'He will have a serious chance' - Richard Forristal on an unexposed contender
Chicago Bear
4.55 Leopardstown
2pts each-way
Johnny Murtagh and Ben Coen have been a team to reckon with all year and they could have a big say at decent odds with Chicago Bear in the Carmanhall Handicap (4.55) at Leopardstown.
Murtagh's placing of his horses is top notch, and there is a lot pointing to this unexposed three-year-old. Successful on his second start as a juvenile at Dundalk a year ago, Chicago Bear raced too keenly and was then squeezed up late on when running a perfectly respectable race on his handicap debut here over 1m2f when he next appeared in April.
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