17:20 Punchestown

Tuesday 29 September 2020

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:20

Hanlon Concrete (C & G) Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 17:22 | Winning time: 5m 15.60s

Beeverstown Bullet²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: D P Holden⁽⁷⁾| T: M A Cahill

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Respectable seventh of 13 in bumper at Clonmel (16.4f, good, 16/1) 26 days ago. Up in trip back in this sphere and improvement needed.

Form: 749-57

Eileens Boy²²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: Alan Wells

300/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Tongue strap on for 1st time, seventh of 8 in novice hurdle at Downpatrick (21.8f, good, 33/1) when last seen 14 months ago.

Form: 687FPP-

Favours Pay²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: Gary McGill

100/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 28/1, eleventh of 15 in bumper at this course (16.7f, soft) 20 days ago. Readily passed over on hurdles debut.

Form: 5/7-460

Flying Colum³²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: R M Power| T: M F Morris

9/1

Sixth of 12 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (20f, soft, 11/1) on debut 32 days ago. Sizeable step forward needed if he's to play a role in the finish here.

Form: 6

Fongs Way^t²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: T J Nagle-Jr

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 13 in bumper (16/1) at Clonmel (16.4f, good) 26 days ago. Place possibilities if passing the test stamina and jumping-wise now upped in trip on hurdles debut.

Form: 635

Giftedtokate¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽³⁾| T: Miss E Doyle

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 13 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, good, 66/1) 12 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 0-0

Gladiatorial¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: P E Corbett| T: S Nolan| BF

22/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Third of 11 in bumper at Navan (16f, good, 5/2) 10 days ago, having run of race. Worth a second look now faced with a stiffer test on this hurdles debut.

Form: 97-3

It Could Be You²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J B Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins

40/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Creditable seventh of 15 in bumper (14/1) at this course (16.7f, soft) 20 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles and upped in trip.

Form: 864-47

Jimmy Jimmy³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

2/1

Lightly-raced winner Rules. Landed a bumper at Gowran in July. Second of 12 in novice hurdle (2/1) at Bellewstown (20.2f, heavy) on hurdles bow 35 days ago. Major player.

Form: 622-12

Legacy Thor^t²⁷⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B G Crawford⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford

11/2

Promising sort. Very good fourth of 18 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (20f, heavy, 14/1) last December. Absent since, but remains open to improvement and big chance if fully tuned-up.

Form: 62/1304-

Minella Escape²⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

4/5

£100,000 5-y-o. Closely related to bumper winner/useful hurdler Dashing Oscar and bumper winner Judkin. Dam 2m-2¾m hurdle/chase winner. Point winner in February and needs a close look in the betting.

Form: 41-

Minella Mystics²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: P J McGrath⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Ninth of 14 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Kilbeggan (19.5f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Improvement needed.

Form: 22/6-09

Seegar⁵¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: A W Short| T: Mrs P Dobbs

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. 66/1, eleventh of 25 in bumper at this course (16.4f, soft), doing too much too soon. Off 17 months ahead of this hurdles debut and up in trip.

Form: 5/0-

Wake The Giant^h1⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 150/1, first run since leaving J. G. Cosgrave when ninth of 11 in bumper at Galway (18.3f, good to soft) 61 days ago. Hooded enlisted for this hurdles debut.

Form: 7-9

Non-Runners

Rosgalme³²⁷

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: N Meade J: Sean Flanagan

Forecasts

Minella Escape (4/5), Jimmy Jimmy (2/1), Rosgalme (9/2), Legacy Thor (11/2), Flying Colum (9/1), Gladiatorial (22/1), It Could Be You (40/1), Beeverstown Bullet (50/1), Fongs Way (50/1), Minella Mystics (80/1), Favours Pay (100/1), Seegar (150/1), Giftedtokate (200/1), Wake The Giant (250/1), Eileens Boy (300/1)

The one who appeals most is LEGACY THOR, who showed plenty of promise in a couple of maiden hurdles in 2019, latterly finishing fourth under testing conditions at Down Royal on Boxing Day. He will appreciate the forecast quicker surface here (won a bumper on good ground last spring) and gets the nod ahead of Jimmy Jimmy. Bumper winner Rosgalme and Minella Escape are other to consider.