17:00 Punchestown

Monday 1 March 2021

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

Punchestown Handicap Hurdle (80-95)

Off time: 17:02 | Winning time: 5m 29.5s

Junior Rattler^t⁶²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: B Browne⁽³⁾| T: O McKiernan| OR: 95

17/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 11/2 and tongue strap on for 1st time, excellent third of 15 in novice hurdle at Limerick (19f, heavy) 62 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 22-7683

He'sthewon⁶¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-13| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 94

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, excellent third of 17 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 61 days ago. Up in trip. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 0003

Rocconrockall^b1,t³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: T Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 93

7/1

Creditable sixth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy, 28/1) 31 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 0-00586

Kilandra⁸³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr E Mahon⁽⁷⁾| T: B McMahon| OR: 92

6/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Twelfth of 19 in novice hurdle (66/1) at this course (16.6f, heavy) 83 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: P1-5050

Royal Rhythm⁴⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 93

13/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Creditable 7¼ lengths third of 16 to Hilltop Supreme in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy, 12/1) 48 days ago.

Form: 2-9043

Boss Girl⁷⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: D J Hand⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Austin| OR: 90

50/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 16 in novice hurdle (12/1) at Naas (19f, heavy) 77 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 00560

Hilltop Supreme²⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: K J Brouder| T: D E Fitzgerald| OR: 90| D

15/2

Winner in hurdle at Fairyhouse in January. 4/1, brought down in handicap chase at Down Royal (20f, heavy) 25 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: F8461B

Wanchu Bach²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 89

12/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 80/1, eleventh of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) 21 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Likely to improve.

Form: 8000

Four Horsemen¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: T J Nagle-Jr| OR: 86

15/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 14/1, excellent third of 15 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (23f, heavy) 14 days ago, suited by increase in trip. Merits consideration.

Form: 5/09-083

Nicole's Milan^b⁷³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Aherne| OR: 86| D

25/1

Twenty two runs since last win in 2018. 7/1, below form eleventh of 19 in handicap hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy) 73 days ago.

Form: 70-P490

Klickity Klopp³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Flanagan| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 86

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Twelfth of 20 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy, 150/1) 31 days ago, not knocked about. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to improvement.

Form: 000

Stolen Moment^t⁴¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: Miss S Ahern⁽⁷⁾| T: S Aherne| OR: 84

33/1

25/1, good third of 16 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.9f, heavy). Off 13 months. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 002803-

Keenaghan Lass⁸⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-2| J: Mr T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: T F Shaw| OR: 83

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 66/1, sixteenth of 20 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.4f, good) on latest start under Rules 22 months. Up in trip for this handicap hurdle debut. Point winner in December.

Form: 7/0P4-F1

Chelseas Friend⁷⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: J J Mangan| OR: 80

12/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (24f, heavy, 14/1) on latest start under Rules, labouring after 4 out. Off 6 months.

Form: 889-P13

Lady Kapalua⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-6| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 86

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Twelfth of 20 in juvenile hurdle at this course (16f, heavy, 150/1) 42 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0P90

Non-Runners

You No Me Too Well³⁴⁴

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: R K Watson J: Shane O'Callaghan

Clonbury Bridge⁶²

Weight: 11-11| Age: 5

T: J P Dempsey J: Reserve 1

Get Phar¹⁶

Weight: 11-8| Age: 5

T: E Griffin J: Reserve 2

Golden Sunset³⁴⁴

Weight: 11-11| Age: 8

T: N Madden J: Mark Walsh

Forecasts

He'sthewon (11/2), Kilandra (6/1), Royal Rhythm (13/2), Rocconrockall (7/1), Hilltop Supreme (15/2), Four Horsemen (15/2), Golden Sunset (8/1), Junior Rattler (17/2), Chelseas Friend (12/1), Wanchu Bach (12/1), Clonbury Bridge (12/1), Get Phar (16/1), Lady Kapalua (18/1), Nicole's Milan (25/1), Stolen Moment (33/1), You No Me Too Well (33/1), Klickity Klopp (33/1), Keenaghan Lass (40/1), Boss Girl (50/1)

HE'STHEWON left his low-key maiden hurdle efforts a long way behind when third in a big-field Limerick handicap at the end of December, despite being hampered 3 out. There may well be more to come from this 6-y-o and he earns the vote. Junior Rattler also took step forward at Limerick on his latest start and looks dangerous on this handicap debut, while Wanchu Bach also needs a second look.