13:20 Punchestown

Tuesday 8 September 2020

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Sanctuary Synthetics 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:20 | Winning time: 4m 21.5s

A Mere Bagatelle²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: G P Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. Ninth of 12 in juvenile hurdle (33/1) at Ballinrobe (16.3f, good) 29 days ago.

Form: 99

At War³²

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: B J Cooper| T: T Cooper

16/1

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Tenth of 15 in handicap (16/1) at Tipperary (7.5f, soft) 32 days ago.

Form:

Bigz Belief^b⁴⁵

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Smith

66/1

Modest maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. 33/1, twelfth of 15 in handicap at Gowran (7f, good to soft) 45 days ago. Blinkers on for 1st time in this code.

Form:

Cardinal Rule¹⁸

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: D J Mullins| T: P J Hayes

9/2

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Fourth of 12 in handicap at Killarney (14f, heavy, 12/1) 18 days ago.

Form:

Crassus¹³

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

14/1

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, last of 8 in maiden (11/1) at Bellewstown (7.8f, soft) 13 days ago.

Form:

Dawn Over Owning⁵⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien

11/4

Fairly useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Won 11-runner handicap at Killarney (14f, good to soft, 9/2) 57 days ago.

Form:

Duffle Coat

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott

16/1

Alhebayeb gelding. Half-brother to smart hurdler/very smart chaser Starchitect and bumper winner/fairly useful 21f hurdle winner Redemption Song, stayed 3m. Interesting newcomer.

Form:

Estepona Sun¹⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: K J Brouder| T: N C Kelly

9/2

Fairly useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Won 10-runner claimer at Leopardstown (10f, heavy, 2/9) 19 days ago. First run for yard after leaving G. M. Lyons.

Form:

Poets Touch¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: A Slattery

50/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. 33/1, ran out in juvenile hurdle at Down Royal (16.4f, soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 5R

Yulong Voice¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 11-2| J: I J McCarthy| T: S Nolan

22/1

Fair winner at 8f on flat. 28/1, third of 7 in juvenile hurdle at Down Royal (16.4f, soft) on NH debut 11 days ago.

Form: 3

Scholastic¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-9| J: O R Brown⁽⁷⁾| T: J P O'Brien

9/2

Fair winner at 12f on flat. 9/2, unseated rider in juvenile hurdle at Down Royal (16.4f, soft) on NH debut 11 days ago.

Form: U

Sister Eliza^b1,t¹¹

Age: 3| Weight: 10-9| J: D F O'Regan| T: G Elliott

11/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden (modest form completed start). Tongue strap on for 1st time, brought down in juvenile hurdle (11/2) at Down Royal 11 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 4B

Sweet Sixteen²²

Age: 3| Weight: 10-9| J: Ricky Doyle⁽³⁾| T: M C Grassick

18/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. 66/1, third of 14 in juvenile hurdle at Tipperary (16f, heavy) on NH debut 22 days ago, making effort earlier than ideal.

Form: 3

Forecasts

Dawn Over Owning (11/4), Scholastic (9/2), Estepona Sun (9/2), Cardinal Rule (9/2), Sister Eliza (11/1), Crassus (14/1), Duffle Coat (16/1), At War (16/1), Sweet Sixteen (18/1), Yulong Voice (22/1), Poets Touch (50/1), Bigz Belief (66/1), A Mere Bagatelle (100/1)

DAWN OVER COMING is progressive on the Flat and is related to a winning hurdler, so a chance is taken on him to make a winning start over hurdles in a wide-open race. Estepona Sun has actually achieved more on the level than the selection, so he's an obvious threat if taking to the new discipline, while Duffle Coat makes plenty of appeal on pedigree.