17:30 Punchestown

Sunday 30 May 2021

All13:3014:0514:4015:1515:5016:2517:0017:30

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race

Off time: 17:30 | Winning time: 4m 3.8s

Never Feel Blue³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

4/9

Promising type. Won 14-runner bumper at Kilbeggan (19.4f, good, 11/10) on NH debut 38 days ago, driven clear. The one to beat.

Form: 1-

Apple Crumble¹⁸⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr J W Hendrick⁽⁷⁾| T: Barry J Fitzgerald

25/1

Half-sister to fair hurdler/useful chaser Clondaw Anchor and fairly useful hurdler/chaser The Welsh Paddies. Dam bumper maiden/lightly-raced hurdler. Failed to complete both starts between the flags.

Form: FP-

Cool Rain¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: S R B Crawford

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden. 5/1, very good second of 14 in bumper at Clonmel (16.7f, good) 17 days ago. Stable in good form. Should continue to give a good account.

Form: 956-2

Getaway Rua

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr D Kiely⁽⁷⁾| T: J Queally

10/1

Getaway mare. Dam modest maiden hurdler. Market should point the way.

Form:

Hedgecutter

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr M McGuane⁽⁷⁾| T: S Byrne

50/1

Well Chosen mare. Dam unraced. Probably best watched on debut.

Form:

Madam Belle

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr Pat Taaffe⁽⁷⁾| T: Noel O'Neill

16/1

Shirocco mare. Dam bumper/2m-2½m hurdle winner. Entitled to come on for the run.

Form:

Polar Peak²³⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy

40/1

Once-raced maiden. Fourth of 14 in bumper (22/1) at Tipperary (16f, good to soft) on NH debut. Off 7 months.

Form: 4-

Queens Gambit^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr C J Gorman⁽⁷⁾| T: J T Gorman

50/1

Getaway mare. Half-sister to untrustworthy but fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser I Hear A Symphony. Dam maiden hurdler. Wears hood.

Form:

Ramble On Muller¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy

125/1

Once-raced maiden. Tenth of 12 in bumper (33/1) at Wexford (16f, heavy) on NH debut 14 days ago.

Form: 0

Via Rosa⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: P Roche

25/1

Once-raced maiden. Seventh of 14 in bumper at Cork (16f, soft, 11/2) on NH debut 66 days ago. Should progress.

Form: 7-

Elusive Sea

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D Foster

10/1

Elusive Pimpernel filly. Half-sister to 5 winners, including bumper winner Dr Proctor, stayed 2¾m. Dam unraced. Likely-looking type.

Form:

Feithleann²²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Hayes

150/1

Once-raced maiden. Tongue strap on, pulled up in bumper at Cork (16f, good to soft, 40/1) on NH debut 22 days ago, pulled up.

Form: P

Katie's Fortune^h1²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-12| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁷⁾| T: J Nash

50/1

Once-raced maiden. 22/1, seventh of 15 in bumper at Killarney (17f, good to soft) on NH debut 21 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 7

Forecasts

Never Feel Blue (4/9), Cool Rain (11/2), Elusive Sea (10/1), Getaway Rua (10/1), Madam Belle (16/1), Apple Crumble (25/1), Via Rosa (25/1), Polar Peak (40/1), Katie's Fortune (50/1), Hedgecutter (50/1), Queens Gambit (50/1), Ramble On Muller (125/1), Feithleann (150/1)

NEVER FEEL BLUE looked good when making a winning start to her career at Kilbeggan and, providing she copes with the slower ground here, it's likely that she will prove hard to beat. Cool Rain should pick up a race before long judged on her solid recent effort at Clonmel, while newcomer Elusive Sea is very much of interest and Via Rosa is open to improvement.