17:25 Punchestown

Saturday 10 June 2023

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Primal Performance & Fitness Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)

Off time: 17:25 | Winning time: 4m 2.40s

Allhart^t⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Dillon Maxwell⁽⁷⁾| T: V C Ward

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 200/1, tenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (18.3f, good to soft) on NH debut 6 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code.

Form: 0

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Ballydangan²⁸

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

66/1

Saddler Maker gelding. Dam, ran once in bumper, half-sister to smart hurdler (2m winner) Tudor City out of smart 2m-2¼m hurdle winner She's Our Mare. 0-8 between the flags.

Form: 57FC-52

Custers Mistake^t⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: C D Maxwell| T: John F O'Neill| OR: 101

22/1

Fair chaser. Remains a maiden after 7 hurdle runs. Twelfth of 14 in handicap (40/1) at Listowel (16.2f, good) 6 days ago, not ideally placed. Switches from Flat to hurdles. 6/14 on last hurdle outing.

Form: 311PP-6

Homestead Ned^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: P M Cloke

150/1

Life Force gelding. Dam poor maiden on Flat (stayed 6f). Wears hood. Probably best watched on debut.

Form:

Irish Envoy³⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: Liz Doyle| D

25/1

Thrice-raced winner under Rules. 16/1, thirteenth of 15 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.6f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 39 days ago.

Form: 10/0

Moneynabane⁶³

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

200/1

Doyen gelding. Dam, 2m hurdle winner (stayed 2½m), half-sister to fairly useful hurdler (stayed 21f) Elsafeer and bumper winner Anychancedave. Hard to warm to based on exploits between the flags.

Form: PPP66P-

Nottodaybobo²⁶⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Gilligan⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| BF

3/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Bit below form sixth of 16 in bumper at Navan (15.8f, good, 3/1). Off 8 months ahead of this hurdles debut. Yard also saddles newcomer Sea Aster.

Form: 2336-

Sandy Hill Toner^t²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: P J Carberry| T: A J Martin| OR: 85

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, thirteenth of 14 in novice hurdle (250/1) at Kilbeggan (16f, good to soft) 29 days ago.

Form: 000/0

Slaney Bank¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D Butler⁽⁷⁾| T: M Fahey

150/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 200/1, eleventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.2f, good) 11 days ago.

Form: P0-0

Striking¹⁸

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

4/6

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Creditable second of 16 in novice hurdle (5/1) at this course (15.8f, good to soft) 18 days ago. Clearly the one to beat.

Form: 952-2

Farrokh

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: E Walsh⁽³⁾| T: B Connell

15/2

£47,000 3-y-o, Manatee gelding. Dam (h113) 17f-19f hurdle winner in France. Likely type on paper and interesting to see what the market has to say.

Form:

Tullabrack Lad²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: F J Flood

150/1

Twice-raced maiden under Rules. 250/1, thirteenth of 16 in juvenile hurdle at Killarney (17f, good to soft) on hurdles bow 27 days ago.

Form: 0-0

Wayne R Walker¹¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: L A McKenna⁽⁵⁾| T: D Kinsella

125/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Once-raced maiden. 80/1, sixth of 9 in juvenile hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.2f, good) on NH debut 11 days ago.

Form: 6

Petit Dejeuner¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: C McGivern⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D Foster

25/1

Poor hurdler. Eighth of 15 in novice hurdle (25/1) at Ballinrobe (16.2f, good) 11 days ago.

Form: 46300-8

Sea Aster

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Nathan Andrews⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott

12/1

Yeats mare. Sister to 2 winners, including fairly useful hurdler Fruit Blossom, stays 2¾m, and half-sister to fair hurdler Wings Like Arion. One to note in the betting.

Form:

Winds Of Winter⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: R T Dunne| T: P W Flynn

100/1

Once-raced maiden. Seventh of 15 in novice hurdle at Kilbeggan (18.3f, good to soft, 25/1) on NH debut 6 days ago.

Form: 7

Bayou Belle²²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Fahey

12/1

Modest maiden on the Flat. Thrice-raced maiden. 12/1, ninth of 21 in handicap at Leopardstown (12f, good) 22 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Each-way squeak.

Form: P76-

Non-Runners

Bonavena

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: Peter Fahey J: Ricky Doyle

Littel Flour¹⁰

Weight: 11-5| Age: 6

T: D Queally J: Shane Fitzgerald

Forecasts

Striking (4/6), Nottodaybobo (3/1), Farrokh (15/2), Bayou Belle (12/1), Sea Aster (12/1), Littel Flour (16/1), Custers Mistake (22/1), Irish Envoy (25/1), Petit Dejeuner (25/1), Bonavena (25/1), Ballydangan (66/1), Winds Of Winter (100/1), Wayne R Walker (125/1), Sandy Hill Toner (150/1), Slaney Bank (150/1), Tullabrack Lad (150/1), Homestead Ned (150/1), Allhart (150/1), Moneynabane (200/1)

In a race bigger on quantity than quality, Flat winner STRIKING is taken to open his account in this sphere. He chased home a Willie Mullins-trained hotpot here last time and, unless one of the newcomers turn out to be pretty decent, a reproduction of that effort will surely suffice. Of the newcomers, Farrokh is the most interesting, while the Gordon Elliott-trained pair, Nottodaybobo and Sea Aster also need a second look.