Sunday's Target race
The Munster National
34 horses in the race
No market at the moment
Who want's it most ?
Trainers runners
9 Gordon Elliott
4 Gavin Cromwell
4 E McNamara
2 W P Mullins
Willie Mullins only has 2 entered
Expecting only 1 of those to run
But clearly has not prioritised this
Things will be clearer
When we know who runs
Race statistics below
Sunday 2nd October
Limerick 4.15
Munster National
Handicap Chase
Age of Recent winners
7 9 7 7 7 7 8 6 7 6 7
7 8 8 8 6 7 8 8 7 10
10 8 9 8 8 7 6 7 7
Horses aged 9 or more
Have a 1-82 record since 2007
The only 9yo winner (2022)
Was unusually lightly raced
28 of the last 30 winners
Were under 10 years old
The 10yo winners were lucky
One won in a really tiny field
One when half of his rivals
Were disqualified in the race
Past winners
Had the following chase runs
19 8 5 6 9 10 6 7 4
7 13 4 3 12 5 5 5
Snapshot of past winners
2023 - 7 Year old with 19 Chases
2022 - 9 Year old with 5 Chases
2021 - 7 Year old with 5 Chases
2020 - 7 Year old with 6 Chases
2019 - 7 Year old with 9 Chases
2018 - 7 Year old with 10 Chases
2017 - 8 Year old with 6 Chases
2016 - 6 Year old with 7 Chases
2015 - 7 Year old with 4 Chases
2014 - 6 Year old with 7 Chases
2013 - 7 Year old with 13 Chases
2012 - 7 Year old with 4 Chases
2011 - 8 Year old with 3 Chases
2010 - 8 Year old with 12 Chases
2009 - 8 Year old with 5 Chases
2008 - 6 Year old with 5 Chases
2007 - 7 Year old with 5 Chases
Only 1 past winner
Had under 4 Chase runs
That was 8yo Muirhead in 2011
Who had Grade 1 form to his name
He had 3 prep runs before winning
Horses with 14 + Chase runs
Won this race in 2006 and 2023
They won in small fields of 11-12
They both had 2 + runs that year
Both came from the Kerry National
Horses from Kerry's National
Won this twice 2014-2023
They have a 2-51 record
Horses aged 8 or more
From the Kerry National
Have a 0-29 record so far
Horses from Kerry's National
Who finished the race last time
Have a 1-36 record
That winner had 4 prep runs
Those with 1-2 prep runs
Have a 0-22 record in this
Past winners
Had the following days absences
32 252 316 10 35 72 224 22 74 25
64 37 17 25 132 172 170 18
Horses absent over 4 months
Won this race 6 times recently
They had 8 5 6 5 5 6 Chase runs
None with more than 8 chases
Won this with a long absence
Those that tried it were 0-26
Horses with 1 run this season
Running within the last 34 days
Have a worrying 0-28 record
Most winners had 4-15 hurdle runs
All had fewer than 16 hurdle races
No horse has won this race
With more than 35 lifetime runs
Almost every past winner
Had 13-34 Lifetime starts
The 6-year old winners of this
Both had 7 previous chase runs
Horses rated 145 or more
Have a 0-16 record so far
No horse aged 8 or more
Won with 11st 5lbs or more (0-12)
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