18:00 Punchestown

Tuesday 25 April 2023

All15:4016:1516:5017:2518:0018:3519:1019:45

Goffs Defender Bumper

Off time: 18:00 | Winning time: 4m 5.60s

Brave Fortune

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr P A King⁽⁵⁾| T: P M J Doyle

11/1

€115,000 3-y-o, Soldier of Fortune gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to bumper winner/fairly useful hurdle winner (stayed 21f) Joanne One.

Form:

Brennus Lescribaa

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr D G Lavery| T: G Elliott

14/1

€82,000 3-y-o, Doctor Dino gelding. Dam placed over hurdles/fences in France. One of 6 runners for top yard.

Form:

Dreamings Free⁶²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr P J O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: John F O'Neill

125/1

100/1, 28 lengths eighth of 10 to Speculatrix in bumper at this course (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 62 days ago.

Form: 8

Farland

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: S Doyle

10/3

€100,000 3-y-o, Getaway gelding. Half-brother to smart 2½m-2¾m hurdle winner Minella Cocooner, stays 3m, and fair 3m chase winner Waitonit.

Form:

Milo Lises

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Miss J Townend| T: W P Mullins

10/1

€55,000 3-y-o, Storm The Stars gelding. Dam (b76), lightly raced in bumpers/over hurdles, half-sister to useful French hurdler (2¼m/19f winner) Autocrat. One of 2 runners for leading yard.

Form:

Muskerry Rock

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr Pat Taaffe⁽⁷⁾| T: M F Morris

33/1

€35,000 3-y-o, Shirocco gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to very smart hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 3m) Monksland and fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stays 25f) Lord Accord.

Form:

No Turn Unstoned

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr H C Swan⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott

8/1

€50,000 3-y-o, Sea The Stars gelding. Brother to useful 1½m winner on Flat By Starlight. Dam lightly raced on Flat.

Form:

Nouvotic^h1⁷²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr D Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: H De Bromhead

18/1

€42,000 3-y-o, £90,000 4-y-o, Morandi gelding. Closely related to 1¼m/11f winner in Italy Sister Night. Runner-up sole start in points in February. Wears hood.

Form: 2

Predators Gold

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins

4/1

€100,000 3-y-o, Masked Marvel gelding. Dam, 17f/19f hurdle winner in France, half-sister to French hurdler/chaser (19f-21f winner) Le Ribardon. Ticks a lot of boxes on paper.

Form:

Remember'hesmine

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr A P Fahey⁽⁷⁾| T: P G Fahey

100/1

Elusive Pimpernel gelding. Dam (b76), lightly raced in bumpers/over hurdles, sister to smart hurdler/useful chaser (17f-3m winner) Lots of Memories.

Form:

Sirekoff

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr T Hamilton| T: J J Hanlon

100/1

€22,000 3-y-o, Sholokhov gelding. Brother to fairly useful hurdler/chase winner Bridge North, closely related to bumper winner Are You Bidding.

Form:

Step Out¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr S Crawford| T: S R B Crawford

18/1

€50,000 3-y-o, Walk In The Park gelding. Closely related to useful hurdler/smart chaser Sebastopol, stays 25f. Fourth in a point earlier this month,

Form: 4

Tactical Affair

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

15/2

No Risk At All gelding. Half-brother to fair French hurdler/chaser Ballicod and fair French chaser Rinablue. Dam French hurdle winner around 2m. Makes plenty of appeal on paper.

Form:

Western Fold

Age: 4| Weight: 11-6| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: G Elliott

20/1

€82,000 3-y-o, Westerner gelding. Brother to modest chaser Sir Apollo, and half-brother to fair chaser Spring Steel.

Form:

Aruntothequeen

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Miss A B O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

9/1

€150,000 3-y-o, Milan filly. Dam (c138/h133), 2m-21f hurdle/chase winner, half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stays 25f) Opposites Attract.

Form:

Weseekherthere¹⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-13| J: Mr J L Gleeson⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

25/1

40/1, fourth of 24 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, soft) on NH debut 17 days ago. Makes bumpers debut.

Form: 4

Non-Runners

Speculatrix⁶²

Weight: 10-13| Age: 4

T: G Elliott J: Mr H C Swan

Forecasts

Farland (10/3), Predators Gold (4/1), Speculatrix (4/1), Tactical Affair (15/2), No Turn Unstoned (8/1), Aruntothequeen (9/1), Milo Lises (10/1), Brave Fortune (11/1), Brennus Lescribaa (14/1), Nouvotic (18/1), Step Out (18/1), Western Fold (20/1), Weseekherthere (25/1), Muskerry Rock (33/1), Remember'hesmine (100/1), Sirekoff (100/1), Dreamings Free (125/1)

Gordon Elliott saddles 6 and unless the market suggests one of his newcomers is very useful, SPECULATRIX is the percentage call following a taking winning debut here in February. Predators Gold and Tactical Affair are probably the pick of the debutants.