16:40 Punchestown

Wednesday 13 September 2023

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Return Of Jumps October 10th & 11th Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)

Off time: 16:40 | Winning time: 1m 57.81s

(13)

Super Cub^b¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Paddy Harnett⁽⁵⁾| T: A B Joyce| OR: 61

10/1

Respectable fifth of 18 in handicap at Cork (7f, good to soft, 13/2) 14 days ago. Up in trip and merits serious consideration with blinkers back on.

Form: 249445

(2)

Alfalfa¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-11| J: Wayne Hassett⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 58

10/3

10/1, very good second of 17 in handicap at Navan (10f, good to soft) 11 days ago, faring best of those held up. Stable having good spell. Stepping back in the right direction. Player.

Form: 09-0042

(7)

Final Check²⁷

Age: 3| Weight: 9-11| J: Wesley Joyce⁽⁷⁾| T: John O'Donoghue| OR: 64

9/4

Winner at Killarney in July. 9/1, good second of 13 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good) 27 days ago. Well in the mix.

Form: 967512

(16)

Brave Thought^t²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-10| J: J Cleary⁽⁷⁾| T: L Comer| OR: 63

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tongue strap on for 1st time, below form fifth of 14 in maiden (16/1) at Dundalk (7f) 29 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap debut. Needs to bounce back.

Form: 5555

(8)

Leabaland¹³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-10| J: Gary Halpin| T: M M Lynch| OR: 57| D

33/1

Eleven runs since last win in 2022. Ninth of 13 in handicap at Tipperary (9f, good to soft, 14/1), downed tools. Off 146 days. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 8-72397

(10)

Barretstown^p¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: C O'Dwyer| OR: 54

15/2

Respectable eighth of 17 in handicap at Navan (10f, good to soft, 25/1) 11 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Merits consideration.

Form: 184068

(1)

Feature This^p,t²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: P W Flynn| OR: 54

18/1

Latest win at Dundalk in April. Tenth of 13 in handicap at Leopardstown (9f, good, 7/1) 27 days ago so more is needed.

Form: 241600

(3)

Slieve Bearnagh^p,t¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-5| J: Jack Kearney⁽⁷⁾| T: M Halford & T Collins| OR: 52| D

13/2

Landed 18-runner handicap (11/2) at Navan (10f, good to soft) 11 days ago. Can go well again despite a 4 lb rise.

Form: 6-85381

(11)

Together Aclaim^t²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J C McConnell| OR: 50

33/1

Remains a maiden after 23 Flat runs. 16/1, last of 15 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good) 20 days ago. Needs to get back on track.

Form: 364050

(4)

Queen Mab²⁹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-1| J: T Kiely-Marshall⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Murphy| OR: 54

16/1

9/1, eleventh of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (8f) 29 days ago. Enters calculations if shrugging off latest effort.

Form: 997630

(9)

Angel On Fire^p1,t²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-0| J: C Horgan⁽⁷⁾| T: P F McEnery| OR: 47

18/1

25/1, eleventh of 15 in handicap at Gowran (9.4f, good) 28 days ago. Cheekpieces on for the 1st time with more required.

Form: 06390-0

(12)

Atlas^p⁴⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 9-0| J: Killian Leonard| T: T G McCourt| OR: 47

50/1

Thirty three runs since last win in 2020. Eleventh of 16 in handicap at Gowran (9.5f, soft, 8/1) 46 days ago. Hard to make a case for.

Form: 005670

(17)

Deuteronomy^b²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-0| J: N G McCullagh| T: R P Burns| OR: 47

28/1

Blinkered for 1st time, creditable sixth of 15 in handicap at Killarney (8.1f, good, 25/1) 20 days ago, slowly away. One for the shortlist.

Form: 600706

(15)

Shawaf^t¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-0| J: D N Curran⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 47

18/1

One win from 33 Flat runs. Twenty runs since last win in 2020. Tenth of 15 in handicap (8/1) at Bellewstown (7.8f, good) 15 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 538-040

Non-Runners

(6)

Eloxi⁶

Weight: 9-10| Age: 3

T: S Lavery J: Reserve 1

(14)

Nancy Angel⁶

Weight: 8-9| Age: 3

T: J C McConnell J: Reserve 2

(5)

Dance Emperor¹

Weight: 9-13| Age: 8

T: Peter Fahey J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Final Check (9/4), Alfalfa (10/3), Slieve Bearnagh (13/2), Barretstown (15/2), Super Cub (10/1), Queen Mab (16/1), Dance Emperor (16/1), Eloxi (16/1), Feature This (18/1), Shawaf (18/1), Angel On Fire (18/1), Deuteronomy (28/1), Brave Thought (28/1), Leabaland (33/1), Together Aclaim (33/1), Atlas (50/1), Nancy Angel (66/1)

Not so competitive as the numbers suggest and ALFALFA looks the way to go on the back of his very good recent Navan second. Super Cub rates a big threat now stepping up in trip, with Final Check and Slieve Bearnagh also firmly in the picture.