15:10 Punchestown

Thursday 31 December 2020

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Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 15:13 | Winning time: 4m 32.30s

Fallen Forest^b1⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D J Hand| T: W Durkan| OR: 95

16/1

Maiden. Ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy, 28/1) 48 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 30P759

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Fassbender^t⁵⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: J G Gilligan| T: M M McNiff| OR: 95

22/1

Maiden. 40/1, tenth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16f, soft) 56 days ago.

Form: 0-F4400

Trixie Mc^t²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: J P O'Sullivan| T: T Gibney| OR: 92| BF

4/1

Maiden. 7/2, tenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at this course (16.4f, heavy) 20 days ago, doing too much too soon. Previous seconds read well and she has good claims.

Form: 80-0220

Miracles In May²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Richard Condon| T: M A Cahill| OR: 91

9/1

Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fair winner at 8f on flat. 150/1, ninth of 20 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 25 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 709

Uno Momento^h,t⁸⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Jack Brendan Foley⁽²⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 87

12/1

Modest maiden. Thirteenth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (17f, good, 12/1) 87 days ago.

Form: 425/P-90

Peace Party^h,t¹⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: D P Holden| T: D McDonogh| OR: 85

7/1

Maiden. 10/1, respectable sixth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (17f, heavy) 14 days ago, taking strong hold and unable to sustain effort. Tongue strap back on. One of the more likely sorts.

Form: 80/7406

Milestone Girl³³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Aidan Kelly⁽²⁾| T: M McCullagh| OR: 83

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Has looked of no account. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: P-0P00

Sky Tenor^t1⁸²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Liam McKenna| T: A Donoghue| OR: 83

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 22/1, fourteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (18.2f, soft) 82 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: P00-00

Marino Marvel^p²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Dillon Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 81

10/3

Long-standing maiden. 20/1, second of 17 in handicap hurdle at this course (16.4f, heavy) 20 days ago. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 4/30852

Boston Babe^t¹¹⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: N J Ryan⁽⁴⁾| T: D J Barry| OR: 80

25/1

Maiden. 16/1, ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.2f, good to soft) 116 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: UP-8339

Danegeld²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-13| J: Mike O'Connor⁽²⁾| T: J Morrison| OR: 80

7/1

Flat winner. Off a year, good fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, heavy, 18/1) 21 days ago.

Form: 06P/0F-4

De Bennette^t¹⁷

Age: 11| Weight: 10-13| J: Philip Donovan| T: J Grace| OR: 80

8/1

12/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, good third of 18 in handicap chase at Naas (16f, heavy) 17 days ago. Certainly not without a chance back hurdling.

Form: 86-0753

Hunter⁵¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: F J Hayes| T: P Fenton| OR: 80

33/1

Little impact over hurdles for Garrett James Power. Off 17 months. Interesting to see any market support.

Form: 09000P-

Liclash⁶³

Age: 11| Weight: 10-13| J: P J Cawley| T: S Ryan| OR: 80| D

33/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2016. 10/1, ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (16.7f, soft) 63 days ago.

Form: 8466-09

Otzi²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Tom Kelly⁽⁴⁾| T: A J McNamara| OR: 80

14/1

Poor maiden. Tenth of 14 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Clonmel (19f, heavy) 28 days ago. Rider among the winners at Leopardstown on Tuesday.

Form: 0-00840

Non-Runners

Galon De Vauzelle²⁶

Weight: 11-8| Age: 4

T: P J Rothwell J: S A Mulcahy

Forecasts

Marino Marvel (10/3), Trixie Mc (4/1), Danegeld (7/1), Peace Party (7/1), De Bennette (8/1), Miracles In May (9/1), Uno Momento (12/1), Otzi (14/1), Galon De Vauzelle (16/1), Fallen Forest (16/1), Fassbender (22/1), Boston Babe (25/1), Sky Tenor (33/1), Hunter (33/1), Liclash (33/1), Milestone Girl (100/1)

A real motley bunch with TRIXIE MC taken to open her account with her runner-up efforts last month reading well in the context of this race. Cases can also be made for Marino Marvel and Peace Party.