14:45 Punchestown

Wednesday 9 September 2020

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Baltreacy Handicap Hurdle (80-109) (Div 2)

Off time: 14:46 | Winning time: 5m 23.07s

Therellalwaysbeone²⁵⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: C A Landers⁽⁵⁾| T: T Foley| OR: 109

28/1

Third of 8 in novice chase at Limerick (22.6f, heavy, 5/1). Off 8 months. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 102/093-

Luis Van Zandt^t⁵¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 106| D

8/1

Just second run for this yard when winning 12-runner handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, good, 13/8) 51 days ago by 4½ lengths from Comporta, staying on well. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 063/P-31

Dawson's Cottage⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁷⁾| T: N Madden| OR: 105| BF

5/2

Winning return at Kilbeggan. 6/4, creditable second of 14 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.7f, soft) 49 days ago. Likely to give another good account.

Form: 80/26-12

Comporta^b²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: B J Cooper| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 104

14/1

Chased home Luis Van Zandt at Gowran and Twilight Girl at Wexford and also ran well back on the Flat last time. Should figure again.

Form: 927-022

Schmidt⁶⁴⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 104

66/1

Fifteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, good to soft, 50/1). Off 21 months. Can only really be watched after such a long absence.

Form: 944000/

Red Pearl^b,t⁵⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: A W Short| T: S Ryan| OR: 102

50/1

28/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (19.8f, good) 58 days ago, behind when not fluent 5 out.

Form: 134/00-P

Twilight Girl³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Paul Townend| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 102| D

11/1

7/1, career best when winning 8-runner handicap hurdle at Wexford (20f, soft) 35 days ago by 3 lengths from Comporta. Likely to remain competitive after 7 lb rise.

Form: 40-50P1

Arthur's Baby^t³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: M M McNiff| OR: 99| BF| D

10/3

Winning handicap debut at Cork in August. Conceded first run when second at Wexford (3m, soft) only 3 days later. Open to further improvement.

Form: 7008-12

She'stherightone²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: D Cullen| OR: 98

11/1

1 win from 2 runs this season. Winner in hurdle at Ballinrobe in July. Creditable fifth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Sligo (17.5f, good, 11/2) 21 days ago.

Form: 3339-15

Scalino²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: M P Fogarty| T: A Mullins| OR: 102

20/1

Fifth of 12 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, good, 9/1) 27 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: F060-45

Getaway Glenda^t²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Brian Hayes| T: Miss D O'Shea| OR: 95

80/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Winner in hurdle at Tramore in July. Eighth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, good to soft, 16/1) 26 days ago. Back up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: P-801P8

Arctic Sofia^t⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: B Browne⁽³⁾| T: Robert Widger| OR: 94

16/1

Third of 11 in handicap hurdle at Wexford (16.7f, good, 6/1) 4 days ago. Up in trip. More needed to take this.

Form: F0F-0P3

Golden Glen³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-12| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 93

28/1

7/1, respectable seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Cork (19.6f, good to soft) 38 days ago, needing stronger gallop.

Form: 9/4149-7

Vic's Little Miss⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss K Brown| OR: 92

28/1

Remains a maiden after 18 NH runs. Midfield on the Flat on stable debut a week ago. Others preferred.

Form: 034060-

Casamari Abbey³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy| OR: 90

25/1

9/2, creditable fifth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.3f, good) 30 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 99-8065

Running Skeard¹⁷⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-7| J: D P Holden⁽⁷⁾| T: S G Walsh| OR: 88

50/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (19.5f, heavy, 22/1) 176 days ago, weakening.

Form: 70/004P-

Stormy Master^p³²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: R Hackett| OR: 88

16/1

Fifth of 14 in maiden hurdle (50/1) at Kilbeggan (19.8f, good to soft) 32 days ago. Enters calculations back in handicap.

Form: U000-F5

Badness Backfires¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: D F O'Regan| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 86| BF

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 4/1, good fifth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (17.4f, good to soft) 16 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: P/09-945

Non-Runners

Give Battle²⁵

Weight: 11-8| Age: 8

T: C Byrnes J: J D O'Neill

Lopito³¹

Weight: 10-3| Age: 5

T: C A McBratney J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Dawson's Cottage (5/2), Arthur's Baby (10/3), Luis Van Zandt (8/1), Give Battle (10/1), She'stherightone (11/1), Twilight Girl (11/1), Comporta (14/1), Badness Backfires (16/1), Stormy Master (16/1), Arctic Sofia (16/1), Scalino (20/1), Casamari Abbey (25/1), Golden Glen (28/1), Therellalwaysbeone (28/1), Vic's Little Miss (28/1), Lopito (33/1), Running Skeard (50/1), Red Pearl (50/1), Schmidt (66/1), Getaway Glenda (80/1)

LUIS VAN ZANDT has quickly found his stride for new trainer Gavin Cromwell and is taken to defy the handicapper and add to his Gowran win. Dawson's Cottage has been in fine form since the resumption and is likely to give another good account, while Arthur's Baby has been much improved since switched to handicaps and could well have even more to offer.