14:35 Punchestown

Sunday 14 January 2024

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Sky Bet Request A Bet Mares Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 5m 31.70s

Hidden Land^h¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: A Kinirons| OR: 114

28/1

Fourteenth of 21 in handicap hurdle (66/1) at Leopardstown (20f, heavy) 17 days ago.

Form: 20F7-50

Ardera Ru^t¹⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-13| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 113| D

9/1

Latest win in chase at Thurles in October. Bit below form fifth of 13 in handicap hurdle at Limerick (20f, heavy, 14/1) 18 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 12-1645

Bestaline³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-11| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 111

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Ninth of 10 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16.8f, heavy, 18/1) 35 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: 93-399

See A Stride⁶¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| OR: 105

33/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Ninth of 16 in novice hurdle at Cork (19f, good to soft, 9/2). Off 20 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 15025/9-

Whotookthebiscuit^t³⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Mike O'Connor⁽³⁾| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 105

14/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Career best when winning 14-runner novice hurdle at Clonmel (16.2f, heavy, 10/3) 38 days ago, kept up to work. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Open to improvement.

Form: 539-661

Ballycashin¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny Mullins| T: A Mullins| OR: 104

5/2

Pulled up in handicap hurdle (5/1) at Limerick (24f, heavy) 17 days ago, losing touch 2 out. Had run well for fourth over 3m here prior to that.

Form: 58874P

Mitiva^h1⁴⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: Mark Walsh| T: Liz Doyle| OR: 102| BF

10/3

11/4, creditable third of 9 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21f, soft) 47 days ago. Hood on 1st time. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 25-0433

Blenheim Belle⁵⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Daniel King⁽³⁾| T: M M McNiff| OR: 98

17/2

Winner in hurdle at Cork in August. 22/1, creditable third of 18 in handicap hurdle at this course (20.8f, soft) 59 days ago.

Form: 791P43

Idol⁷³

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Phillip Enright| T: S Curling| OR: 97

10/3

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 11/1, below form eighth of 15 in novice hurdle at Thurles (16.1f, soft) 73 days ago. Back up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Potential improver.

Form: 1-048

Game And Glory^p²⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽³⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 95| D

20/1

One win from 27 NH runs. Thirteen runs since last win in 2022. Tenth of 14 in handicap chase at Thurles (25f, good to soft, 12/1) 28 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Others more persuasive.

Form: 326930

Courting Vickie^t⁵¹

Age: 10| Weight: 10-0| J: K Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: J Barcoe| OR: 80| D

25/1

Unreliable individual. Twelve runs since last win in 2022. 9/1, bit below form eighth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (23.5f, heavy) 51 days ago. Difficult ask.

Form: 38P738

Non-Runners

Mollys Glory⁵²

Weight: 11-13| Age: 9

T: M C Grassick J: M J M O'Sullivan

Ah Fuhgeddaboudit³

Weight: 11-2| Age: 6

T: D Hogan J: Danny Gilligan

Forecasts

Ballycashin (5/2), Idol (10/3), Mitiva (10/3), Mollys Glory (5/1), Ah Fuhgeddaboudit (8/1), Blenheim Belle (17/2), Ardera Ru (9/1), Bestaline (14/1), Whotookthebiscuit (14/1), Game And Glory (20/1), Courting Vickie (25/1), Hidden Land (28/1), See A Stride (33/1)

MITIVA has been shaping up quite well in similar company lately and might be the way to go. Henry de Bromhead's Whotookthebiscuit should have more to offer on the back of last month's Clonmel maiden success and is an obvious danger. Ardera Ru and Mollys Glory are others who could have a say.