15:00 Punchestown

Tuesday 12 December 2023

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William Hill Pick Your Places Handicap Hurdle (80-102)

Off time: 15:00 | Winning time: 6m 39.8s

Tom Kelly⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Liam Quinlan⁽⁵⁾| T: Jayne Hearne| OR: 102

25/1

Seventh of 9 in novice hurdle (20/1) at Thurles (23f, soft) 40 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 0P-3447

Lizlucky^t¹⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-13| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: P T Foley| OR: 101| C

17/2

Respectable fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Thurles (20.6f, soft) 19 days ago.

Form: 34278-5

No Fussing⁵⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-13| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle| OR: 101

17/2

8/1, creditable third of 14 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (23f, soft) 54 days ago, helped by being held up in strongly-run race. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 044753

Storm Mahler⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-13| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara| OR: 101

11/1

1 win from 3 runs this season. Latest win in hurdle at Ballinrobe in August. Sixth of 7 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (24.2f, heavy, 3/1) 47 days ago.

Form: 213-106

Ounce Of Gold⁸⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy| OR: 100

50/1

16/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (21.8f, good to soft) 88 days ago, behind when pulled up after 2 out.

Form: F0-852P

Colleen Danu¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-11| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: P A Fahy| OR: 99

33/1

Blinkered for 1st time, eleventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Thurles (23f, soft, 11/1) 19 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 9-35200

Kiln Time¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Brian Hayes| T: M J Bowe| OR: 94

6/1

Promising sort. 1 win from 3 runs this season. 11/2, good second of 16 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21f, soft) 14 days ago, running on. Enters calculations.

Form: P00/212

Johnny Cakes²⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 92

66/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Sixth of 12 in novice hurdle at Wexford (20f, heavy, 250/1) 25 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0006

Merry Moves^p,t¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-3| J: B W Harvey⁽³⁾| T: Mrs G O'Connor| OR: 91| D

18/1

12/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, third of 14 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (23.5f, heavy) 18 days ago.

Form: 167-003

Sarah's Soldier²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-2| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: P A Fahy| OR: 90

11/1

Temperamental sort. Creditable sixth of 18 in handicap hurdle (25/1) at this course (20.8f, soft) 26 days ago.

Form: P63066

Duffys Getaway^p,t³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Simon Torrens| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 89| D

11/2

4/1, career best when winning 15-runner handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (23.8f, heavy) 35 days ago by 7½ lengths from Kiln Time. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 57-4401

Spice Diva³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: Mr S Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 89| D

18/1

Promising sort. Still very much in the mix when hampered and unseated rider on handicap bow (9/1) at Down Royal (24.1f, soft) 32 days ago. Not taken lightly.

Form: 31-535U

True Or False^p¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: M M McDonagh⁽³⁾| T: D McNamara| OR: 89

80/1

80/1, fifth of 13 in novice hurdle at Thurles (16.5f, good to soft) 12 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Should improve.

Form: 2-35895

Ella Rose³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: N T Prendergast⁽⁷⁾| T: D E Prendergast| OR: 88

28/1

Very good second of 20 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (20f, heavy, 40/1) 31 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 0-00702

I'm For Home³²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: R K Watson| OR: 88

28/1

80/1, good eighth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (24.1f, soft) 32 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 5700-88

Mahler Appeal^p³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: D E Mullins| T: G J Power| OR: 88| D

15/2

Creditable 11½ lengths third of 15 to Duffys Getaway in handicap hurdle (5/1) at Fairyhouse (23.8f, heavy) 35 days ago.

Form: 22339-3

Elle Dorado Rock^t²²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: Phillip Enright| T: A J Martin| OR: 87

18/1

Respectable fifth of 12 in handicap (9/2) at Sligo (13.1f, soft). Off 7 months. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Tongue strap back on. Pulled up on last hurdle outing.

Form: 00098P-

Our Jervis^t³²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: J S McGarvey| T: N C Kelly| OR: 87

28/1

Below form tenth of 19 in handicap hurdle (50/1) at Down Royal (24.1f, soft) 32 days ago.

Form: 98-05P0

Seangoell^p,t²⁵⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 10-13| J: R P Geoghegan⁽⁷⁾| T: N Lee| OR: 87| BF| D

25/1

One win from 27 NH runs. Twenty runs since last win in 2021. Fourth of 7 in handicap chase at Clonmel (22.8f, heavy, 13/8). Off 8 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. Others more persuasive.

Form: 275864-

Wanchu Bach⁶⁸⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-11| J: Donagh Meyler| T: P Roche| OR: 85

18/1

40/1, fourteenth of 16 in handicap chase at Down Royal (20f, good to soft). Off 22 months. Switches from chase to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Kieran Purcell.

Form: 0683P0/

Well Loved^t⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: Liz Doyle| OR: 83

10/1

11/2, respectable seventh of 14 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (21f, heavy) 52 days ago.

Form: 607F3-7

Oldtown To Emly²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-6| J: T Joseph Kelly⁽⁷⁾| T: K A Heffernan| OR: 80

18/1

Good fourth of 13 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Limerick (24.4f, heavy) 21 days ago.

Form: 67P074

Non-Runners

Made In The Woods⁴⁷

Weight: 10-6| Age: 6

T: N Lee J: Reserve 1

Military Hill³²

Weight: 10-6| Age: 10

T: R K Watson J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

Duffys Getaway (11/2), Kiln Time (6/1), Mahler Appeal (15/2), Lizlucky (17/2), No Fussing (17/2), Well Loved (10/1), Storm Mahler (11/1), Sarah's Soldier (11/1), Spice Diva (18/1), Merry Moves (18/1), Wanchu Bach (18/1), Oldtown To Emly (18/1), Elle Dorado Rock (18/1), Seangoell (25/1), Tom Kelly (25/1), Made In The Woods (25/1), I'm For Home (28/1), Ella Rose (28/1), Our Jervis (28/1), Colleen Danu (33/1), Ounce Of Gold (50/1), Military Hill (50/1), Johnny Cakes (66/1), True Or False (80/1)

DUFFYS GETAWAY justified market confidence back form a break when beating Kiln Time (winner since) at Fairyhouse 5 weeks ago and remains of interest. Kiln Time has continued to improve since so may emerge as the main threat again, while Spice Diva was still very much in the mix when exiting the race through no fault of her own on handicap bow at Down Royal last month.