12:40 Punchestown

Sunday 15 January 2023

All12:1012:4013:1013:4014:1014:4015:1015:40

Seamus & Annie Hughes Memorial Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)

Off time: 12:40 | Winning time: 4m 24.70s

Asatisfiedmind⁷⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: D Cullen

100/1

Mahler gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser Rangitoto and modest 2½m hurdle winner Two In A Row, stayed 3m. Dam lightly raced in bumpers.

Form: 3

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Ask Bob^h1⁵⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell

125/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 100/1, last of 7 in bumper at Clonmel (16.3f, heavy) 59 days ago. Switches from bumpers to hurdles. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 067

Boola Boola⁴⁷⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: Mrs J Harrington

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 20/1, very good fifth of 17 in novice hurdle at Roscommon (15.4f, good). Off 15 months.

Form: 59/045-

Clodders Dream²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott

40/1

Once-raced maiden. 5/1, eleventh of 24 in novice hurdle at Naas (18.8f, soft) on NH debut 26 days ago. Should progress.

Form: 0

Do Whatever

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: L P Dempsey| T: J T R Dreaper

50/1

Walk In The Park gelding. Half-brother to 5 winners, including smart hurdler/top-class chaser Bellshill, stayed 29f, and useful hurdler Chieftain's Choice, stayed 21f.

Form:

Fireworks²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: J J Hanlon

100/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 9f on flat. 100/1, thirteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) 20 days ago.

Form: 50

Ideal Vert^t1⁶³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

16/1

Once-raced maiden. 17/2, sixteenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Navan (20f, soft) on NH debut 63 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. May well do better.

Form: 2-0

It's Never Simple⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Ricky Doyle| T: M Brassil

125/1

Once-raced maiden. 40/1 and hooded, thirteenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) on NH debut 43 days ago.

Form: 0

Ivasecret²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon

33/1

Fairly useful Flat winner, making GB/IRE jumps debut. Fifth of 9 in handicap at Dundalk (7f, 6/1) 25 days ago.

Form:

Ivoir Borget

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: R Deegan| T: Miss E Doyle

40/1

Saddex gelding. Dam, 2½m-3m French chase winner, half-sister to dual Champion Chase winner Sprinter Sacre.

Form:

Jinxs Link^t1³⁷⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: M Rice

250/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 9 in bumper at Fairyhouse (16f, soft, 125/1). Off 12 months. Makes hurdles debut. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 088-

Lets Go Champ¹³⁴⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

13/8

£375,000 4-y-o, Jeremy gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful 2m hurdle winner/useful chaser Scarlet And Dove. Dam, ran once on Flat, half-sister to top-class hurdler (winner around 2m) Our Conor (by Jeremy). Successful sole start in points (May 2019).

Form: 1/

San Martino^h1¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sam Ewing| T: Peter Fahey

9/2

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 8f on flat. Seventh of 20 in novice hurdle (100/1) at Leopardstown (20f, soft) 18 days ago. Hood on 1st time.

Form: 87

Skip Mahler^h²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁵⁾| T: L Fowler

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Hooded for 1st time, eleventh of 21 in novice hurdle (125/1) at Leopardstown (16f, soft) 20 days ago.

Form: 370

Star Harbour²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: A McGuinness

10/1

Useful Flat winner. Once-raced maiden over hurdles. Useful winner at 10f on flat. Ninth of 27 in novice hurdle (40/1) at Leopardstown (16f, soft) on NH debut 20 days ago.

Form: 9

Stellium²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: M C Grassick

66/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 12f on flat. Ninth of 24 in novice hurdle (80/1) at Naas (18.8f, soft) 26 days ago.

Form: 09

Tactical Move¹¹⁵⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| D

7/4

Useful winner in bumpers. Won 9-runner bumper at Clonmel (16.5f, heavy, 4/5), responding well. Off over 3 years. Makes hurdles debut. Looks significant top connections have persevered.

Form: 221/

West Of Carrig¹⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: C P McNamara| T: P Croke

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, seventh of 21 in minor event hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.1f, heavy) 14 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: U-5187

Xchanger⁸⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: B W Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: N McKnight

200/1

Making GB/IRE jumps debut. 125/1, fifteenth of 16 in maiden at the Curragh (9f, heavy) 84 days ago. First run for yard after leaving Miss Natalia Lupini.

Form:

Alice Van Hall⁵⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-5| J: Phillip Enright| T: Miss H McLoughlin

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Last of 7 in bumper (200/1) at this course (16.4f, good to soft) 56 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 07

Catchabird^h1¹⁰⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: W J Burke

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. 33/1, twelfth of 17 in bumper at Tipperary (16f, good) 105 days ago, not knocked about. Makes hurdles debut. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 80

Fruit Blossom²⁶⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Kevin A Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

80/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. 80/1, eighth of 13 in novice hurdle at Tipperary (20f, good to soft) on hurdles bow. Off 18 months. First run for yard after leaving Patrick T. Foley.

Form: 083P-

Non-Runners

Valhalla's Dream⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: R P Burns J: Reserve 1

Mustmeetthefarrier¹⁸

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: C Collins J: Reserve 2

Kelce²⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: Colm Murphy J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Lets Go Champ (13/8), Tactical Move (7/4), San Martino (9/2), Star Harbour (10/1), Ideal Vert (16/1), Boola Boola (33/1), Ivasecret (33/1), Clodders Dream (40/1), Skip Mahler (40/1), Ivoir Borget (40/1), Do Whatever (50/1), Stellium (66/1), Fruit Blossom (80/1), West Of Carrig (100/1), Catchabird (100/1), Fireworks (100/1), Asatisfiedmind (100/1), Ask Bob (125/1), It's Never Simple (125/1), Xchanger (200/1), Jinxs Link (250/1), Alice Van Hall (250/1)

TACTICAL MOVE showed useful form in bumpers over 3 years ago and it looks significant that top connections have persevered. Well-bred point-winner Lets Go Champ is an interesting newcomer, while Ivasecret was bordering on useful on the Flat.