14:15 Punchestown

Monday 1 March 2021

All13:4514:1514:5015:2516:0016:3017:0017:30

I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:16 | Winning time: 5m 20.6s

Il Courra²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr S Cavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: C W J Farrell| OR: 116

5/4

Fairly useful hurdler. Winner in bumper at Wexford in October. Excellent second of 18 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, heavy, 15/2) 29 days ago.

Form: 214652

Ballingrane¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: D Budds

200/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 200/1, tenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.6f, soft) on hurdles bow 16 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 90

Cahirmee¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: A McCurtin⁽⁵⁾| T: B O'Keeffe

80/1

Twice-raced maiden. 300/1, sixth of 15 in novice hurdle at Thurles (23f, heavy) 14 days ago, unable to sustain effort.

Form: 06

Cavallino^p1⁸¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

5/6

Promising type. Third of 11 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, heavy, 7/2) on hurdles bow 81 days ago. Up in trip. Cheekpieces on 1st time. The one to beat.

Form: 83

Clay Rogers^t⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: P D Kennedy| T: M Kennedy

9/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 12/1, fifth of 10 in bumper at Fairyhouse (19.7f, heavy) on bumper debut 7 days ago, needing stronger gallop. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 6445

Eat The Book⁸³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-6| J: D J Hand⁽⁷⁾| T: D P Dunne

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 150/1, last of 10 in bumper at this course (16.6f, heavy) 83 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Up in trip.

Form: 00/0-0

Fill The Tank⁹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: S E Lewis⁽⁷⁾| T: Aengus King

12/1

Modest chaser. Respectable seventh of 12 in handicap chase at Thurles (18f, heavy, 5/1) 95 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 446637

Get Connected¹²⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: D P Murphy

100/1

€10,000 3-y-o, Getaway gelding. Half-brother to multiple point winner by Beneficial. Dam ran twice in points. Failed to complete on 3 of 4 points starts, latest Oct 24.

Form: P-4PF

Chinx Of Light

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Brian Hayes| T: Barry J Fitzgerald

66/1

Shantou gelding. Brother to 3 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/smart chaser Wounded Warrior and useful hurdler/chaser Sword of Destiny,.

Form:

Mahler Appeal

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: B J Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: G J Power

100/1

Mahler gelding. Half-brother to point winner by Darsi.

Form:

Panda Boy

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Ricky Doyle| T: M Brassil

33/1

€31,000 3-y-o, second foal, dam, unraced, closely related to fairly useful hurdler/fair chaser (stayed 2¾m) Friend's Amigo and half-sister to useful hurdler/fairly useful chaser Garruth.

Form:

Some Legacy³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: J Halley

80/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eleventh of 13 in bumper (80/1) at Navan (16f, heavy) 31 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip.

Form: 50

What A Time⁹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr L J Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: D P Murphy

100/1

£16,000 3-y-o, Fame And Glory gelding. Dam unraced. Runner-up in point on debut in February 2020, ran only twice since and pulled up on latest start, Nov 22.

Form: 2-5P

Ask Aisling¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: J M Moore| T: N Lee

300/1

125/1, fourteenth of 20 in novice hurdle at this C&D (heavy) on NH debut 15 days ago.

Form: 0

Haypusher

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Broderick

200/1

Urban Poet mare. Dam unraced sister to fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser (stayed 2½m) The Entomologist.

Form:

Must Be Obeyed

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: J B Kane⁽⁵⁾| T: T Gibney

25/1

Mustameet mare. Half-sister to modest 2¼m hurdle winner Glencoum Lass. Dam unraced. RESERVE.

Form:

Non-Runners

Rachel's Surprise¹⁶

Weight: 10-13| Age: 8

T: W J Lanigan J: Danny Mullins

The Greek¹⁹⁴

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: G Elliott J: Reserve 2

Rathcabbin⁷⁸

Weight: 11-6| Age: 6

T: D Deacon J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Cavallino (5/6), Il Courra (5/4), Clay Rogers (9/1), The Greek (10/1), Fill The Tank (12/1), Must Be Obeyed (25/1), Panda Boy (33/1), Rachel's Surprise (50/1), Chinx Of Light (66/1), Cahirmee (80/1), Some Legacy (80/1), What A Time (100/1), Mahler Appeal (100/1), Get Connected (100/1), Rathcabbin (100/1), Haypusher (200/1), Ballingrane (200/1), Eat The Book (200/1), Ask Aisling (300/1)

CAVALLINO might well have made a winning start to his hurdling career had he not made a mistake at the last when third at Tramore so, in a fairly weak event, he's up to gaining compensation in first-time cheekpieces. Il Courra looks the obvious threat.