15:15 Punchestown

Tuesday 23 May 2023

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Punchestown's Fittest Club Sunday June 11th Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 15:15 | Winning time: 3m 55.90s

Colonel Bellew⁵¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

28/1

Twice-raced maiden. 8/1, pulled up in bumper at Limerick (16f, heavy). Off 17 months. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving Joseph Patrick O'Brien. Yard having good spell.

Form: 6P/

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En Or^t1⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: P J Carberry| T: A J Martin

22/1

Fairly useful on Flat in France. First run since leaving Freddie Head when fourth of 9 in handicap at Sligo (10.4f, good to soft, 11/1) on IRE debut 7 days ago. Makes hurdle debut. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Betting should guide.

Form:

Extrapolation¹⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: R O'Brien

4/1

Thrice-raced winner in bumpers. Fairly useful winner at 17f in bumpers. 3/1, won 7-runner bumper at Downpatrick (17.4f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Makes hurdles debut. Respected.

Form: 43124-1

I See You Now²⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: D M Christie

66/1

Winning pointer, pulled up last time (Apr 29). Betting should guide now hurdling.

Form: 3P/214P-

Kalsman²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Thomas Reilly⁽⁷⁾| T: L Lennon

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 250/1, fell in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.8f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 22 days ago.

Form: 8989-F

Kilkee Royal²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: L A McKenna⁽⁵⁾| T: Jamie Sloan

80/1

Once-raced maiden. 33/1, tenth of 19 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.8f, good to soft) on NH debut 22 days ago.

Form: 2F3-0

Knock Flyer^t³³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: D J Barry

250/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. Twelfth of 13 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Kilbeggan (15f, good to soft) on NH debut 33 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form: 0-

Napper Tandy¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: M J Smith

3/1

Once-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 12f on flat. 28/1, first run since leaving Andrew Balding when second of 15 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (19.1f, soft) on NH debut 12 days ago.

Form: 2

Rockview Roman⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: B W Harvey⁽⁵⁾| T: J C McConnell

50/1

Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Modest winner at 11f on flat. Twelfth of 15 in handicap at Cork (10.1f, good, 13/2) 6 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. 10/21 on last hurdle run.

Form: 00-

Sign From Above²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: Peter Fahey

11/4

Fair Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden over hurdles. 11/4, third of 19 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (16.8f, good to soft) 22 days ago, needing stronger gallop. One to consider.

Form: 46-3

Some Bro¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽³⁾| T: B R Hamilton

66/1

Sageburg gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser (stayed 2½m) Some Tikket. Fell on point debut this month.

Form: F

The Mediator²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott| BF

13/8

Bumper winner. Runner-up on 2 of 3 starts over hurdles. Leading claims for top stable.

Form: 13/25-2

Tomannie¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr N Gault⁽⁷⁾| T: S Millar

200/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Ninth of 12 in novice hurdle (200/1) at Downpatrick (21.8f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 00-9

Toor Moon¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: Ms M Flynn

50/1

Modest hurdler. 8/1, fell in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) 11 days ago.

Form: 65484-F

Valiant Star²³

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

125/1

Hillstar gelding. Dam (h75), lightly raced over hurdles, 1¼m winner on Flat, half-sister to useful hurdler (2m winner) What's The Verdict. Third on completed start in points (Apr 30).

Form: U-33

Barry Lyndon

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin

40/1

Imperial Monarch gelding. Dam well held in bumper but related to winners. Makes debut. RESERVE

Form:

Non-Runners

Turf Range¹⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: D Broad J: C P McNamara

Smallcashprize⁸⁰

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: Mrs P Dobbs J: Reserve 2

Fair Damsel²⁰⁴

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: R Brabazon J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

The Mediator (13/8), Sign From Above (11/4), Napper Tandy (3/1), Extrapolation (4/1), Fair Damsel (16/1), En Or (22/1), Turf Range (25/1), Colonel Bellew (28/1), Smallcashprize (33/1), Barry Lyndon (40/1), Rockview Roman (50/1), Toor Moon (50/1), Some Bro (66/1), I See You Now (66/1), Kilkee Royal (80/1), Valiant Star (125/1), Tomannie (200/1), Kalsman (250/1), Knock Flyer (250/1)

A repeat of the form THE MEDIATOR showed when runner-up at Down Royal 3 weeks ago might be good enough to see him go one better here. Sign From Above and Napper Tandy should be involved in the battle for minor honours along with bumper winner Extrapolation.