13:35 Punchestown

Tuesday 23 November 2021

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William Hill Ireland Lengthen Your Odds Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:36 | Winning time: 4m 4.50s

Ardla^t³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: L P Dempsey| T: M Halford| C

7/1

Promising individual. 33/1, excellent second of 13 in maiden at Navan (14f, soft) 34 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. 4/14 on last hurdle outing. Should have more to offer.

Form: 147-4

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Bright Flame³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: W J Martin| D

150/1

Modest Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, eleventh of 23 in handicap at Navan (14f, soft, 12/1) 34 days ago.

Form:

Dromod Lad¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Danny Mullins| T: E & P Harty

66/1

Modest 1m winner on Flat. 200/1, showed some promise when eighth of 22 in novice hurdle at Naas (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 17 days ago. Should improve.

Form: 8

Ferrum²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: C L Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

250/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden over hurdles. Twelfth of 13 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Fairyhouse (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 21 days ago. Best watched.

Form: 0

Grand Jury²⁰⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| C

2/7

Winning pointer who showed useful form when making a winning bumper debut here (17.6f) in March. Far from disgraced when fourth back here in March and he's very interesting now jumping.

Form: 114-

Huckleberry Rock

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Kevin Sexton| T: S Crawley

250/1

Milan gelding. Dam (h125) bumper/2m hurdle winner (stayed 2½m). Rates a likely outsider on racecourse debut.

Form:

Inductive^t⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: C D Maxwell| T: J Larkin

250/1

Modest Flat winner. Once-raced maiden over hurdles. Tenth of 13 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, good to soft, 200/1) on NH debut 7 days ago. Can only be watched here.

Form: 0

Machine Learner¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: Ricky Doyle| T: J F Levins

40/1

Fair Flat winner. Thirteenth of 14 in handicap (22/1) at Dundalk (12f) 18 days ago. Others make more appeal now making a belated switch to hurdling.

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Monkstreet²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

12/1

Promising type. Fourth of 13 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, good to soft, 14/1) on NH debut 21 days ago. Looks sure to do better.

Form: P2/4

Moonovercloon

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: M J Smith

66/1

Sea Moon gelding. Dam (b75), maiden pointer, lightly raced in bumpers/ran once over hurdles, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 25f) Not For Burning. Market should guide on debut.

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Plunkett²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: B Browne| T: P W Flynn

66/1

Fair maiden on the Flat, making GB/IRE jumps debut. 25/1, second of 16 in handicap at Galway (7f, heavy) 29 days ago.

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Protagonist²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Mrs J Harrington

5/1

Useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. 10/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, fifth of 11 in minor event at the Curragh (12f, heavy) 28 days ago. Worth a second look now hurdling.

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Smoke And Mirrors²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Phillip Enright| T: M F Morris

12/1

Promising type. Third of 13 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, good to soft, 33/1) on hurdles bow 21 days ago. Likely type to improve further.

Form: 53

Uknowcarty⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 12-0| J: R Deegan⁽³⁾| T: P J Gilligan

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Twelfth of 22 in novice hurdle (300/1) at Cork (16f, soft) on hurdles bow 9 days ago. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 000

Zeydabad⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: T Mullins

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 150/1, fifteenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, soft) 9 days ago. Readily passed over here.

Form: 00

Albedan¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: A Donoghue

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventeenth of 21 in novice hurdle (300/1) at this course (19.6f, good to soft) 10 days ago.

Form: 00

Basrah Breeze¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: D J McInerney| T: E D Delany

250/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Sixth of 14 in handicap (10/1) at Dundalk (7f) 18 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Poor on sole previous hurdles run.

Form: 0/

Gladys Emmanuel^t1¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: D F O'Regan| T: D Hickey

250/1

Once-raced maiden. 40/1, pulled up in novice hurdle at Clonmel (19.9f, heavy) on NH debut 12 days ago, beaten early final circuit. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: P

Lizlucky^t¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: C A Landers| T: P T Foley| CD

50/1

Promising individual. Fair winner at 2m in bumpers. 16/1, ninth of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (19.5f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 14 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 45-219

Miss Daingerfield⁵³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: Paul Power

250/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. 125/1, sixth of 14 in novice hurdle at Gowran (16f, good) 53 days ago.

Form: 06

Plassey House

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: J S McGarvey| T: P A Fahy

125/1

Walk In The Park filly. Dam unraced. Betting should prove a good guide on hurdles/racecourse debut.

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Y Fyn Duw A Fydd⁷⁰³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: C J Orr| T: L Fowler

200/1

Modest maiden on Flat, stays 1½m, probably needed run on sole start for Alan King in 2019 but not seen since. Passed over now hurdling for new yard.

Form:

Non-Runners

Ar Realtin

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: Mrs D Foster J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Grand Jury (2/7), Protagonist (5/1), Ardla (7/1), Monkstreet (12/1), Smoke And Mirrors (12/1), Ar Realtin (33/1), Machine Learner (40/1), Lizlucky (50/1), Moonovercloon (66/1), Dromod Lad (66/1), Plunkett (66/1), Plassey House (125/1), Bright Flame (150/1), Y Fyn Duw A Fydd (200/1), Uknowcarty (250/1), Miss Daingerfield (250/1), Huckleberry Rock (250/1), Inductive (250/1), Albedan (250/1), Basrah Breeze (250/1), Ferrum (250/1), Gladys Emmanuel (250/1), Zeydabad (250/1)

GRAND JURY showed useful form in a couple of bumpers during the spring and he could be the way to go now hurdling for his powerful stable. Useful Flat performer Protagonist and Monkstreet head up the dangers, ahead of Smoke And Mirrors in a race essentially lacking depth.