14:40 Punchestown

Monday 19 December 2022

All12:4013:1013:4014:1014:4015:1015:40

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  • 4YO plus  |   2m  |   Soft  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:41  |   Winning time: 4m 36.0s
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Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
1
Horse silk
Appreciate It279
Age: 8|  Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| D
1/5
High-class hurdler. 9¼ lengths seventh of 10 to Honeysuckle in Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham (16.4f, good, 10/3). Off 9 months ahead of this chase debut but will prove very hard to beat if his jumping passes the test.
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2
Horse silk
80/1
Fair chaser. 100/1 and hooded for 1st time, thirteenth of 15 in novice chase at Navan (17f, heavy) 22 days ago.
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3
Horse silk
Bite That25
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-12| J: S Fitzgerald(3)| T: P J Flynn| D
200/1
Modest hurdler. Winner in hurdle at Tramore in August. Below form seventh of 16 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.2f, soft, 14/1) 25 days ago. Makes chase debut.
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5
Horse silk
Get My Driftt20
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-12| J: Mark Walsh| T: M F Morris| BF| D
15/2
Useful hurdler. Useful winner at 16f over hurdles. Sixth of 9 in novice chase at this course (19.7f, good to soft, 4/1) 20 days ago, not knocked about. Each-way chance.
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6
Horse silk
Hawai Gameh,t260
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-12| J: D E Mullins| T: W P Mullins
12/1
Fairly useful hurdler. Winner at Naas in December 2021. Off 8 months. Makes chase debut. Appreciate It is the stable first-string.
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Timeform
7
Horse silk
Mount Brown34
Age: 5|  Weight: 11-12| J: B J Cooper| T: N Meade| D
40/1
Fairly useful hurdler. Fourth of 7 in novice chase at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy, 11/1) on debut over fences 34 days ago. Likely to improve.
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Fairly useful hurdler. Fairly useful winner at 16f over hurdles. Tenth of 15 in novice chase (125/1) at Navan (17f, heavy) 22 days ago.
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9
Horse silk
Top Bandit122
Age: 6|  Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| CD
15/2
Useful hurdler. Eighth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (17f, good to soft, 10/1) 122 days ago. Makes chase debut.
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10
Horse silk
125/1
Fair hurdler. Latest win in hurdle at Sligo in August. Fair winner at 10f on flat. Pulled up in novice chase (125/1) at Clonmel (16f, heavy) 11 days ago, pulled up before last.
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Non-Runners

4
Horse silk
Gain De Cause22
Weight: 11-12|  Age: 6
T: A J Martin  J: Simon Torrens
NR

Forecasts

Appreciate It (1/5), Top Bandit (15/2), Get My Drift (15/2), Hawai Game (12/1), Mount Brown (40/1), The Dasher Conway (50/1), Gain De Cause (66/1), Better Times Ahead (80/1), Just Jacob (125/1), Bite That (200/1)

Verdict

All eyes will be on APPRECIATE IT, who was the leading novice hurdler in Britain and Ireland a couple of seasons ago and suffered his first defeat over timber back from a year off in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in March. He looks every inch a chasing type and, barring accidents, he will surely make a winning start in this sphere before going on to bigger and better things. Get My Drift and Top Bandit can fill the places.

Previous Winners

2021
Ferny Hollow
Weight: 12-0  |Age: 6
8/15

Prize Money

1st: €7,800.002nd: €2,600.003rd: €1,299.004th: €650.005th: €390.006th: €259.00

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