15:40 Punchestown

Saturday 10 June 2023

All13:5514:3015:0515:4016:1516:5017:2518:00

Join Us Tomorrow For Punchestown FitClub Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 15:42 | Winning time: 5m 3.2s

Blue In The West²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Mike O'Connor⁽⁵⁾| T: E F Gallagher

14/1

Twice-raced maiden. Seventh of 15 in bumper at Tipperary (18f, heavy, 40/1) 37 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 3P6-71

Creggs Cross^p1²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: P J Carberry| T: Rosemary Connors

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Last of 14 in bumper (200/1) at Killarney (17f, good to soft). Off 9 months. Makes hurdles debut. First run for yard after leaving Norman Lee. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 004-5

Danada³⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: L A McKenna⁽⁵⁾| T: Colm Murphy

5/2

Twice-raced maiden. Eighth of 12 in maiden hurdle (10/3) at Downpatrick (21.8f, good to soft) 36 days ago. Good chance if bouncing back to debut form.

Form: 3-8

Dunleer Phoenix²⁵²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: C McGivern⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Seventh of 16 in maiden hurdle at Gowran (20f, soft, 80/1). Off 8 months.

Form: 37997-

Great Rainbow

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁵⁾| T: B McMahon

20/1

Great Pretender gelding. Half-brother to 19f French hurdle winner Ocean's Wind.

Form:

He Knows Nothing¹¹³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Shane Fitzgerald⁽³⁾| T: L Comer

200/1

Well held in pair of all-weather Flat maidens so easily passed over on hurdle debut.

Form:

Monsant

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: Colm Murphy

6/1

€20,000 3-y-o, Laverock gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including fairly useful hurdler/useful chaser The Last But One, stayed 3m, and fairly useful hurdler Let's Get At It.

Form:

Nevermindestranger²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J B Foley| T: D M Christie

11/1

Made it fourth time lucky in points (dead heated) and still held every chance when unseated rider 2 out in hunter at Downpatrick on Rules debut 22 days ago. Makes hurdles debut now.

Form: P231-U

Oldtown To Emly

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: R P Geoghegan⁽⁷⁾| T: K A Heffernan

125/1

Shirocco gelding. Dam (h92), maiden hurdler, half-sister to useful hurdler/chaser (stayed easy 3m) Cockney Trucker.

Form:

Rajjnatin^t1³⁰⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: Miss E McCutcheon

200/1

Well held in bumper/maiden hurdles. Off 10 months. Tongue strap on for 1st time.

Form: 900-

Ripplesinthesand¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: Ms M Mullins

66/1

Unseated rider in minor event hurdle at Wexford (24f, good to soft, 33/1) on NH debut 10 days ago.

Form: P/PU

Robin Elite¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Ricky Doyle| T: G O'Loughlin

20/1

Unplaced in bumpers. 50/1, fifth of 14 in maiden hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.2f, good) on hurdles bow 11 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 984-5

Smallcraftwarning^t²⁵⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: A McCurtin| T: Miss E McCutcheon

200/1

Well held in bumpers/over hurdles. Off 8 months.

Form: 7408-

Steel Cable¹⁹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

11/4

Some promise in his sole bumper but was pulled up in maiden hurdle at Navan (20f, heavy), blundered 5 out. Off 6 months. First run for yard after leaving Noel Meade.

Form: 9P-

Summer Gale⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Conor Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs J Harrington

3/1

Fair form on the Flat/in bumpers but failed to replicate that kind of performance first time up over hurdles after 8 months off at Kilbeggan last week. Should do better.

Form: 8/3-5

The Hurdler²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: J P Shinnick⁽⁷⁾| T: Paul Traynor

100/1

€4,000 foal, Gatewood gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler Stylish Chap and a point winner. Maiden pointer, fourth last time (May 21).

Form: P/43P8-4

The Riastrad^h¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: R T Dunne| T: D Kinsella

80/1

Fair maiden on the Flat who was well held on hurdling debut at Ballinrobe (16.2f, good) 11 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 0

Eve Moneypenny^h1²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: J S McGarvey| T: C Bowe

50/1

€23,000 3-y-o, Westerner mare. Half-sister to fair hurdler/useful chaser Youcantcallherthat. Dam (b89) bumper winner. Maiden pointer, fell latest (May 20). Wears hood.

Form: FP43P-F

Misstheamaria¹⁸¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: E Dwan⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss M M Gannon

150/1

Well held in a pair of maiden hurdles. Off 6 months.

Form: 00-

Dawn Escape

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: N T Prendergast⁽⁷⁾| T: L Casey

80/1

Imperial Monarch filly. Dam, little impact in bumper/sole start over hurdles, half-sister to fairly useful hurdler/chaser (stayed 31f) Imperial Circus and bumper winner/temperamental maiden over jumps (stayed 25f) Ourmanmassini.

Form:

Non-Runners

Tareefa Boy¹⁵

Weight: 11-12| Age: 7

T: G M Doyle J: Philip Donovan

Seriously Ava¹²

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: Una Corcoran J: Gavin Brouder

Forecasts

Danada (5/2), Steel Cable (11/4), Summer Gale (3/1), Monsant (6/1), Nevermindestranger (11/1), Blue In The West (14/1), Dunleer Phoenix (18/1), Great Rainbow (20/1), Robin Elite (20/1), Tareefa Boy (33/1), Eve Moneypenny (50/1), Ripplesinthesand (66/1), Dawn Escape (80/1), The Riastrad (80/1), The Hurdler (100/1), Seriously Ava (100/1), Oldtown To Emly (125/1), Misstheamaria (150/1), Creggs Cross (150/1), Smallcraftwarning (200/1), Rajjnatin (200/1), He Knows Nothing (200/1)

SUMMER GALE failed to replicate the level of form he'd shown in bumpers/on the Flat sent hurdling at Kilbeggan last week but is well worth another chance in a weak race. Danada can have a big say if bouncing back to his hurdling debut form, while Nevermindestranger is another to consider having shown up well in a hunter chase at Downpatrick recently.

Previous Winners

2022

Salvador Ziggy

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 6

J: Jack Kennedy | T: G Elliott

11/4

Prize Money

1st: €7,500.002nd: €2,500.003rd: €1,250.004th: €625.005th: €375.006th: €250.00