14:55 Punchestown

Tuesday 29 November 2022

All11:4512:1512:5013:2513:5514:2514:5515:25

Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 5m 44.05s

Champ De Gane^t¹¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford

50/1

Fair hurdler. 4/1, bit below form fifth of 15 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (20.9f, soft) 119 days ago, needing lesser test.

Form: 2577-25

Sam's Choice^b²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| BF

8/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Remains a maiden after 8 hurdle runs. Respectable second of 9 in novice hurdle at Ayr (20.4f, soft, 8/13) 20 days ago. Just about sets the standard.

Form: 22P-232

Demandrivingdouvan²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

1/1

Point winner who made an excellent start when runner-up at Punchestown and didn't need to improve to land the odds in 10-runner bumper at Thurles (15.8f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip and he's a good prospect.

Form: 1-21

Green Glory¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes| C

15/2

Creditable fifth of 16 in novice hurdle (9/1) at Clonmel (16.3f, heavy) 12 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Should have more to offer.

Form: 61-445

Maria's Serpent¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: E J O'Grady

66/1

Twice-raced maiden. Sixth of 23 in novice hurdle at Naas (19f, soft, 150/1) 17 days ago.

Form: 86

Sandor Clegane³¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan| BF| C

15/8

Promising sort. 15/8, second of 8 in novice hurdle at Galway (16.4f, heavy) on hurdles bow 31 days ago. Significantly up in trip and surely has more to offer as a hurdler.

Form: 1227-2

Silver King^h,t⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: O McKiernan

14/1

Promising individual. Blinkered for 1st time, tongue strap on for 1st time, fourth of 13 in novice hurdle at this course (21.4f, good to soft, 40/1) on hurdles bow 9 days ago. Hood back on. Could go well.

Form: 3-4

Aide De Camp¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: D King⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 102

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 25/1, very good fourth of 16 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.3f, heavy) 12 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 24-644

Bleu D'enfer^t¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Sam Ewing| T: S R B Crawford

80/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. Tongue strap on for 1st time, fifth of 22 in novice hurdle at this course (19.4f, good to soft, 100/1) on hurdles bow 10 days ago.

Form: 0-P5

Just Another Day²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: Ciaran Murphy

200/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 66/1, 37 lengths seventh of 10 to Demandrivingdouvan in bumper at Thurles (15.8f, good to soft) on bumper debut 26 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles.

Form: 77

Broken Bond²⁴²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer

66/1

Twice-raced maiden. Running creditably when fell in novice hurdle (14/1) at Wexford (20.2f, good to soft). Off 8 months.

Form: F3F-

Finding Freedom¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Jordan Gainford| T: J J Hanlon

125/1

Point winner. 40/1, fifth of 6 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) on NH debut 14 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 5P-615

Gigantamax Eevee¹⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Liam McKenna⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Smith

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Fourteenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, soft, 200/1) 16 days ago.

Form: 060

No Risk No Story³⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: P J Carberry| T: B McMahon

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, ninth of 14 in novice hurdle at Galway (22f, heavy) 30 days ago.

Form: U99

Forecasts

Demandrivingdouvan (1/1), Sandor Clegane (15/8), Green Glory (15/2), Sam's Choice (8/1), Silver King (14/1), Aide De Camp (25/1), Champ De Gane (50/1), Maria's Serpent (66/1), Broken Bond (66/1), Bleu D'enfer (80/1), Finding Freedom (125/1), Gigantamax Eevee (200/1), Just Another Day (200/1), No Risk No Story (200/1)

DEMANDRIVINGDOUVAN displayed plenty of ability in bumpers and this wide-margin point winner should relish this trip now hurdling. Sandor Clegane should also have more to offer in this sphere and is a threat, along with Silver King.