West Waterford Novice Handicap Chase

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
6th	1	—	Nas Na Riogh (G) P Fairly useful hurdler/chaser but has a patchy record, below form when last seen in November. Cheekpieces back on for return and probably vulnerable.	66406-0	Darragh O'Keeffe H De Bromhead	8	75.3kg	5.50 9/2
2nd	2	—	Torquay Road (G) FAV Back-to-back winner over hurdles earlier this season and improved when third in maiden at Down Royal on chase bow on Boxing Day. Heavy ground a possible excuse at Fairyhouse since.	74362/7	Danny Gilligan C Collins	7	75.3kg	3.50 5/2
—	3	—	Icare D'aubrelle (G) H Fairly useful 2m winner over hurdles. Fared better than previously over fences when fourth of 9 in novice chase at Downpatrick (19f, soft) 21 days ago. Back down in trip. May do better on handicap ch…	1-9P4P4	Jack Kennedy T Cooper	8	73kg	9 8/1
5th	4	—	In The Trenches (G) P Long-standing maiden. Eighth of 12 in handicap chase at Navan (2m) 113 days ago. That was a rare below-par effort though so no surprise to see him bounce back after a break.	5521P4	Keith Donoghue G P Cromwell	6	73kg	8.50 15/2
8th	5	—	Kotkito Bello (G) P Typically made running/jumped fluently to land a hat-trick in 2m handicap hurdle at Thurles in December (also made winning start over fences there in October). Did too much too soon when pulled up in…	1115P8-	Tiernan Power Roche P J Rothwell	6	73kg	5.50 9/2
7th	6	—	Splashing Out (M) P Fairly useful over hurdles at best but only eighth in 17.8f handicap at Downpatrick 21 days ago having also been disappointing over fences following victory at Downpatrick in October.	—	Peter Smithers E Griffin	8	72.1kg	11 10/1
3rd	7	—	Soldante (G) Not disgraced on his first run for 14 months when a fading fourth of 8 in novice chase at Clonmel (2m, heavy) on debut over fences 24 days ago. This fairly useful winning hurdler can build on it on h…	6/43-313	Eoin Walsh Ciaran Murphy	8	69.4kg	9.50 17/2
4th	8	—	A Snow White Park (M) A 2m novice hurdles winner on debut at Ballinrobe in May but has gone wrong way since and she has plenty to prove now going chasing.	P94-522	Danny Mullins Ms M Mullins	5	68.5kg	13 12/1
1st	9	—	Kilbrin Rocco (G) T Improved when winning 2m handicap chase at Clonmel in January but well below that form at Thurles and Limerick since. More needed.	1951-29	Gary Noonan E McCarthy	7	67.1kg	7 6/1
—	10	—	Marelly (G) B Ended long losing run over hurdles at Gowran in January. First run over fences since 2024 when a good second of 6 at Limerick handicap 19 days ago. Up 2 lb but can go well again.	713942	Dylan Robinson P J Rothwell	9	65.3kg	4 3/1

Betting forecast: Torquay Road (5/2), Marelly (3/1), Nas Na Riogh (9/2), Kotkito Bello (9/2), Kilbrin Rocco (6/1), In The Trenches (15/2), Icare D'aubrelle (8/1), Soldante (17/2), Splashing Out (10/1), A Snow White Park (12/1)