16:18 Punchestown

Saturday 28 May 2022

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Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boosts Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 16:20 | Winning time: 4m 13.40s

Another Affair^t⁵⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: V C Ward

150/1

Ungenuine type. 125/1, creditable ninth of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft) 55 days ago.

Form: 69P699-

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Ballybough Native^t⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| BF

2/1

Promising type. 3/1 and tongue strap on for 1st time, first run since leaving Ian John McCarthy when eighth of 22 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse. Remains with potential based on bumper win.

Form: 1/8-

Cave Court

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: N C Kelly

125/1

€19,000 3-y-o, Court Cave gelding. Closely related to smart hurdler/chaser Lie Forrit and useful hurdler/chaser Oscar Rose, stays 3m.

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Drayton Cross^t²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss F Leaney⁽⁷⁾| T: L Fowler

80/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Twice-raced maiden. 28/1, fourteenth of 17 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.4f, good to soft) 26 days ago.

Form: U-0

Luke Short¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: B J Cooper| T: N Meade| OR: 111

9/4

Fairly useful hurdler, respectable effort at this track on last hurdle outing. Latest Flat effort best excused, and he sets the standard here, so worth chancing.

Form: 3239-

Morning Logic^h1⁷⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: C J Orr| T: Thomas Coyle

66/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Fourteenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy, 16/1) on hurdles bow 77 days ago. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 20-

Reserve Judgement⁴¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: J C McConnell

17/2

€5,000 3-y-o, £37,500 5-y-o, Ocovango gelding. Dam unraced. Successful sole outing in points (Apr 2021) and makes his Rules debut in quite a thin race.

Form: 1/

Showbusiness^t²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 113

11/4

Fair hurdler. Remains a maiden after 9 hurdle runs. Creditable third of 17 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.4f, good to soft, 7/2) 26 days ago. Should be thereabouts.

Form: 32262-3

Easingrestrictions

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mark Walsh| T: A J Martin

14/1

€78,000 3-y-o, Telescope gelding. Dam (c121/h127), unreliable 2m-3m hurdle/chase winner. Worth monitoring in the betting.

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Glaoinn An Airgead

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Richard Condon⁽⁷⁾| T: M G Mcguane

66/1

Rajj gelding. Closely related Italian Flat winner Slow Cavern and half-brother to numerous winners, including modest hurdler Barnbrook Empire.

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Izeo

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E Doyle

25/1

Diamond Boy gelding. Half-brother to numerous winners, including fair French chaser Orabelle and fair French hurdler Norabelle. Dam winner on Flat in France. Makes some appeal on paper.

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Artemis Angel^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: J J Slevin| T: Peter Fahey

16/1

€36,000 3-y-o, Fame And Glory mare. Half-sister to 3 winners, including 2¼m bumper winner/smart 19f/2½m hurdle winner Journey With Me and ungenuine but useful hurdler/chaser Yorkist. Wears hood.

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Del Amitir¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling

100/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Last of 15 in novice hurdle at Killarney (22.2f, good to soft, 66/1) on hurdles bow 12 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 0-0

Lady Bodeen^t³⁶⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin

66/1

Once-raced maiden. 8/1 and tongue strap on, sixth of 10 in bumper at this course (16.4f, soft) on NH debut. Off 12 months. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 6-

Penthouse Poppet²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Sean Flanagan| T: C A McBratney

125/1

Once-raced maiden. 33/1, last of 11 in bumper at Downpatrick (17.4f, soft) on NH debut 22 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 0

Whenwilliseeuagain⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Danny Mullins| T: A Mullins

18/1

Once-raced maiden. Ninth of 14 in bumper (14/1) at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft) on NH debut 42 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 9-

Non-Runners

Langdale Lane³⁰

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: S R B Crawford J: J J Slevin

She Is Electric³⁷

Weight: 11-5| Age: 7

T: N Lee J: R P Geoghegan

Forecasts

Ballybough Native (2/1), Luke Short (9/4), Showbusiness (11/4), Reserve Judgement (17/2), Easingrestrictions (14/1), Artemis Angel (16/1), Whenwilliseeuagain (18/1), Izeo (25/1), She Is Electric (25/1), Langdale Lane (33/1), Morning Logic (66/1), Lady Bodeen (66/1), Glaoinn An Airgead (66/1), Drayton Cross (80/1), Del Amitir (100/1), Cave Court (125/1), Penthouse Poppet (125/1), Another Affair (150/1)

LUKE SHORT has the best hurdling form and his Flat efforts give him the scope for better still, so he's preferred to point winner Reserve Judgement, who has a year-long absence to overcome. Ballybough Native, an impressive bumper winner for his former trainer, can't be dismissed despite an underwhelming start for Henry de Bromhead.