13:45 Punchestown

Wednesday 13 October 2021

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Welcome Back Racing Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 13:46 | Winning time: 3m 58.30s

Rocky Court^p²⁸

Age: 12| Weight: 12-0| J: A W Short| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 107

25/1

Unreliable type. Fourteen runs since last win in 2018. 40/1, bit below form sixth of 11 in handicap chase at Sligo (17.2f, good) 28 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 2-56546

Scalor^h,t⁸⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Miss E Doyle| OR: 107| D

16/1

8/1, last of 11 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good) 89 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 64850-0

Dawson's Cottage⁸³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Mark Walsh| T: N Madden| OR: 104| BF| D

9/2

9/2 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, twelfth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (20f, good) 83 days ago. Headgear quickly discarded. Claims on his reappearance fourth prior to that.

Form: 1295-40

Trump Card^p,t³⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-11| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 104

28/1

No show in maiden hurdles but did manage a win on the Flat last month and has more chance now handicapping for the first time in this sphere.

Form: 0374P/7-

Banjo^p⁵

Age: 10| Weight: 11-9| J: D F O'Regan| T: D Cullen| OR: 102| D

20/1

One win from 27 NH runs. Eleventh of 14 in handicap (66/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) 5 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Bit below form on last hurdle outing. Others more persuasive.

Form: 7F50-98

Beat Of The Sea⁹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-8| J: R P Treacy| T: S Fahey| OR: 101

40/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2020. Eleventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, good to soft, 20/1) 96 days ago, unable to sustain effort.

Form: 5-73FF0

Go Gill Go^t¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: J Grace| OR: 99

7/2

Winner in hurdle at Sligo in July. 6/1, good 2 lengths second of 17 to Romella in handicap hurdle at Roscommon (15.4f, good) 16 days ago. Shortlist material.

Form: 671532

Romella^t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: A McCurtin⁽³⁾| T: J J Walsh| OR: 99| D

7/2

2 wins from 3 runs this season. Career best when winning 17-runner handicap hurdle at Roscommon (15.4f, good, 12/1) 16 days ago by 2 lengths from reopposing Go Gill Go.

Form: 0P6-411

Ricky Langford^t³³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 97

11/1

Improved to win 9-runner handicap chase (11/2) at Ballinrobe (17f, good to soft) 33 days ago, driven clear. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: B12451

Muntahez^p¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-10| J: Simon Torrens| T: A A Howard| OR: 89

25/1

Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, 24¾ lengths seventh of 20 to Peace Party in handicap hurdle at Gowran (16f, good, 50/1) 12 days ago.

Form: 000/P-U7

Peace Party^h,t¹²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: D McDonogh| OR: 88| D

10/3

Career best when winning 20-runner handicap hurdle (16/1) at Gowran (16f, good) 12 days ago. Likely to remain competitive after an 8 lb rise.

Form: 0-P3561

Forecasts

Peace Party (10/3), Romella (7/2), Go Gill Go (7/2), Dawson's Cottage (9/2), Ricky Langford (11/1), Scalor (16/1), Banjo (20/1), Muntahez (25/1), Rocky Court (25/1), Trump Card (28/1), Beat Of The Sea (40/1)

ROMELLA is on a roll and is taken to confirm last month's Roscommon superiority over Go Gill Go and complete a hat-trick. Dawson's Cottage is better than he showed last time and is also on the shortlist.