12:45 Punchestown

Sunday 16 January 2022

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15% Off Festival Tickets Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 12:47 | Winning time: 4m 17.20s

Carrigeen Castle⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J T R Dreaper

80/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Tenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, soft, 28/1) 42 days ago.

Form: 36-50

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Castletownshend³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: T M Walsh

40/1

Fair winner at 1m on Flat. Sixth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (7f, 9/1) 30 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 7

Dont Doubt Me^h¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: M J Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell

250/1

50/1 and hooded, seventh of 18 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.8f, heavy) on NH debut 10 days ago.

Form: 5P64U7

Garcon Doux³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Brian Hayes| T: P Fenton

100/1

Sixth of 9 in bumper (20/1) at Tramore (16.2f, heavy) on NH debut 38 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 6

Goven^t²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: W P Mullins

3/1

Promising individual. 6/1 and tongue strap on, first run since leaving Alain Couetil when seventh of 18 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, soft) on NH debut 21 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 11-7

Hey Johnny^v1¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Danny Mullins| T: T Mullins| CD

20/1

Latest win in bumper here in October. 28/1, thirteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.8f, soft) 14 days ago. Visored for 1st time.

Form: 443100

Hiaou²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

11/8

Promising type. Brought down in novice hurdle (8/1) at Leopardstown (16f, soft) 21 days ago, still going well at the time. Should progress.

Form: 3B

Homard De Chausey²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Adam Williams⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan

250/1

Eighteenth of 21 in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, soft, 150/1) on NH debut 21 days ago. Engaged 1.24 Fairyhouse Saturday.

Form: 0

Keepthefaithinme²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Cian Chester⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Twelfth of 15 in novice hurdle (40/1) at Down Royal (20.2f, heavy) on hurdles bow 21 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 32390

Killer Mode¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade| D

6/4

Promising sort. 1 win from 3 runs this season. Winner in bumper at Naas in December. 4/1, second of 18 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.8f, soft) on hurdles bow 14 days ago. Can build on that.

Form: 25-212

Like A G Six¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: R Deegan⁽³⁾| T: N McKnight

200/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Sixteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.8f, soft, 250/1) on hurdles bow 14 days ago.

Form: 0-0

L'yser^t¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: B Connell

22/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 40/1, eighth of 18 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.8f, soft) on hurdles bow 14 days ago.

Form: 78

West Is Awake^h²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: C D Timmons⁽³⁾| T: E Cawley

20/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 20/1, sixth of 16 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 29 days ago.

Form: 3-6

Daly's Quest^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: E O'Connell⁽⁵⁾| T: E O'Connell

200/1

Ask mare. Closely related to fair hurdler Sunset Sadie, stays 3m and fairly useful hurdler Admiral Brian. Dam runner-up sole start in points. Wears hood.

Form:

Doyen Rose¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Jordan Gainford⁽³⁾| T: D M Christie

40/1

Fourteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy, 28/1) 19 days ago, pulling hard. Booking of Gainford a plus.

Form: 240

Fairy Tree³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Smith

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Hooded for 1st time, eighth of 14 in bumper (15/2) at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 36 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Engaged 1.57 Fairyhouse Saturday.

Form: 288

Getaway'n'dance²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr N Gault⁽⁷⁾| T: S Millar

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. First run since leaving Gary McGill when ninth of 11 in bumper at Thurles (16f, good to soft, 125/1) 28 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: P0-4P9

Gladys Emmanuel^h1⁵⁴

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

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, twenty first of 22 in novice hurdle at this C&D (good to soft, 250/1) 54 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: P0

Sadie Yeats^h1⁹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: P M Pierce

200/1

€10,000 3-y-o, Yeats mare. Half-sister to 5 winners, including useful hurdler Daneking, stayed 21f and bumper winner/fairly useful 2m hurdle winner American Gigolo. Wears hood.

Form: 75-P

Non-Runners

Our Patron Saint⁹⁶

Weight: 12-0| Age: 5

T: Mrs S Dawson J: E Walsh

Littel Flour¹⁷⁸

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: D Queally J: D L Queally

Forecasts

Hiaou (11/8), Killer Mode (6/4), Goven (3/1), Littel Flour (12/1), West Is Awake (20/1), Hey Johnny (20/1), L'yser (22/1), Castletownshend (40/1), Doyen Rose (40/1), Fairy Tree (50/1), Keepthefaithinme (80/1), Carrigeen Castle (80/1), Garcon Doux (100/1), Our Patron Saint (100/1), Sadie Yeats (200/1), Like A G Six (200/1), Daly's Quest (200/1), Dont Doubt Me (250/1), Gladys Emmanuel (250/1), Getaway'n'dance (250/1), Homard De Chausey (250/1)

Bumper-winner KILLER MODE offered plenty to work on when runner-up on hurdles bow at Naas a fortnight ago and with improvement forthcoming, he looks the answer. Hiaou was still going well when brought down at Leopardstown and he looks the main danger.