14:05 Punchestown

Sunday 14 January 2024

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Sky Bet Acca Freeze Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:07 | Winning time: 4m 24.25s

Aggi¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

125/1

Once-raced maiden. 66/1, unseated rider 1st in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) on NH debut 19 days ago.

Form: U

Brave Adam^t1⁸⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Donagh Meyler| T: T Cooper

50/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1, fifth of 10 in novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.6f, heavy) on NH debut 80 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. May well do better.

Form: 5

Dream Escape⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: J B Foley| T: T Mullins

200/1

Fair Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Eighth of 22 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy, 125/1) 8 days ago.

Form: 08

Gabriel Ranger¹³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: J G Murphy

150/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Tramore (21.6f, heavy, 25/1) on hurdles bow 13 days ago, pulled up before 2 out. Back down in trip.

Form: 830-P

Game Nation^t⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Sean Flanagan| T: E McNamara

200/1

Fair Flat winner. Once-raced maiden over hurdles. Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, seventeenth of 22 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Cork (16f, heavy) on NH debut 8 days ago, pulling hard.

Form: 0

Granco Rof¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: E Walsh| T: C Collins

200/1

Once-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle at Limerick (21f, heavy, 200/1) on NH debut 17 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: P

Harveys Point⁶⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: Colm Murphy

80/1

Twice-raced maiden under NH rules. First run since leaving Gordon Elliott when eighth of 17 in novice hurdle (16/1) at Clonmel (19.4f, heavy) on hurdles bow 66 days ago. Likely to improve.

Form: 2-8

Jacks In Milan^t1

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D Moloney⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss Ellmarie Holden

100/1

€38,000 3-y-o, Milan gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful 21f hurdle winner Little Awkward. Wears tongue strap. Market can guide.

Form:

Jasko Des Dames^t³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

10/3

Promising individual. 4/1 and tongue strap on, first run since leaving Mlle D. Mele when third of 26 in novice hurdle at Navan (16f, heavy) on IRE NH debut 36 days ago. Should progress. In the mix.

Form: 3

Lisnagar Fortune⁴⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| C

10/11

Useful bumper winner and placed all three runs in this sphere, excellent second of 17 in novice hurdle (7/2) at Cork (16f, heavy) 49 days ago, running on. Leading claims.

Form: 1/2-32

Locorotondo^t⁷⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Ricky Doyle| T: M Brassil

150/1

Eighth of 9 in bumper at Sligo (18f, soft, 13/2) 79 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: 5692-48

Mercurey³⁹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D E Mullins| T: W P Mullins| BF

10/3

Thrice-raced winner under NH rules. Promising second of 22 in novice hurdle at Cork (16.8f, soft, 8/11) on hurdles bow. Off 13 months but still a player for his top yard.

Form: 13/2-

Muhtaluza

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott

11/1

Muhtathir gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to 17f-2½m hurdle/chase winner in France Melcastle. Interesting newcomer.

Form:

Old Port¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: C Byrnes

6/1

Useful 1m4f Flat winner. Made a promising start in this sphere when third at Cork but unseated rider 1st in novice hurdle at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) 19 days ago. Remains open to improvement.

Form: 3U

One And Only^t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: O McKiernan

80/1

Modest hurdler. 66/1, seventh of 12 in novice hurdle at Down Royal (20.2f, soft) 19 days ago.

Form: 60-59F7

San Aer¹⁹

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

125/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Twice-raced maiden over hurdles so needs to step forward.

Form: 0/0

University Of Life

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: M J Molloy⁽⁷⁾| T: H Smyth

200/1

Heeraat gelding. Dam, showed nothing in 2 starts on Flat, half-sister to fairly useful chaser (stayed 25f) Super Citizen.

Form:

Zarvero

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: J T R Dreaper

200/1

Cappella Sansevero gelding. Dam little show in bumpers.

Form:

Crecora Hills⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mark Walsh| T: R Tyner

100/1

Twice-raced maiden. 100/1, eighteenth of 24 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, soft) 43 days ago.

Form: 40

Karacole¹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-5| J: J J Slevin| T: J Barcoe

200/1

Modest Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Sixteenth of 23 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Leopardstown (16f, good to soft) 19 days ago.

Form: 7P0

Princess Preskina¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mike O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead

200/1

Once-raced maiden. 20/1, tenth of 18 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) on NH debut 19 days ago, not knocked about. Can build on it.

Form: 0

Sister Emmanuel^h1¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Niall Moore⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Burke

200/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. 250/1, ran out in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, heavy) on hurdles bow 17 days ago. Hooded for 1st time. RESERVE

Form: U0PR

Non-Runners

Storm Ryder²⁰⁷

Weight: 11-12| Age: 6

T: Ms H P Markham J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Lisnagar Fortune (10/11), Jasko Des Dames (10/3), Mercurey (10/3), Old Port (6/1), Muhtaluza (11/1), Brave Adam (50/1), Storm Ryder (50/1), Harveys Point (80/1), One And Only (80/1), Crecora Hills (100/1), Jacks In Milan (100/1), Aggi (125/1), San Aer (125/1), Gabriel Ranger (150/1), Locorotondo (150/1), Karacole (200/1), Dream Escape (200/1), Game Nation (200/1), Princess Preskina (200/1), Zarvero (200/1), Granco Rof (200/1), Sister Emmanuel (200/1), University Of Life (200/1)

Lots of potential on show here, not least Willie Mullins' useful bumper scorer LISNAGAR FORTUNE who has shaped well over hurdles thus far and can now open his account before tackling better company. Jasko des Dames rates a big threat though on the back of his promising Navan debut third for Henry de Bromhead, while the returning Mercurey, debutant Muhtaluza and unexposed Old Port all have better days ahead of them too and need factoring in.