Sunday 29 December · Leopardstown, Eire

13:55 Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Chase

Distance: 3m 0f 100y
Going: Good to Yielding (Yielding in places)
Class: 0
Prize: EUR 20000
Runners: 17

Race preview

BIG STAGE put a Navan fall behind him with a fine third at long odds behind the top-class Impaire Et Passe at Fairyhouse and, with further progress possible now upped in trip, Gordon Elliott's six-year-old could be well treated on his handicap chase debut off a mark of 123. This is competitive, though, with Sam Magee also likely to relish the return to further after he won going away off 8lb lower over an extended 2m5f at Fairyhouse. St Denis's Well was second that day but reopposes Henry de Bromhead's gelding on better terms and has since scored over hurdles. Ballybrack Wood and the hat-trick seeking Jouster are just two others to consider.

Pos	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Wgt	SP
1	Sequestered	090-844	J G Gilligan	P J Gilligan	11 7	10-1
2	Dorans Law	535006	Tiernan Power Roche	P J Rothwell	10 2	10-1
3	Jasmin De Cotte	83-1958	Conor Smithers	P Nolan	10 12	22-1
4	Ballybawn Belter	0-58453	Peter Smithers	Liz Doyle	11 2	6-1
5	Sam Magee	1-9P441	Richard Condon	H De Bromhead	11 5	20-1
6	Garde La Peche	3-412P9	S D Greene	H De Bromhead	10 5	33-1
7	Ballybrack Wood	57-0412	E M O'Sullivan	H De Bromhead	10 0	9-1
8	Outside The Door	031134	Aidan Kelly	P Roche	11 8	14-1
9	Secrecies Of Stone	0-21608	Cian Quirke	P Nolan	10 0	16-1
10	Big Stage	2103F3	Carl Millar	G Elliott	11 5	5-1
11	Hascoeur Clermont	520P27	Patrick M O'Brien	G P Cromwell	11 6	25-1
12	Shajak	5-223U3	J Smith	G Elliott	11 2	17-2
13	Jouster	F10-211	Conor Stone-Walsh	G P Cromwell	10 10	5-1
14	Peaches And Cream	FP-0P3P	Alix Balfe	G P Cromwell	11 9	40-1
-	Dunboyne	4P/4PPP-	Jake Coen	G Elliott	11 12	40-1
-	St Denis's Well	840221	O R Brown	Ian Donoghue	11 4	9-1
-	Harvey's Quay	193-37P	Calum Hogan	E J O'Grady	10 5	20-1
NR	Midnight Our Fred	222-312	Alex Harvey	J P Flavin	11 10