17:10 Punchestown

Tuesday 15 October 2019

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Black Hills Mares Flat Race

Off time: 17:11 | Winning time: 4m 4.2s

Howsthewoman^t²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Miss A Keane⁽⁷⁾| T: G Keane

33/1

Not much evidence of talent on her first three bumpers runs but much more promise last time out at Galway in September; one to consider.

Form: 6885

Keystone Rose⁶⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr M J O'Hare| T: A Oliver

50/1

Well beaten in two bumpers to date; obviously open to improvement but nothing on first two runs to suggest she will be winning soon; entered in similar race at this track tomorrow.

Form: 56

Larquebuse¹⁷⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott| BF

15/8

Consistent form without winning in three bumpers so far; likely to have improved over the summer and being a soft ground point-to-point winner should relish any more rain.

Form: 1/322-

Lightning Skye^t²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr R W Barron⁽⁷⁾| T: Jonathan Sweeney| BF

9/1

Bred to be better over further but far from disgraced on debut (well backed 12/1 into 15/8) when probably needing the race; will be fitter here and may be the pick of the bunch.

Form: 3

Lunch In Adare¹⁹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: Peter Fahey

9/2

Showed promise in the first three races in her career before struggling on her final start last April; should run her race but may find a couple too good.

Form: 4330-

Rhyme'n Rhythm

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

11/8

Stoutly-bred mare in the care of a leading trainer; would not have to be anything too special to land this and the market should give the best vibes about her chances.

Form:

Belle Etoile³²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E Doyle

33/1

Not beaten too far on debut at Listowel last month and will certainly improve on that effort; looks one for the shortlist.

Form: 7

Hophornbeam^t²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr L J McGuinness⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D A Love

25/1

Something to prove after three weak bumper efforts to date; hard to see where any sudden improvement will come from.

Form: 277

More Info

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr J Hogan⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan

20/1

National Hunt bred; related to some fair bumper and hurdles winners; looks the type to do better in time and probably best watched on debut unless the money is down.

Form:

Sea Reef

Age: 4| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr S Cavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: S Ryan

66/1

Not particularly well bred but is related to some winning hurdlers; another who will do better in time and perhaps over a bit further.

Form:

Non-Runners

Jelona¹¹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 4

T: Mrs J Harrington J: Mr F Maguire

Forecasts

Rhyme'n Rhythm (11/8), Larquebuse (15/8), Lunch In Adare (9/2), Jelona (8/1), Lightning Skye (9/1), More Info (20/1), Hophornbeam (25/1), Howsthewoman (33/1), Belle Etoile (33/1), Keystone Rose (50/1), Sea Reef (66/1)

JELONA is given another chance to build on a promising debut run at Down Royal in August and put behind her a slightly disappointing effort at Gowran Park last time out. Rhyme'n Rhythm will have his supporters given his connections and it would be no surprise to see her being good enough on her debut, Lightning Skye was well backed on her debut but failed to finish as well as expected. She will be fitter here and should give a good account of herself.