13:42 Down Royal

Sunday 17 March 2024

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Full Circle Series At Punchestown Festival 2024 Qualifier Novice Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 13:43 | Winning time: 5m 30.0s

Redstone¹⁰⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 125| BF

16/5

Promising type. 7/4, sixth of 11 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (19.8f, soft) 106 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Remains with potential and might have been let in lightly.

Form: F-16

Barry Lyndon²²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: C D Maxwell| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 123

14/1

Thrice-raced winner over hurdles. 25/1, fifth of 8 in novice hurdle at Galway (20.7f, good to soft). Off 7 months. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Needs to improve.

Form: 125

Sportinthepark⁷⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Sam Ewing| T: N Meade| OR: 121| D

25/1

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. Winner in hurdle at Wexford in November. Seventh of 9 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, soft, 33/1) 79 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 2-5107

Striking⁷¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Jack Kennedy| T: Mrs J Harrington| OR: 121

18/1

5/1, respectable third of 7 in novice hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 71 days ago. Up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 2-21303

Rowdy Romeo¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: R Deegan| T: Caroline Mccaldin| OR: 117

11/1

10/1, career best when winning 7-runner handicap hurdle at Thurles (23.7f, soft) 12 days ago, pushed out. Deserves respect.

Form: 3-U3521

Mousey Brown^t⁴²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-3| J: M J Molloy⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 114| D

25/1

Below form ninth of 19 in handicap hurdle (66/1) at Leopardstown (18f, soft) 42 days ago.

Form: 146639

West Away^t⁸⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: B W Harvey| T: J C McConnell| OR: 112| D

7/1

1 win from 3 runs this season. Winner in hurdle at Cork in December. 5/1, respectable sixth of 21 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (20f, heavy) 80 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 678-016

Cave Court¹²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-12| J: Simon Torrens| T: N C Kelly| OR: 109| BF| C| D

9/1

Course winner. Fairly useful winner at 20f in chases. Good second of 14 in handicap chase (5/2) at this course (24f, soft) 127 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Should go well again.

Form: 911112

Nathan Wells²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: G Elliott| OR: 109

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Below form seventh of 19 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Gowran (20.1f, heavy) 29 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: 37547

San Martino¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Aileen O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: S Millar| OR: 108

50/1

80/1, fourth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (12f) 16 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Below form on last hurdle outing. Must improve.

Form: 5446-57

Paddy's Milestone⁵⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-5| J: J J Slevin| T: S R B Crawford| OR: 102

9/2

Lightly-raced maiden. Good fourth of 14 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.3f, heavy, 5/1) 50 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Likely to improve.

Form: 7-7744

Billy Lee Swagger⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-4| J: R P Treacy| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 101| BF

11/1

Winner in hurdle at Punchestown in December. 2/1, good second of 7 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (16f, heavy) 52 days ago. Up in trip. Not taken lightly.

Form: 840012

Must Go Now¹¹⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley| OR: 100

9/2

Promising individual. Third of 15 in handicap hurdle at Thurles (16.2f, soft, 20/1) 115 days ago. More to come up in trip and this looks a good chance to open his account.

Form: 600-3

Dinoland²⁰⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-2| J: D A Kidd⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 99

33/1

Possibly amiss when pulled up in handicap hurdle (7/2) at Sligo (25.4f, good to soft), folding tamely approaching 2 out. Off 6 months. Down in trip. Can get competitive if he's tuned up for this return.

Form: 93422P

Non-Runners

Starman⁸

Weight: 11-2| Age: 8

T: A McCann J: J P O'Sullivan

Ah Remy Martin⁵⁴

Weight: 10-10| Age: 6

T: T Gibney J: D King

Forecasts

Redstone (16/5), Paddy's Milestone (9/2), Must Go Now (9/2), West Away (7/1), Cave Court (9/1), Billy Lee Swagger (11/1), Rowdy Romeo (11/1), Barry Lyndon (14/1), Ah Remy Martin (16/1), Starman (16/1), Striking (18/1), Mousey Brown (25/1), Sportinthepark (25/1), Nathan Wells (25/1), Dinoland (33/1), San Martino (50/1)

MUST GO NOW improved on handicap debut when third at Thurles 115 days ago and this longer trip should bring further progress out of him, so he's marginally preferred to Redstone, who could have more to offer after just two runs. Billy Lee Swagger also makes appeal in an open race.