16:40 Punchestown

Sunday 9 June 2024

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K-Mech Mechanical Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 17:01 | Winning time: 5m 57.5s

Barry Lyndon³⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽³⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 123| C

3/1

Course winner. 20/1, creditable sixth of 14 in minor event hurdle at this course (19.3f, good to soft) 39 days ago. Up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 125F46-

Aldo The Apache^t²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 11-10| J: Richard Condon⁽⁵⁾| T: Colm Murphy| OR: 121| C

28/1

Course winner. Seventh of 15 in handicap hurdle at Killarney (20.2f, good to soft, 80/1) 27 days ago.

Form: U4/PPP-7

Everglow^p,t¹⁷⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Kieren Buckley| T: Ian Donoghue| OR: 118

66/1

Eighth of 9 in handicap chase at Fairyhouse (24.3f, heavy, 16/1) 176 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. First run for yard after leaving Noel Meade.

Form: 4F/6658-

Donkey Years^t²³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-6| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara| OR: 117| C

13/2

13/2, creditable third of 11 in handicap hurdle at Kilbeggan (24.2f, good) 23 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: UPP/04-3

Mister Beeton^p³⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Shane Fitzgerald| T: S Nolan| OR: 116| C

5/1

50/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, not seen to best effect when ninth of 23 in handicap hurdle at this course (19.3f, good to soft) 39 days ago, left with lot to do. Back up in trip. Won this race last year.

Form: 512P09-

Bella Bliss^t¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Alex Harvey⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 111| D

9/2

Three wins from 13 runs last season. Good second of 5 in minor event chase (7/2) at Limerick (19.7f, good) 17 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles.

Form: 00534-2

Meyo¹⁰⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: O R Brown⁽⁵⁾| T: T Gibney| OR: 111

25/1

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Winner in hurdle at Listowel in September. Twelfth of 14 in handicap hurdle at Naas (22.7f, heavy, 33/1) 105 days ago. Something to find on form.

Form: 5610-

It Could Be You^b²⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 10-11| J: Sarah Kavanagh⁽⁷⁾| T: T Mullins| OR: 108| D

66/1

Eighth of 12 in claiming hurdle at Clonmel (19f, good to soft, 7/2) 24 days ago. Back up in trip.

Form: 0P7P1-8

Dorans Law¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: K C Sexton| T: M Hourigan| OR: 106

4/1

Promising type. Very good second of 11 in handicap hurdle at this course (20f, good to soft, 6/1) 19 days ago. Leading claims with further progress likely.

Form: 0358-32

So They Tell Me^h⁴⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: Aidan Kelly⁽⁵⁾| T: P Roche| OR: 106| BF

16/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Thirteenth of 16 in handicap hurdle (4/1) at Bellewstown (17f, good to soft) 46 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 8/350-

Milanaway²⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 102

16/1

6/1, below form fourth of 16 in novice hurdle at Killarney (22.4f, good to soft) 27 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 36424-4

Ounce Of Gold¹⁸⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-0| J: Gavin Brouder⁽⁵⁾| T: P A Fahy| OR: 97

25/1

50/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at this course (23.9f, heavy) 180 days ago.

Form: 0/852PP-

Miss Vivacious²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Ben Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: T Gibney| OR: 95

33/1

14/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (24f, good to soft) 25 days ago.

Form: P6542-P

Non-Runners

Ginnets Girl⁷

Weight: 11-0| Age: 6

T: G Elliott J: Carl Millar

Dark Voyager¹⁰⁰

Weight: 10-7| Age: 7

T: A McCann J: Jake Coen

Forecasts

Barry Lyndon (3/1), Dorans Law (4/1), Bella Bliss (9/2), Mister Beeton (5/1), Donkey Years (13/2), Ginnets Girl (10/1), So They Tell Me (16/1), Milanaway (16/1), Meyo (25/1), Ounce Of Gold (25/1), Aldo The Apache (28/1), Miss Vivacious (33/1), Dark Voyager (50/1), Everglow (66/1), It Could Be You (66/1)

DORANS LAW shaped encouragingly when second on his course handicap debut last month and there should be more to come now stepping up to around 3m so he gets the vote. Donkey Years has run with credit when reaching the frame twice this spring and is next on the list ahead of last year's winner Mister Beeton.