16:35 Punchestown

Tuesday 13 October 2020

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Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 16:36 | Winning time: 5m 16.01s

Schmidt^t1³⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: P E Corbett| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 102

66/1

Thirteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at this course (20.3f, soft, 66/1) 34 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Hard to fancy.

Form: 44000/0

Yamato^t³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: Simon Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 98

14/1

Eleventh of 16 in handicap (11/1) at Navan (14f, good to soft) 38 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Creditable on last hurdle run. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 8852-73

Gliondar Mo Chroi^t⁵⁸⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: Sean Flanagan| T: A Fogarty| OR: 97| CD

20/1

C&D winner. Latest win in hurdle here in January 2019. 14/1, creditable third of 19 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, soft). Off 19 months.

Form: 103163/

Magic Piper¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: T Gibney| OR: 97

50/1

80/1, ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (16f, good) 15 days ago. Back up in trip. Hard to recommend.

Form: P009-09

Eversosaucy¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Ricky Doyle| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 96

25/1

7/1, creditable fifth of 14 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (19.7f, good) 12 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Not out of things.

Form: 4-73F65

Fleurys Fort²⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-8| J: R P Treacy⁽³⁾| T: L Young| OR: 96| D

18/1

Latest win in hurdle at Tramore in August. Respectable sixth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, good, 10/1) 26 days ago. Back up in trip. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 0-44316

Gray Duke^t³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: C D Timmons⁽³⁾| T: E Cawley| OR: 96

9/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 9/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, respectable fifth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (18.3f, good to soft) 37 days ago. Looks on a stiff mark.

Form: 0/04-S5

She'stherightone^p1¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: D F O'Regan| T: D Cullen| OR: 96

40/1

Winner in hurdle at Ballinrobe in July. 25/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (24f, good) 12 days ago, pulled up soon after. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 39-15PP

Spancil Hill^b²¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-7| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 95| CD

25/1

C&D winner. Sixteen runs since last win in 2018. 14/1, creditable fifth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (22f, heavy). Off 7 months. Blinkers back on. Not taken lightly.

Form: P44735-

Casamari Abbey¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy| OR: 94| D

7/2

Posted career best when winning 14-runner handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.7f, good) 12 days ago. 5 lb rise fair and should go well again.

Form: 806531

Fighting Fit²⁷⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 94| BF

11/1

Fell 2 out in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.9f, heavy) looking set to go close. Off 9 months. Market check advised on return.

Form: 0F003F-

Georgieshore¹⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 11-4| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 92| D

14/1

9/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, respectable eighth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (24f, soft) 18 days ago. Each-way claims.

Form: 628/F1-8

Balkos²⁰³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Sean O'Keeffe⁽³⁾| T: D Hassett| OR: 91

9/1

Eleventh of 16 in handicap hurdle (13/2) at Clonmel (16f, soft). Off 6 months. Back up in trip. Others preferred.

Form: 060630-

War Eagle^p¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: D J McInerney| T: P F O'Donnell| OR: 96

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 9f on flat. Creditable third of 12 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, good to soft, 50/1) 11 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 357-3

Golden Glen^p²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Phillip Enright| T: J J Walsh| OR: 90

8/1

13/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, respectable eighth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (20f, good) 23 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 149-748

Midland Millie¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: A L T Moore| OR: 90

9/2

Returning from 7 months off when creditable fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (20f, soft) 17 days ago. On a fair mark and merits consideration.

Form: 23003-4

Bellaney Gem^h¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-1| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 89

10/1

Respectable sixth of 15 in novice hurdle at this course (20.6f, good to soft, 14/1) 14 days ago. Hood back on. Others more persuasive.

Form: 8840/4-6

Outside The Door¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: J S McGarvey| T: P Roche| OR: 93

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 12 in novice hurdle at this course (20.4f, soft, 28/1) 13 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 790

Non-Runners

Willyouwalkwithme²⁵

Weight: 10-13| Age: 5

T: H Smyth J: Reserve 1

Natural Breeze¹⁸

Weight: 10-8| Age: 5

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 2

Antigua Son⁴⁰²

Weight: 10-6| Age: 7

T: W C O'Brien J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Casamari Abbey (7/2), Midland Millie (9/2), Golden Glen (8/1), Balkos (9/1), Gray Duke (9/1), Bellaney Gem (10/1), Fighting Fit (11/1), Willyouwalkwithme (12/1), Georgieshore (14/1), Yamato (14/1), War Eagle (16/1), Fleurys Fort (18/1), Gliondar Mo Chroi (20/1), Spancil Hill (25/1), Natural Breeze (25/1), Antigua Son (25/1), Eversosaucy (25/1), She'stherightone (40/1), Outside The Door (40/1), Magic Piper (50/1), Schmidt (66/1)

Preference is for MIDLAND MILLIE, who should be straighter for last month's Listowel reappearance. Casamari Abbey and Fighting Fit head the list of dangers.