14:50 Punchestown

Monday 16 January 2023

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Think Group Deals At Festival 2023 Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:55 | Winning time: 6m 47.9s

A Fortune Out West^t³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| CD

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 66/1, sixteenth of 22 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.8f, soft) 36 days ago. Significantly up in trip. Likely to improve.

Form: 1P-00

Castle Field Boy^t¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: P T Foley

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 40/1 and tongue strap on, seventh of 11 in bumper at Limerick (18f, heavy) on NH debut 19 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 7

Heyjoe De Kerser^p1²⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: P Nolan

7/2

Promising sort. Second of 16 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (22.5f, heavy, 13/2) 26 days ago. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Open to improvement.

Form: 52

Iconic Flame^t1²⁰

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

80/1

Once-raced maiden. 33/1, seventh of 10 in bumper at Leopardstown (20f, soft) on NH debut 20 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Up in trip. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 2-7

Klarc Kent²⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

5/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Fairly useful winner at 19f in bumpers. Too bad to be true when pulled up in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (22.5f, heavy, 7/2) on hurdles bow 26 days ago.

Form: 341-P

Letsbeclearaboutit²⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| C

2/7

Promising type. Good 4¼ lengths second of 5 to Favori De Champdou in Gr 2 hurdle (4/1) at Limerick (23f, heavy) 20 days ago. Very much the one to beat.

Form: 221/242

My Fellow^p¹⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs D Foster

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on, twelfth of 15 in novice hurdle at Limerick (21f, heavy, 125/1) on NH debut 19 days ago.

Form: PFP-0

Ostend¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: P Croke

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fifth of 11 in bumper at Leopardstown (16f, soft, 125/1) 19 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 065

Quest With Speed⁴⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J S McGarvey| T: J J Hanlon

125/1

Once-raced maiden. 100/1, fifteenth of 21 in novice hurdle at this course (16.3f, good to soft) on NH debut 48 days ago. Significantly up in trip. First run for yard after leaving John O. Clifford.

Form: F5-0

Rowdy Romeo²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J J Slevin| T: Caroline Mccaldin

33/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 33/1, fifth of 16 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (20.2f, soft) 21 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: F-6F635

Forecasts

Letsbeclearaboutit (2/7), Heyjoe De Kerser (7/2), Klarc Kent (5/1), Rowdy Romeo (33/1), A Fortune Out West (40/1), Iconic Flame (80/1), Quest With Speed (125/1), Castle Field Boy (150/1), Ostend (150/1), My Fellow (200/1)

LETSBECLEARABOUTIT took a big step forward when runner-up in a Grade 2 at Limerick 3 weeks ago and will clearly take all the beating back in a maiden. Heyjoe de Kerser has made a positive start to his career and can follow the selection home.