15:20 Punchestown

Wednesday 12 October 2022

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Punchestown Festival Deals Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:22 | Winning time: 5m 3.5s

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.

Form: 263121-

Quirt Evans^t¹²

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.

Form: 6P4740

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.

Form: 0/P80-56

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.

Form: 00-1061

Ebasari^p,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.

Form: 630-145

Auckland^p¹⁸

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.

Form: 202-180

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.

Form: 71234-0

Curious Times^t²¹

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.

Form: 57-8P31

Drumcliff^p,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.

Form: 6367/45

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.

Form: 524213

Music Of Tara^t⁴⁰

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.

Form: 163-24

It Could Be You^t¹⁸

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.

Form: 3F0-P10

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.

Form: 0/60-890

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.

Form: 43/804-1

Make The Switch^t⁴⁴

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.

Form: 150/0

Non-Runners

Formal Order⁸

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: R O'Sullivan J: Darragh O'Keeffe

Typical Thomas¹

Weight: 11-1| Age: 5

T: James Andrew Fahey J: Aidan Kelly

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)

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.