19:30 Punchestown

Monday 31 May 2021

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Black Hills Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)

Off time: 19:31 | Winning time: 5m 13.60s

Henry Sellers^t1⁷⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Crawley| OR: 95

7/1

First run since leaving Paul John Gilligan when fourteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Navan (16f, soft, 9/1) 70 days ago. Back up in trip. Tongue strap on 1st time. Easily opposed.

Form: 279900-

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Glen Robin⁴^{(ex 5)}

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: R M Power| T: P Nolan| OR: 89

9/4

Career best when winning 17-runner handicap hurdle (20/1) at Limerick (19f, soft) 4 days ago. Carries penalty. Has good chance on form.

Form: 00908-1

Hollywood West¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: Cian Cullinan⁽⁷⁾| T: Ms H P Markham| OR: 94

7/1

12/1, below form ninth of 21 in handicap hurdle at this course (16f, good to soft) on Sunday. Back up in trip.

Form: 7026-99

Punters Poet^t¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: M J Smith| OR: 93| D

11/2

9/1, career best when winning 14-runner handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.9f, good) 18 days ago. Obvious claims if he's able to back up that performance.

Form: 808/U0-1

Lady Of The Sea^t¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: J B Kane⁽⁵⁾| T: S Millar| OR: 92| D

66/1

22/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.9f, good) 18 days ago won by Punters Poet. Plenty to prove.

Form: P041P-P

Dylan Oak²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: D Cullen| OR: 88

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Eighth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Cork (24.2f, good to soft, 6/1) 23 days ago. Others preferred.

Form: 890-8

Some Venture¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: J B Foley⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 88

18/1

28/1, creditable fourth of 15 in novice hurdle at Tipperary (20.4f, soft) 11 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. May do better.

Form: 86008-4

Swiss Brid²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: E McCarthy| OR: 88

33/1

Tailed-off sixth of 12 to Oscer Romero in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Ballinrobe (21.3f, soft) 27 days ago. Entitled to be sharper with that under his belt.

Form: 56052-6

Fredastare¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: A J Martin| OR: 87

9/1

Very good second of 14 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (19.9f, good, 16/1) 18 days ago. Still relatively unexposed, so worth a market check.

Form: 00060-2

Game Catch¹⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr P Power⁽⁷⁾| T: Paul Power| OR: 87

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle (18/1) at Tramore (21f, heavy) 150 days ago. Makes little appeal.

Form: U7009-

Inchidaly Copper²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-6| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: L J Archdeacon| OR: 87

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 300/1, tenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Killarney (20f, good) 21 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 00-0

Boston Hill^p¹⁷⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: J J Slevin| T: K P Egan| OR: 85

125/1

Temperamental sort. 150/1, below form tenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy) 177 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: RPP/700-

Mount Callan⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Phillip Enright| T: B McMahon| OR: 85

10/1

Ninth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22f, heavy, 25/1) 7 days ago. Up against it.

Form: 77006-9

Tweeds Corner^t⁷⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: P E Corbett| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 85

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Below form eleventh of 20 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.6f, good to soft, 66/1) 75 days ago. Open to improvement now handicapping up in trip.

Form: P4P890-

Three Queens⁸⁸⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr F Stack⁽⁷⁾| T: D Broad| OR: 84

100/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Twelfth of 16 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Limerick (16f, soft). Off over 2 years. Up in trip. First run for yard after leaving Eric McNamara.

Form: 9300/

Johnny Giro^h1⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: P J Carberry| T: Mrs A Mooney| OR: 83

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 66/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (18.3f, good to soft) 60 days ago. Hooded for 1st time. Difficult ask.

Form: P/0900-

Ice Cool⁷⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 11-1| J: Simon Torrens⁽³⁾| T: V T O'Brien| OR: 82| C| D

33/1

Course winner. Twenty runs since last win in 2016. Eighth of 18 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Limerick (22f, heavy) 78 days ago. Not totally dismissed.

Form: 645P38-

Baby Bellini^t⁴²

Age: 10| Weight: 10-13| J: Danny Mullins| T: I Madden| OR: 80

50/1

One win from 28 NH runs. Sixteen runs since last win in 2018. 22/1, below form seventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (19.2f, soft) 42 days ago.

Form: 045U57-

Halcyon Dreams¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: H Morgan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 80

125/1

18/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Wexford (20f, heavy) 10 days ago, weakening before 4 out. Easily opposed.

Form: 080PF-P

Highstreetfashion^p¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: C P McNamara⁽³⁾| T: P Rooney| OR: 80

14/1

Creditable third of 12 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.4f, soft, 13/2) 10 days ago. Vulnerable.

Form: 60474-3

Non-Runners

Call Me Merry²³

Weight: 11-8| Age: 6

T: P F Cashman J: Gary Noonan

Charlie Bit Me¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: Peter Fahey J: Kevin Sexton

Fowlplay¹⁶⁵

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: S Wilson J: J S McGarvey

Mater Matuta¹⁷

Weight: 11-4| Age: 5

T: E D Delany J: D F O'Regan

Full Noise¹

Weight: 11-8| Age: 5

T: D P Dunne J: J J Slevin

Oscer Romero⁴

Weight: 12-0| Age: 6

T: P J Rothwell J: Reserve 1

Milestone Prince⁴

Weight: 11-2| Age: 9

T: P T Foley J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Glen Robin (9/4), Full Noise (7/2), Punters Poet (11/2), Oscer Romero (6/1), Henry Sellers (7/1), Hollywood West (7/1), Fredastare (9/1), Dylan Oak (10/1), Mount Callan (10/1), Call Me Merry (10/1), Highstreetfashion (14/1), Some Venture (18/1), Mater Matuta (20/1), Charlie Bit Me (25/1), Swiss Brid (33/1), Ice Cool (33/1), Fowlplay (33/1), Baby Bellini (50/1), Milestone Prince (50/1), Lady Of The Sea (66/1), Tweeds Corner (66/1), Inchidaly Copper (80/1), Game Catch (100/1), Three Queens (100/1), Halcyon Dreams (125/1), Johnny Giro (125/1), Boston Hill (125/1)

GLEN ROBIN bolted up on handicap debut at Limerick 4 days ago and, provided this doesn't come too soon, he should take all the beating in a race distinctly lacking in depth despite the numbers. Fellow last-time-out winner Punters Poet looks the main threat ahead of Fredastare.