18:10 Punchestown

Saturday 28 April 2018

All14:3515:1015:5016:2517:0017:3518:1018:40

PDM (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 18:11 | Winning time: 4m 0.40s

City Island^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: M Brassil

33/1

Court Cave gelding, cost €31,000 as a three-year-old. Half-brother to the useful Fort Worth (bumper, hurdle and chase winner). Yard just one winner from 52 runners in bumpers and others preferred here. Wears first-time tongue-tie for debut.

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Clarendon Street

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr C Fahy⁽⁷⁾| T: E Mullins

10/1

Court Cave gelding, cost €35,000 as a three-year-old. Dam a useful chaser and half-sister to a Grade 1 winner. Yard have a 20% strike-rate in bumpers and worthy of respect here, particularly if there's market support.

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Major Mitchell

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: R Boisnard⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott

20/1

Gold Well gelding, cost €24,000 as a three-year-old. Dam a point-to-point winner and half-sister to two that won bumpers. Interesting enough pedigree and market will reveal expectations but Multifactorial probably yard's first string.

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Minella Indo⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D Roche⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead

8/1

Beat Hollow gelding, cost €24,000 as a foal. Half-brother to two winners including Benatar and dam a winning chaser. Point-to-point winner in impressive fashion on sole start in that sphere. Of interest for yard that do well in bumpers.

Form: 1

Passageway¹⁹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

7/2

Stowaway gelding, cost €26,000 as a three-year-old. Only narrowly beaten on second point-to-point start when last seen in October. Likely to improve for this yard who are flying here this week.

Form: 4-2

Perpignan³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr F Maguire⁽³⁾| T: P Twomey

10/1

Robin Des Champs gelding, cost €29,000 as a three-year-old. Dam a half-sister to three point-to-point winners. Won second point start. Yard have a low strike-rate from limited numbers in this sphere. Market may be the best guide to his chance.

Form: F1

Scorpion Boy

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: Ms M Mullins

12/1

Scorpion gelding, half-brother to a bumper winner. Yard have a 20% strike-rate in this sphere. Interesting runner and market can reveal expectations.

Form:

Turbo⁸³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr R W Barron⁽⁷⁾| T: J R Finn

25/1

Getaway gelding, cost £60,000 in February. That came after unseating having looked like the winner in a point-to-point earlier in the month. Dam a bumper winner, related to several Flat winners. Interesting runner.

Form: PU

Born To Be Wild

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr D G Lavery| T: Peter Fahey

7/2

Stowaway mare, cost €15,000 as a three-year-old. Half-sister to a winner over fences and dam a hurdles winner and related to more useful types. Yard in fine form and have had eight winners from last 32 bumper runners.

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Duty Girl

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: C A Landers⁽⁷⁾| T: D Howard

50/1

Vinnie Roe mare, dam a point-to-point winner. Yard not had a bumper winner from 11 runners.

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Discordantly

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Miss K Harrington⁽³⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

16/1

Salutino gelding, cost €26,000 as a three-year-old. Half-brother to three winners, most notably Unowatimeen. Interesting enough on paper but yard have a low strike-rate in this sphere and have started the season slowly.

Form:

Envious Editor^h1⁸³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean P Byrne⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

8/1

Aizavoski gelding, cost £195,000 earlier this year. Dam a full-sister to point-to-point winner. Eye-catching but hood for debut a little off putting and yard have been quiet of late. Likely second-string on jockey bookings.

Form: 1

Multifactorial

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: Ms L O'Neill| T: G Elliott

5/1

Stowaway gelding, cost €82,000. Dam a bumper winner who went on to win two Grade 3 contests and half sister to two more useful sorts who won bumpers. Makes plenty of appeal on paper and looks the first-string on jockey bookings.

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Non-Runners

Dlauro⁸³

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: J P O'Brien J: Mr D O'Connor

Forecasts

Passageway (7/2), Born To Be Wild (7/2), Multifactorial (5/1), Dlauro (6/1), Minella Indo (8/1), Envious Editor (8/1), Clarendon Street (10/1), Perpignan (10/1), Scorpion Boy (12/1), Discordantly (16/1), Major Mitchell (20/1), Turbo (25/1), City Island (33/1), Duty Girl (50/1)

MULTIFACTORIAL looks like a fascinating runner for Gordon Elliot's yard given his pedigree and yard have a near 24% strike-rate in this sphere. Minella Indo has a nice pedigree and has already won a point-to-point while Clarendon Street shouldn't be ruled out at a likely bigger price.