15:10 Punchestown

Sunday 15 January 2023

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

Total Event Rental Amateur National (Q.R.) Handicap Chase

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 6m 30.0s

Fakiera^b¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 12-5| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott| OR: 131

5/1

Creditable fourth of 8 in novice chase (7/1) at this course (23.2f, heavy) 15 days ago.

Form: 246524

Eurobot^p,t³⁸⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 12-2| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: N Meade| OR: 128

18/1

Blinkered for 1st time, fell in handicap chase at Leopardstown (24.2f, soft, 25/1). Off 12 months. Tongue strap back on, cheekpieces back on.

Form: 4F0/4PF-

Balkito^p⁹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr J W Hendrick⁽⁷⁾| T: B Connell| OR: 125

11/2

Bit below form seventh of 13 in handicap hurdle at this course (23.3f, good, 10/3) 96 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 0PF11-7

Notice To Close^t¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr M J O'Connor| T: S Neville| OR: 124| CD

5/1

1 win from 2 runs this season. Improved to win 12-runner handicap chase at this course (23.2f, heavy, 14/1) 15 days ago, all out.

Form: P006-41

History Of Fashion¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr S Cavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy| OR: 123

20/1

Out of form.

Form: 3PP-P9U

Royal Thief^p⁷⁸²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 123| D

14/1

Promising individual. Fairly useful winner at 23f over hurdles. Brought down in novice chase (11/2) at this course (19.7f, heavy). Off over 2 years. Makes handicap chase debut. Remains with potential as a chaser.

Form: 31501B/

John Adams¹⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-9| J: R A Berry⁽⁷⁾| T: P Maher| OR: 121| CD

17/2

C&D winner. Promising start for this yard when fourth here on return before unseated rider at first in handicap chase at this course (23.2f, heavy) 15 days ago won by Notice To Close. Worth another chance.

Form: U10P-4U

Krabat^b,t¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 121

11/4

Blinkered for 1st time, creditable third of 13 in handicap chase (4/1) at Limerick (19.7f, heavy) 18 days ago.

Form: 324433

Shantou Lucky²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr J Dunne⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 115| C

10/1

Respectable fourth of 11 in handicap chase at this course (24.8f, soft, 9/1) 27 days ago.

Form: 2-28444

Blast Of Koeman^p,t¹⁷

Age: 12| Weight: 10-7| J: Miss A B O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: P Maher| OR: 105

11/1

Temperamental sort. Two wins from 48 NH runs. Thirty four runs since last win in 2017. 13/2, fourth of 7 in handicap chase at Limerick (22.6f, heavy) 17 days ago.

Form: 5437-94

Non-Runners

Temptationinmilan¹⁷

Weight: 11-0| Age: 7

T: C Byrnes J: Mr A P Ryan

Forecasts

Krabat (11/4), Temptationinmilan (9/2), Fakiera (5/1), Notice To Close (5/1), Balkito (11/2), John Adams (17/2), Shantou Lucky (10/1), Blast Of Koeman (11/1), Royal Thief (14/1), Eurobot (18/1), History Of Fashion (20/1)

JOHN ADAMS is worth another chance to build on the promise of his yard debut/return having got no further than the first here 2 weeks ago. The useful Royal Thief has been off since being brought down here over 2 years ago but remains with potential as a chaser, while Temptationinmilan looked on the upgrade before his mishap at Leopardstown.