14:55 Punchestown

Wednesday 13 October 2021

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Punchestown Annual Membership Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:56 | Winning time: 5m 0.0s

Marajman¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-10| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: W P Mullins| OR: 128

6/1

17/2, seventh of 11 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, good) 12 days ago.

Form: 31/0-247

Broomfields Jeremy^h²⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: L P Dempsey| T: J P Dempsey| OR: 127

11/1

Latest win in hurdle at Clonmel in January. 5/2, fell in novice hurdle at Thurles (20.2f, heavy). Off 8 months.

Form: 21331F-

Papal Lodge^b1²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 122| C

17/2

Course winner. Fifth of 6 in minor event hurdle at Navan (21.8f, good, 9/1) 25 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 5211P-5

Whatsnotoknow^t¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M F Morris| OR: 122

7/2

Eleven runs since last win in 2020. 10/1, creditable fourth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, good) 12 days ago.

Form: 20-6304

It Could Be You¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: T Mullins| OR: 118

16/1

Tenth of 11 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Gowran (20f, good) 12 days ago.

Form: 62-3000

Rich Belief^b,t¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Donagh Meyler| T: K Thornton| OR: 116| D

5/1

Winner in hurdle at Down Royal in August. Good second of 11 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, good, 18/1) 12 days ago. Tongue strap back on. Not taken lightly.

Form: 328122

Hurricane Darwin¹⁴⁶

Age: 11| Weight: 10-8| J: K C Sexton| T: P Maher| OR: 112| D

20/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2017. 25/1, below form eighth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (20.4f, soft) 146 days ago, unable to sustain effort.

Form: 8U924-8

Merry Poppins³³

Age: 4| Weight: 10-7| J: Jordan Gainford⁽⁵⁾| T: J Motherway| OR: 113

3/1

Creditable third of 12 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (21.8f, good to soft, 9/1) 33 days ago.

Form: 52-3F03

Aldo The Apache³³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: Colm Murphy| OR: 110| D

10/1

Winner over hurdles at Down Royal in June. Eleventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (21.8f, good to soft, 33/1) 33 days ago.

Form: F-U010

Nazine¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: C A Landers| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 109

18/1

Winner in hurdle at Navan in March. 28/1, respectable fifth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (16f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 317-005

Non-Runners

Grange Walk²⁴

Weight: 10-5| Age: 6

T: J P Ryan J: Danny Mullins

Forecasts

Merry Poppins (3/1), Whatsnotoknow (7/2), Rich Belief (5/1), Marajman (6/1), Grange Walk (7/1), Papal Lodge (17/2), Aldo The Apache (10/1), Broomfields Jeremy (11/1), It Could Be You (16/1), Nazine (18/1), Hurricane Darwin (20/1)

GRANGE WALK figures on a handy mark over hurdles given his chase exploits and assuming he is back on his game having shaped as though amiss last month, he is the one to beat. Whatsnotoknow and Rich Belief look the chief threats.