13:35 Punchestown

Wednesday 23 February 2022

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Join Racing TV Now Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:35 | Winning time: 4m 20.20s

Haxo²⁸⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

2/1

Last of 6 in bumper (14/1) at Le Lion-d'Angers (11.9f, good). Off 9 months. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip. First run for yard after leaving E. Leray and must command serious respect.

Form: 08-16

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Viceregent²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: C Byrnes

16/1

Fair winner at 11f on Flat. Seventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.7f, good to soft, 28/1) 29 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 07

Allbetsoff^h¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: D L Queally| T: D Queally

14/1

Twice-raced maiden. 150/1, fourth of 24 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.6f, soft) 11 days ago. Hood back on.

Form: P04

Bal Kauto⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr T O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: T O'Connor

150/1

€16,000 3-y-o, Balko gelding. Pulled up sole start in points (Dec 30).

Form: P

Be Fierce⁶⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁷⁾| T: T M Walsh

18/1

Eleventh of 21 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, good to soft, 100/1) on NH debut 67 days ago.

Form: 0

Botanic Ridge^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: P C O'Connor

28/1

Ocovango gelding. Dam (h85), maiden hurdler, half-sister to smart bumper/2m hurdle winner Frawley. Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Garcon Doux¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Brian Hayes| T: P Fenton

125/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 200/1, twelfth of 25 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.6f, soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 6000

Kaytana^b1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: C A Landers| T: M J McDonagh

33/1

Robin Des Champs gelding. Wears blinkers.

Form:

Nonbinding³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: B J Cooper| T: G Elliott

9/4

Fifth of 15 in bumper (15/2) at Navan (16f, soft) 32 days ago. Makes hurdles debut for top yard.

Form: 0-25

Topothelane²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Ian Power| T: J P O'Keeffe

150/1

200/1, carried out in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, good to soft) on NH debut 24 days ago.

Form: C

Walnut Beach⁹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Flynn

9/4

Fairly useful maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. 9/2, second of 18 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.8f, good to soft) 90 days ago. Sets the standard.

Form: 42

Lilian Bland^h¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: M Hamill| T: N P Hennessy

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 150/1 and hooded for 1st time, twenty first of 24 in novice hurdle at Naas (15.6f, soft) on hurdles bow 11 days ago.

Form: 450

Rathnageeragh⁵⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: W J Gleeson⁽⁷⁾| T: Liam Treacy

200/1

Hooded, thirteenth of 14 in bumper (66/1) at Limerick (16f, heavy) on NH debut 59 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0

Rose Of Borris³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: M J Molloy⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, tenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 39 days ago.

Form: 060

Cocovango¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: R P Treacy| T: L Young

250/1

Fourteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.7f, good to soft, 300/1) on NH debut 13 days ago. RESERVE.

Form: 0

Miss Pronunciation^h,t1⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Mark Walsh| T: P Roche

11/1

Hooded, sixth of 15 in novice hurdle (14/1) at Fairyhouse (18.5f, soft) on NH debut 45 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. RESERVE.

Form: 6

Non-Runners

Irish Blaze¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: D F O'Regan

Reserve Judgement³¹⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 6

T: J C McConnell J: Simon Torrens

Ucandoit¹⁴

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: P Byrne J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Haxo (2/1), Walnut Beach (9/4), Nonbinding (9/4), Irish Blaze (5/1), Reserve Judgement (8/1), Miss Pronunciation (11/1), Allbetsoff (14/1), Viceregent (16/1), Be Fierce (18/1), Botanic Ridge (28/1), Kaytana (33/1), Ucandoit (66/1), Garcon Doux (125/1), Rose Of Borris (125/1), Lilian Bland (125/1), Bal Kauto (150/1), Topothelane (150/1), Rathnageeragh (200/1), Cocovango (250/1)

The market will help shape this race given the many unknown quantities, with HAXO tentatively offered to make a winning hurdles debut for Willie Mullins. Nonbinding should make an impact given his bumper form while Walnut Beach already looks better as a hurdler than he did on the level.