12:00 Punchestown

Saturday 23 November 2024

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Sebden Steel Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 12:02 | Winning time: 5m 5.80s

Along The Way²⁸⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Simon Torrens| T: E & P Harty

50/1

Blue Bresil gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to useful hurdler/smart chaser (stayed 25f) Sa Suffit and fair hurdler/fairly useful chaser (stayed 3m) Plus Jamais. Fifth sole start in points (Feb 2024).

Form: 5-

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Butch Cassidy²¹⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

3/1

€140,000 Walk In The Park gelding. Half-brother to Champion/Irish Champion Bumper winner Fayonagh and looked a fine prospect himself when making a winning bumper debut at Ballinrobe in April. Has since transferred to Henry de Bromhead and makes plenty of appeal now going hurdling.

Form: 1-

Eastern Legend^p,t¹²⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: J S Bolger

6/1

Useful winner at 14f on Flat and left his hurdling debut form well behind when fifth of 10 in Grade 1 Juvenile at Punchestown in May. Below form back on the Flat at the Curragh in July but sets a clear standard returned to this sphere.

Form: 85-

Found A Diamond

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan

50/1

€14,000 3-y-o, Diamond Boy gelding. Half-brother to fairly useful hurdler College Oak and fair hurdler Double Click.

Form:

Hei^h⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr A P Kennedy⁽⁷⁾| T: Colm Murphy

300/1

Tailed off in bumper and brought down between 4 out and 3 out in maiden hurdle (150/1) at Navan (20.2f, good to soft) last week.

Form: 8B

Jerrari³⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Sam Ewing| T: Mrs J Harrington

50/1

Unseated rider fifth in maiden hurdle (33/1) at Limerick (16.3f, good to soft) on debut 35 days ago.

Form: U

Knockraha Eagle²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Danny Mullins| T: Ian Donoghue

150/1

Third of 7 in bumper at Down Royal (16.9f, good to soft, 33/1) on NH debut 21 days ago. Makes hurdles debut.

Form: FP-3

Notimelikedpresent⁵⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: J S McGarvey| T: R Tyner

250/1

40/1, thirteenth of 16 in maiden hurdle at Roscommon (15.6f, soft) on NH debut 54 days ago. Up in trip and almost certainly one for later on.

Form: P-0

O' Bon Pardon²⁸

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan

100/1

Went backwards from debut when seventh of 9 in bumper at Galway (16.4f, good to soft) 28 days ago. Makes hurdle bow.

Form: 6-7

Sermandzarak²⁰⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| C

2/1

Successful on both starts in bumpers, including in 25-runner valuable sales event at this course in April. Highly respected on hurdle debut.

Form: 11-

Shuffle The Deck²⁶⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Mark Walsh| T: T M Walsh

3/1

Walk In The Park gelding. Brother to fairly useful hurdler Verdant Place and modest 17f chase winner Birdsandthebees, stays 2½m. Dam bumper/fairly useful 2m hurdle winner. Won sole start in points (Mar 2024).

Form: 1-

Silent Selector⁴¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G E O'Leary

250/1

Little impact in 2 maiden hurdles.

Form: 7598

Zillow⁴¹⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 11-7| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins

9/2

Fairly useful on Flat in France (stays 1½m), won twice in 2023, including final outing (minor event). Left Christophe Ferland €300,000 following month. Very interesting hurdling debutant.

Form:

Charlies Girl

Age: 4| Weight: 11-0| J: R Deegan| T: S Slevin

250/1

Order of St George filly. Dam, lightly raced over hurdles, half-sister to smart hurdler/top-class chaser (stayed 33f) First Lieutenant.

Form:

Non-Runners

Awakino⁹⁴

Weight: 11-0| Age: 4

T: D Cullen J: Ricky Doyle

Forecasts

Sermandzarak (2/1), Butch Cassidy (3/1), Shuffle The Deck (3/1), Zillow (9/2), Eastern Legend (6/1), Found A Diamond (50/1), Jerrari (50/1), Along The Way (50/1), Awakino (50/1), O' Bon Pardon (100/1), Knockraha Eagle (150/1), Silent Selector (250/1), Notimelikedpresent (250/1), Charlies Girl (250/1), Hei (300/1)

ZILLOW, a fairly useful performer on the Flat, has transferred to the all-conquering Mullins stable for big money and gets the vote to make a successful hurdling debut. There are interesting rivals in opposition however, not least dual bumper winner Sermandzarak. Butch Cassidy also impressed in a Ballinrobe bumper in the spring and makes plenty of appeal now going hurdling for an in-form stable, with Eastern Legend another to note having run to a useful level in a Grade 1 juvenile in the spring.