13:45 Punchestown

Saturday 17 November 2018

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Kildare Now Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:47 | Winning time: 5m 2.1s

Beginagain²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: E O'Connell⁽⁷⁾| T: E O'Connell

33/1

Gelding by Pushkin out of a Kahysi mare. Half-brother to Persian Wind and hurdle winner The Mulcare Rover. 66/1 and no impact in Galway bumper last month, up in distance for hurdles bow.

Form: 0

Castle Oliver

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien

8/1

Stowaway gelding, makes racecourse bow for in-form Joseph O'Brien team and worth a closer look in the betting.

Form:

Commander Of Fleet²⁰⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| C

1/5

Impressive winner of valuable bumper here at the Festival in April, form well and truly advertise by stablemate winning a Navan bumper with plenty in hand last weekend. Big player on hurdles bow.

Form: 11-

Kalum River⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: D J Mullins| T: P A Fahy| C

7/2

Fame And Glory gelding, winning start in a bumper her in April and twice finished second at Listowel and Tipperary after summer break. Race-fit and turns attention to hurdling with extra half-mile likely to suit.

Form: 1-22

Organised Solution

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Donagh Meyler| T: A L T Moore

25/1

Azamour gelding is a half-brother to French hurdle winner El Monstro. Worth a betting check on debut but a surprise if he proves up to this.

Form:

Pino Boy¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: M F Mooney| T: Mrs A Mooney

50/1

Home-bred Scorpion foal, poor in two bumpers and never threatened to outrun 100/1 odds on hurdles bow at Cork (2m, good to yielding) this month. Up in distance.

Form: 900

Galboystown Rose

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: L P Dempsey| T: A A Howard

33/1

Gamut filly out of a Beau Sher mare. Half-sister to point-to-point winner. Worth a check in the market with yard more than holding their own this term.

Form:

Miss Cassy¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: D F O'Regan| T: D Cullen

50/1

Casamento filly, cost 15,000 gns as a foal and 5,000 gns as a yearling. Well beaten and no impression in three career bumper starts and similar story on hurdles bow at Cork this month.

Form: 0-000

Forecasts

Commander Of Fleet (1/5), Kalum River (7/2), Castle Oliver (8/1), Organised Solution (25/1), Beginagain (33/1), Galboystown Rose (33/1), Pino Boy (50/1), Miss Cassy (50/1)

COMMANDER OF FLEET was most impressive when landing a valuable bumper at the Festival here in April, form that has been franked recently by his stablemate, and he is very hard to oppose for a winning start over timber now. Kalum River also showed decent potential in winning a bumper at this track. He is race-fit after two runner-up efforts in that sphere recently and will be ready to swoop if the market leader falters. The newcomer Castle Oliver outshines the remainder on paper.