16:28 Punchestown

Tuesday 21 May 2024

All13:2513:5514:2814:5815:2815:5816:2817:00

Thank You To Our Track Team Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)

Off time: 16:31 | Winning time: 5m 21.10s

Silent Flight⁶⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-13| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P Byrne| OR: 94| BF| C

9/2

C&D winner. Respectable third of 12 in handicap hurdle (11/4) at Down Royal (20f, soft) 65 days ago. Has to be taken seriously.

Form: 004/913-

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On My Bike³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-10| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 91

9/2

Off 7 months, 11/1, bit below form tenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Naas (19.3f, soft) 35 days ago. Enters calculations.

Form: 0/40400-

Spellacy's Cross^t1¹⁰¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-10| J: Peter Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 91

16/1

Last of 9 in novice hurdle at Naas (19.1f, heavy, 50/1) 101 days ago. Tongue strap on for 1st time. Makes handicap hurdle debut. May well do better and the betting could guide.

Form: P5/079-

Scottish Dancer^p²³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-9| J: Shane O'Callaghan⁽⁵⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 90

28/1

Lightly-raced maiden over hurdles. Off 7 months. Up in trip. Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code.

Form: 5B70P-

Arctic Saint^t²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: Mrs G O'Connor| OR: 88

33/1

First run since leaving Kim Bailey when tailed-off last of 9 to Arctic Fly in listed hurdle (250/1) at Galway (16.6f, good to soft) in August 2023. Little show in points since. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 45P346-

Hatfield Hammer¹³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Conor Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 88

20/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 250/1, twenty first of 25 in novice hurdle at Naas (16f, soft) 130 days ago. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0700-

Mrs Biddle^t²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: J J Slevin| T: G J Power| OR: 88

7/1

28/1, very good third of 16 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (21.5f, good to soft) 29 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 5/67973-

Warmer Days Ahead^p1,t1⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: Phillip Enright| T: O McKiernan| OR: 88

9/2

20/1, fourth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Naas (15.5f, heavy) 72 days ago, running on. Tongue strap on 1st time, cheekpieces on 1st time. Should improve back over this longer trip.

Form: 7/5084-

Another Red Cat^t⁹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: M J Molloy⁽⁷⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 87

25/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at this course (20.2f, heavy, 40/1) 90 days ago, weakening approaching 2 out.

Form: 96770P-

The Border Boy¹²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: S Aherne| OR: 87

16/1

40/1, tenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at this course (16.2f, soft) 127 days ago. Up in trip. Open to progress.

Form: 80790-

Benkei^p³⁷

Age: 14| Weight: 11-4| J: Miss M Walsh⁽⁷⁾| T: H Rogers| OR: 85| D

16/1

Twenty one runs since last win in 2018. 33/1, twelfth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (22f, soft) 37 days ago.

Form: 32F0P0-

Fire Coral³⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-3| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: C W J Farrell| OR: 84

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 50/1, bit below form eighth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Naas (19.3f, soft) 35 days ago.

Form: 0008-

Great Rainbow³⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-2| J: R Deegan| T: B McMahon| OR: 83

14/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 33/1, fifteenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Naas (19.3f, soft) 35 days ago.

Form: 08000-

Avec Espoir¹⁹²

Age: 11| Weight: 10-13| J: A M King⁽⁷⁾| T: V T O'Brien| OR: 80

20/1

Latest win in chase at Killarney in October. Off 6 months. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 064316-

Copper Coast^t⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-13| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: Ms S J Connell| OR: 80

11/1

8/1, respectable fifth of 11 in handicap chase at Killarney (20.4f, good to soft) 8 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 89665-5

Max Time³⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: Philip Byrnes⁽³⁾| T: I Madden| OR: 80

40/1

Remains a maiden after 20 NH runs. Twelfth of 17 in handicap hurdle at Naas (19.3f, soft, 66/1) 35 days ago.

Form: 50P700-

Non-Runners

Daly Pursuit¹⁰

Weight: 11-8| Age: 7

T: Patrick J Hassett J: Reserve 1

Chatterbox⁶

Weight: 11-12| Age: 5

T: J J Murphy J: Reserve 2

Forecasts

On My Bike (9/2), Warmer Days Ahead (9/2), Silent Flight (9/2), Mrs Biddle (7/1), Chatterbox (8/1), Fire Coral (10/1), Copper Coast (11/1), Great Rainbow (14/1), The Border Boy (16/1), Benkei (16/1), Spellacy's Cross (16/1), Avec Espoir (20/1), Hatfield Hammer (20/1), Another Red Cat (25/1), Scottish Dancer (28/1), Arctic Saint (33/1), Max Time (40/1), Daly Pursuit (50/1)

SILENT FLIGHT backed up his C&D victory with a good run at Down Royal when last seen and gets the vote off the same mark. Warmer Days Ahead and Mrs Biddle are a couple of the other likely players.