13:20 Punchestown

Monday 31 January 2022

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Punchestown.com Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:20 | Winning time: 4m 5.1s

Bold Approach¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: B P Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: B W Duke

10/1

Useful Flat winner. First run since leaving Jim Bolger when fourth of 16 in maiden 20hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft, 6/1) 16 days ago. Open to improvement.

Form: 6-4

By Gingo

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: C A Landers| T: J Barcoe

250/1

Leading Light gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Christmas Twenty.

Form:

Contrapposto³⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: R Deegan⁽³⁾| T: R Donohoe

200/1

Modest Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. 150/1, unseated rider in novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, heavy) 30 days ago.

Form: 09U

Coole Joe See

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D E Mullins| T: J O Clifford

250/1

Arcadio gelding. Dam unraced.

Form:

Cratloe Hill³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mark Walsh| T: P Roche

4/1

Promising type. 40/1, third of 18 in maiden hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) on NH debut 36 days ago. Open to progress.

Form: 3

Crossguns⁴³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Sean Flanagan| T: N Meade

66/1

Fair maiden on the Flat. Off 14 months ahead of hurdle debut. Best watched unless betting strongly hints otherwise.

Form:

Dromolought Lad^b1¹³³

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: J M Moore| T: T P O'Connor

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. 150/1, last of 17 in bumper at Listowel (16f, good to soft) 133 days ago, folding. Makes hurdles debut. Blinkered for 1st time.

Form: 50

Enki Flacke²³

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

11/1

Fair hurdler. Winner in bumper at Perth in August. Below form third of 22 in maiden hurdle (11/2) at Cork (16f, heavy) 23 days ago.

Form: 40-1733

Healthisyourwealth

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

200/1

Moohaajim gelding. Half-brother to a winning pointer. Dam lightly raced on Flat.

Form:

Kerrytown Rock¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: M J Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 16 in maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft, 300/1) 16 days ago.

Form: 00

Kilcruit^t1³³

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| BF| CD

1/5

Grade 1 bumper winner. Beaten at short odds both hurdle starts but they were in decent races and he ought to take a good deal of stopping here.

Form: 1121-23

Money Heist²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Sixth of 18 in novice hurdle (80/1) at Clonmel (16.8f, heavy) 25 days ago, not knocked about.

Form: 32-006

Mooney Boy

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

200/1

Sea Moon gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Muldoon's Picnic and fair chaser Ellaway Rose, stays 21f. Dam unraced.

Form:

Paddy Rocket³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Gary Noonan⁽⁷⁾| T: E McCarthy

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eighth of 15 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16f, heavy, 200/1) 30 days ago.

Form: 08

Slane Hill

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D J McInerney| T: B Connell

33/1

€58,000 3-y-o, Shantou gelding. Dam unraced. Betting should help guide to expectations on debut.

Form:

Birdsandthebees^h1³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Simon Torrens| T: P Roche

100/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Ninth of 18 in maiden at Limerick (16f, heavy, 20/1) on hurdles bow 36 days ago. Hooded for 1st time. Should have more to offer.

Form: 49

Daly's Quest^h¹⁵

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

250/1

Once-raced maiden. Hooded, seventeenth of 19 in novice hurdle at this C&D (heavy, 200/1) on NH debut 15 days ago.

Form: 0

Maggie Barrett⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Ewing| T: B R Hamilton

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Fifteenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, soft, 80/1) on hurdles bow 9 days ago.

Form: 8-240

Rioga Choice

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: H Morgan⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead

40/1

Flemensfirth mare. Sister to 2m hurdle winner hurdler Its Gonnahappen. Dam (c123/h112) 2m-2½m hurdle/chase winner. Music of Tara yard first strong unless betting hints otherwise.

Form:

Sixty Four Notes⁴⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: J I Duggan⁽⁷⁾| T: V T O'Brien

250/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Twentieth of 21 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, good to soft, 300/1) on hurdles bow 44 days ago.

Form: P0

Non-Runners

Music Of Tara³⁶

Weight: 11-7| Age: 5

T: H De Bromhead J: Rachael Blackmore

Forecasts

Kilcruit (1/5), Cratloe Hill (4/1), Music Of Tara (13/2), Bold Approach (10/1), Enki Flacke (11/1), Slane Hill (33/1), Rioga Choice (40/1), Crossguns (66/1), Birdsandthebees (100/1), Money Heist (125/1), Contrapposto (200/1), Paddy Rocket (200/1), Maggie Barrett (200/1), Mooney Boy (200/1), Healthisyourwealth (200/1), Kerrytown Rock (250/1), Daly's Quest (250/1), By Gingo (250/1), Sixty Four Notes (250/1), Dromolought Lad (250/1), Coole Joe See (250/1)

KILCRUIT has let odds-on backers down on both hurdle starts this winter but he's still achieved useful form in defeat and ought to be very hard to beat here. Cratloe Hill, who shaped well on debut, Music of Tara and Enki Flacke can battle it out for minor honours.