15:15 Punchestown

Monday 18 January 2021

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Ladbrokes Watch Racing Online For Free Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 7m 0.4s

Command Chain

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott

12/1

€42,000 3-y-o. Dam unraced sister to fairly useful hurdler Knighton Lad and half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (2m/17f winner) Curvacious. Fantasio D'alene appears to be the stable No 1.

Form:

Fantasio D'alene⁵⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| C

30/100

Promising individual. Excellent second of 20 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, heavy, 3/1) 58 days ago, sticking to task. Up in trip here and he should go close.

Form: 12247-2

Pure Genius⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: T M Walsh| OR: 120

4/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Bit below form third of 19 in novice hurdle at this course (16.6f, heavy, 5/2) 41 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 433-53

Sean Hogan³²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: R M Power| T: H De Bromhead

9/1

Twice-raced maiden. Fifth of 13 in novice hurdle (10/1) at Down Royal (20f, heavy) 32 days ago. Up in trip and he's open to progress.

Form: 6-5

Two Robins⁶³¹

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: C D Maxwell| T: T G McCourt

150/1

Jeremy gelding. Half-brother to fair chaser Yanmare. Dam, ran once in point, half-sister to fairly useful chaser (stayed 3¼m) Clare Man. Uninspiring form figures between the flags.

Form: UP/5-

The Cool Dude¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: B J Cooper| T: J J Hanlon

125/1

Twice-raced maiden. Sixth of 8 in novice hurdle at Cork (24f, heavy, 40/1) 16 days ago. Big step forward needed.

Form: B-4476

Nothinbuttime²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J Hart⁽⁷⁾| T: F J Flood| D

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice chase at Thurles (25f, heavy, 200/1) 29 days ago, tailing off over circuit out. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: P515UP

Non-Runners

Johngus¹⁶

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: S Aherne J: Sean O'Keeffe

Mahler Allstar²⁰

Weight: 12-0| Age: 7

T: Jonathan Sweeney J: Mr J J Codd

Forecasts

Fantasio D'alene (30/100), Mahler Allstar (7/2), Pure Genius (4/1), Sean Hogan (9/1), Command Chain (12/1), Johngus (12/1), The Cool Dude (125/1), Two Robins (150/1), Nothinbuttime (200/1)

This step up in trip should suit MAHLER ALLSTAR, who made a promising start over hurdles when third in a big-field Leopardstown novice and he is open to plenty of improvement. Fantasio D'alene, a bumper winner here last season, also shaped like a ready-made future winner when runner-up on his first run in this sphere at Naas. He is the clear main danger ahead of Pure Genius and Sean Hogan.