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Buy Your Punchestown Christmas Gift Mares Novice Hurdle (Listed)

Off time: 13:24 | Winning time: 4m 53.5s

Rockstown Girl^t²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: M J M O'Sullivan| T: A McCann| OR: 114| D

25/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 2 wins from 5 runs this season. 40/1, yet to be asked for her effort when fell 3 out in Hyde Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham (21f, good to soft) 25 days ago. Possibilities.

Form: 6-1431F

Cool Park²⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins

12/1

Career best when winning 11-runner novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.2f, good, 6/4) 28 days ago, going with enthusiasm. Open to improvement. Firmly in the picture.

Form: P-321

Cottesloe Sunshine²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: O R Brown| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 114

15/2

Fairly useful hurdler. 10/3, landed 14-runner novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft) 21 days ago, responding well. No forlorn hope.

Form: 39-38U1

Disco Dancer^t¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Sam Ewing| T: G Elliott| OR: 118

16/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Respectable fifth of 12 in novice hurdle at Fairyhouse (20.2f, good, 10/1) 10 days ago. Not ruled out with stable having good spell.

Form: 334325

Femme Magnifique^t¹¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Danny Mullins| T: W P Mullins| OR: 118| D

11/1

Fairly useful hurdler. Fourth of 7 in novice hurdle (4/1) at Killarney (22.8f, soft) 110 days ago, needing stronger gallop. Trainer going well. Others more persuasive.

Form: 055-134

Hey Sunshine⁶⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| OR: 127

11/8

Promising sort who went 2-2 in this sphere in 6-runner handicap hurdle at Downpatrick (17.3f, good to soft, 7/2) 60 days ago. Leading contender.

Form: 2311

Pastorale³⁰³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Mike O'Connor| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 125

14/1

Fairly useful hurdler. 16/1, 12 lengths second of 6 to Brighterdaysahead in listed hurdle at Navan (21f, heavy). Off 10 months. Stable having good spell so she must enter calculations.

Form: P1/532-

Reina Del Mar^t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: R Deegan| T: J P O'Brien

40/1

Twice-raced maiden over hurdles. Fairly useful winner at 12f on flat. 4/1, encouraging fifth of 10 in novice hurdle at Thurles (22.9f, good) 19 days ago, unable to recover from bad mistake last. Should improve. Considered.

Form: 25

Tareze⁴⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 10-11| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead

5/2

Lightly-raced winner over hurdles. Career best when winning 15-runner novice hurdle at Clonmel (19.5f, good to soft, 8/11) 47 days ago, kept up to work. Stable in good form so one for the shortlist.

Form: 1/22P-1

The Great Nudie¹⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Sean Flanagan| T: C Bowe

22/1

Thrice-raced winner under NH rules. 1 win from 3 runs this season. 8/1, won 13-runner novice hurdle at Tramore (21f, heavy) on hurdles bow 14 days ago. This demands much more though.

Form: 1341

Non-Runners

Whimsy²³

Weight: 10-11| Age: 5

T: A McCann J: Jordan Gainford

Forecasts

Hey Sunshine (11/8), Tareze (5/2), Cottesloe Sunshine (15/2), Femme Magnifique (11/1), Cool Park (12/1), Pastorale (14/1), Disco Dancer (16/1), Whimsy (20/1), The Great Nudie (22/1), Rockstown Girl (25/1), Reina Del Mar (40/1)

Willie Mullins looks to hold a strong hand and his improving mare HEY SUNSHINE is taken to build on her Downpatrick handicap success and go 3-3 over hurdles. Stablemate Cool Park also has better days ahead of her and could emerge as the main danger with Reina del Mar, Pastorale, Disco Dancer and The Great Nudie all in the mix too in this intriguing Listed event.