19:45 Punchestown

Wednesday 26 April 2023

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Weatherbys General Stud Book Irish EBF Mares Flat Race (Grade 3)

Off time: 19:45 | Winning time: 4m 0.4s

Arctic Fly¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr E Ohgren| T: W P Mullins| D

33/1

Twice-raced winner in bumpers. 7/2, 16½ lengths sixth of 9 to Tiger Bay Queen in listed bumper at Fairyhouse (16.4f, soft) 18 days ago. Needs to do more.

Form: 16

Bold Reflection¹²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr J J Codd| T: J C McConnell| D

15/2

3/2, won 9-runner bumper at Limerick (16f, heavy) on NH debut 121 days ago, keeping on well. Could do better, so worth a crack at this level.

Form: 3-21

Brucio^h1,t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr B G Crawford| T: S R B Crawford

20/1

£42,000 3-y-o, Authorized mare. Closely related to bumper winner Pour Joie and half-sister to a winner on Flat. Dam maiden on Flat (stayed 9f). Wears tongue strap.

Form:

Cuta Des As¹⁸

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

10/1

Twice-raced winner in bumpers. 7¼ lengths third of 9 to Tiger Bay Queen in listed bumper (9/1) at Fairyhouse (16.4f, soft) 18 days ago. One to consider.

Form: P461-13

Fancy Girl⁴⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr C Mullins| T: W P Mullins| BF| D

12/1

8/13, third of 6 in bumper at Naas (15.4f, soft) 45 days ago, needing stiffer test. Remains with potential and can't be ruled out.

Form: 1-143

Florance³⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Miss A B O'Connor| T: A McCann

200/1

Twice-raced maiden. 16/1, tenth of 11 in bumper at Cork (16f, heavy) 34 days ago.

Form: 7-0

Fun Fun Fun⁴²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: W P Mullins| OR: 125| D

1/1

Ready winner of first two starts in bumpers. 5/1, 21½ lengths fifteenth of 21 to A Dream To Share in Champion Bumper at Cheltenham (16.4f, soft) 42 days ago. Difficult to oppose.

Form: 110

Junta Marvel²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Miss J Townend| T: W P Mullins

4/1

Won 13-runner bumper at Limerick (19f, heavy, 85/40) on NH debut 27 days ago, shaken up to assert. More to come and deserves plenty of respect.

Form: 1

Mi Lucky Cailin¹⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: W J McLernon| D

33/1

Winner in bumper at Galway in October. 26 lengths sixth of 8 to Jetara in listed bumper (8/1) at Navan (16f, heavy) 150 days ago. Something to find.

Form: 16

Miss Agusta¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr H C Swan| T: G Elliott

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Good 7 lengths second of 9 to Tiger Bay Queen in listed bumper (9/1) at Fairyhouse (16.4f, soft) 18 days ago, no match for winner. Not discounted.

Form: 2-452

Phils Choice¹¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Miss P Elvin| T: P J Rothwell

80/1

Fair hurdler. 33/1, pulled up in minor event hurdle at Fairyhouse (18.3f, heavy) 115 days ago. Switches from hurdles to bumpers.

Form: 3233RP

Rhaenyra^h²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: Colm Murphy

80/1

Once-raced maiden. 11/2 and hooded, fifth of 8 in bumper at Naas (16.3f, soft) on NH debut 27 days ago.

Form: 5

Miss Gherkin³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-3| J: Mr B Lawless| T: P Croke

40/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 4¼ lengths fifth of 10 to The Yellow Clay in listed bumper at Limerick (16.2f, soft, 40/1) 31 days ago.

Form: 845

Forecasts

Fun Fun Fun (1/1), Junta Marvel (4/1), Bold Reflection (15/2), Cuta Des As (10/1), Miss Agusta (10/1), Fancy Girl (12/1), Brucio (20/1), Arctic Fly (33/1), Mi Lucky Cailin (33/1), Miss Gherkin (40/1), Rhaenyra (80/1), Phils Choice (80/1), Florance (200/1)

FUN FUN FUN looked highly promising when winning her first two starts and she can be forgiven her run at the Cheltenham Festival, so she's fancied to resume winning ways at the likely expense of stablemate Junta Marvel. who is open to improvement. Cuta des As, another Willie Mullins-trained entry, is another one to consider.