15:20 Punchestown

Wednesday 12 October 2022

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Punchestown Festival Deals Handicap Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   2m 4f 80y  |   Good (Good to Yielding in places)  |   15 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 15:22  |   Winning time: 5m 3.5s
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Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
My Immortal231
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan(5)| T: B Connell| OR:  130| C
6/1
Promising individual. 11/2, career best when winning 9-runner handicap hurdle at this course (24.4f, heavy) back in February, well on top finish. Absent since but he returns with yard in good form. Respected.
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2
Horse silk
Quirt Evanst12
Age: 7|  Weight: 11-9| J: G Bourke(7)| T: D M O'Brien| OR:  127| D
100/1
Tenth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, soft, 50/1) 12 days ago, labouring 4 out. Others make greater appeal.
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3
Horse silk
Charli Parcs19
Age: 9|  Weight: 11-7| J: Mark Walsh| T: A A Howard| OR:  125
7/1
18/1, creditable sixth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (16f, good) 19 days ago, meeting trouble (may have been placed otherwise). Not dismissed out of hand from his much-reduced mark.
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4
Horse silk
Skippin Court18
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-4| J: Sam Ewing| T: Peter Fahey| OR:  122| D
11/2
Career best when winning 15-runner handicap hurdle at Listowel (20f, good, 6/1) 18 days ago, driven out. Claims with a repeat for all he has a career-high mark to defy now.
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5
Horse silk
Ebasarip,t23
Age: 4|  Weight: 11-3| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR:  123
11/1
1 win from 3 runs this season. Not seen to best effect when fifth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Listowel (16f, good, 17/2) 23 days ago. Up in trip now and he remains relatively unexposed in this sphere.
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8
Horse silk
Aucklandp18
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-0| J: D E Mullins| T: A Mullins| OR:  118| D
16/1
1 win from 3 runs this season. Winner in hurdle at Killarney in May. 9/1, well-beaten twelfth of 15 to Skippin Court in handicap hurdle at Listowel (20f, good) 18 days ago. Others more persuasive.
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9
Horse silk
Roi De Dubai96
Age: 10|  Weight: 11-0| J: Kieren Buckley(5)| T: J C McConnell| OR:  118| D
40/1
40/1, last of 14 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (24.4f, good to soft) 96 days ago, dropping away quickly 2 out. Subsequent break needs to have perked him up.
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10
Horse silk
Curious Timest21
Age: 9|  Weight: 10-12| J: P J Carberry| T: S R B Crawford| OR:  116| D
20/1
Career best when ending long losing run in 6-runner handicap hurdle at Perth (20.2f, good, 17/2) 21 days ago, asserting late on. Merits consideration for all this is a more demanding affair.
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11
Horse silk
Drumcliffp,t37
Age: 11|  Weight: 10-12| J: Miss A B O'Connor(3)| T: P Roche| OR:  116| D
16/1
Creditable 7½ lengths fifth of 15 to It Could Be You in handicap chase at Galway (22.5f, good to soft, 5/1) 37 days ago, finding less than looked likely. Switches from chase to hurdles.
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12
Horse silk
Esperti54
Age: 5|  Weight: 10-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Peter Fahey| OR:  116
8/1
Latest win in hurdle at Kilbeggan in August. 5/1, bit below form third of 6 in novice hurdle at Killarney (22.8f, good to soft) 54 days ago, finding little. Makes handicap hurdle debut.
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13
Horse silk
Music Of Tarat40
Age: 5|  Weight: 10-8| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR:  112
10/1
Lightly-raced maiden. Possibly needed run when fourth of 11 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good, 2/1) 40 days ago. Up in trip. Yard in good form. Makes handicap hurdle debut. May well do better.
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14
Horse silk
It Could Be Yout18
Age: 8|  Weight: 10-7| J: Donagh Meyler| T: T Mullins| OR:  111
20/1
1 win from 3 runs this season. 11/1, eleventh of 17 in handicap chase at Listowel (24f, good) 18 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Needs a couple of these to falter.
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15
Horse silk
Scalino83
Age: 6|  Weight: 10-2| J: R Deegan| T: Louise G Lyons| OR:  106| CD
28/1
C&D winner. Tenth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (20f, good, 25/1) 83 days ago, not knocked about. This should reveal a good deal more.
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16
Horse silk
King Kal44
Age: 6|  Weight: 10-1| J: Brian Hayes| T: Colm Murphy| OR:  105
7/2
Promising individual. 5/2, career best when winning 15-runner novice hurdle at Downpatrick (18.8f, good) 44 days ago, going clear. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Expected to be bang there.
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17
Horse silk
Make The Switcht44
Age: 7|  Weight: 10-1| J: Simon Torrens| T: J C McConnell| OR:  105| D
40/1
Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. 33/1, eleventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (21.7f, good) 44 days ago.
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Non-Runners

6
Horse silk
Formal Order8
Weight: 11-2|  Age: 6
T: R O'Sullivan  J: Darragh O'Keeffe
NR
7
Horse silk
Typical Thomas1
Weight: 11-1|  Age: 5
T: James Andrew Fahey  J: Aidan Kelly
NR

Forecasts

King Kal (7/2), Skippin Court (11/2), My Immortal (6/1), Charli Parcs (7/1), Esperti (8/1), Music Of Tara (10/1), Ebasari (11/1), Typical Thomas (14/1), Auckland (16/1), Drumcliff (16/1), It Could Be You (20/1), Curious Times (20/1), Scalino (28/1), Formal Order (33/1), Make The Switch (40/1), Roi De Dubai (40/1), Quirt Evans (100/1)

Verdict

An interesting handicap with the vote in favour of low-mileage KING KAL. He took a sizeable step forward to open his account on return at Downpatrick 44 days ago and it's highly likely there is more to come now his sights are set on handicaps. The returning My Immortal boasts a positive profile and is feared along with Curious Times and Skippin Court.

Previous Winners

2021
Aldo The Apache
Weight: 10-6  |Age: 5
J: E Walsh  |  T: Colm Murphy
10/1

Prize Money

1st: €9,900.002nd: €3,300.003rd: €1,651.004th: €825.005th: €495.006th: €330.00

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