Ewing Brendan Walsh	12	63.5kg	23 22/1

Betting forecast: Kilbrin Rocco (15/8), Doyen Magic (7/2), Love Like This (4/1), The Big Cloud (5/1), Lake Chad (9/1), Halsafari (18/1), Added Bonus (22/1), Quinn The Eskimo (28/1), Knockbrack Rambler (40/1), Toofareastiswest (50/1)