16:10 Punchestown

Wednesday 21 February 2018

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Festival Any Day Flexi Ticket Mares Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 16:12 | Winning time: 5m 58.70s

Redhotfillypeppers^h²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr D H Dunsdon| T: W P Mullins| C

11/10

Point-to-point winner who won her bumper here but has been a shade disappointing since and made some jumping errors here last time out. Steps up in trip again here and brings a useful level of form but may do better on faster ground.

Form: 164-334

Castafiore Park¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: B J Cooper| T: P Nolan

6/4

Point-to-point winner who has made a promising start to her hurdle career without winning. Seemingly stayed 2m4f on Rules debut so there's hope she'll get this trip having shaped like she would appreciate more of a stamina test on last two runs.

Form: 1523

Ilsnepasserontpas¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Danny Mullins| T: P J Rothwell

25/1

Point-to-point second of 11 beaten ½L in December. Well beaten on Rules debut at Naas last time in similar ground and probably has too much on her plate here.

Form: 27

Lady Mangan¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: A E Lynch| T: G Murphy

10/1

Point-to-point winner who shaped promisingly on Rules debut at Naas last month but didn't go on from that at Thurles subsequently when unseating at the last when well beaten. Drop back in trip perhaps not ideal and place claims at best.

Form: 2-F514U

More Information⁴⁹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: D J Mullins| T: T Mullins

33/1

Well beaten on Rules debut back in 2016 and pulled up next time out at Downpatrick. Changed yards and not been seen since those runs; hard to fancy.

Form: 0P-

Rayna Jaymes³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

33/1

Well beaten 66L on debut in a below-par performance at Limerick's Christmas festival and more of the same last time out at Fairyhouse last month. Well bred but may need more time.

Form: 90

Welmeetintheoffice¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: P D Kennedy⁽³⁾| T: P G Fahey

20/1

Placed in one of her five bumper efforts but beaten 20L in that effort and her subsequent runs suggest she has limited ability. Well beaten on hurdle debut earlier this month at Fairyhouse and hard to fancy.

Form: 5-93660

Sweetlight D'oroux³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

14/1

Well beaten on both her starts to date but has an interesting enough pedigree and may do better on hurdles debut for top yard, particularly over this longer trip.

Form: 80

Forecasts

Redhotfillypeppers (11/10), Castafiore Park (6/4), Lady Mangan (10/1), Sweetlight D'oroux (14/1), Welmeetintheoffice (20/1), Ilsnepasserontpas (25/1), More Information (33/1), Rayna Jaymes (33/1)

Redhotfillypeppers is a consistent sort who is likely to be getting her head in front sooner rather than later but preference is for the slightly less exposed CASTAFIORE PARK. Paul Nolan's mare looks set to appreciate the step back up in trip here and the booking of Bryan Cooper again in the saddle is another positive having got a big run out of her last time out. Sweetlight D'oroux could be the most interesting of the remaining runners and ought to be doing better at some point.