15:18 Punchestown

Monday 13 January 2025

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Join The Punchestown Members Club Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 15:19 | Winning time: 5m 59.05s

Cosmo Renfro^p³⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Kieren Buckley| T: S Nolan| OR: 105

18/1

200/1, pulled up in minor event chase at this course (23.3f, soft) 34 days ago, tailing off from early. Switches from chase to hurdles. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 2321-FP

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Slotty Dotty^h¹⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: Bernard Crowley| OR: 105

11/2

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Good fourth of 17 in novice hurdle at Limerick (20f, soft, 10/1) 17 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Place possibilities.

Form: 1793-34

Jokers 'N' Clowns^t³⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Alix Balfe⁽⁷⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 104

33/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, ninth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (16.5f, good to soft, 80/1) 30 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 205-P09

Robyndeglory^p1,t¹²

Age: 10| Weight: 11-9| J: Conor Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: C Collins| OR: 102

18/1

Sixteen runs since last win in 2023. 25/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (24.5f, soft) 12 days ago, hampered first. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Expected to be bang there.

Form: P-0030P

Tilloughna^p,t¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: D Budds| OR: 98| D

11/1

Winner in hurdle at Ballinrobe in July. Creditable sixth of 18 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Limerick (21f, soft) 16 days ago. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 751496

Alright Darling¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: John Shinnick⁽⁵⁾| T: D G Murphy| OR: 97

16/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Eighth of 17 in novice hurdle at Limerick (20f, soft, 150/1) 17 days ago, not knocked about. Makes handicap hurdle debut and improvement is entirely possible.

Form: F-758

Comeonarchie^t³⁴

Age: 8| Weight: 11-1| J: Patrick M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: F G Hand| OR: 94

3/1

Very good second of 17 in handicap hurdle at this course (23.8f, soft, 12/1) 34 days ago. Can make presence felt.

Form: 684862

Cramers Valley^p¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Tiernan Power Roche⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 85

4/1

16/1, below form ninth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, soft) 12 days ago. Stable having good spell. Others more persuasive.

Form: 56-5479

Imperial Tune^t⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 10-6| J: Sean Flanagan| T: L Casey| OR: 85

18/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, fifth of 17 in handicap hurdle (40/1) at Naas (18.9f, heavy) 8 days ago.

Form: 2577/05

Fancy Prospect^p¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁵⁾| T: E Doyle| OR: 84

11/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, creditable fifth of 15 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Tramore (21.6f, heavy) 12 days ago.

Form: 1-08805

Jetaway To Getaway^p,t³⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-4| J: Jordan Gainford| T: C Collins| OR: 83

7/1

Respectable fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle (8/1) at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft) 30 days ago. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 0-03364

Jonny Mansie⁴⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-4| J: Philip Donovan⁽⁵⁾| T: D Queally| OR: 83

9/1

Last of 3 in novice chase at Thurles (18.3f, good, 20/1) on debut over fences 46 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Back up in trip. Needs a couple of these to falter.

Form: 8080-73

Another Nightmare^p¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: Paddy Hanlon⁽⁷⁾| T: Miss T L Cogan| OR: 80

28/1

Pulled up in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (24.5f, soft, 33/1) 12 days ago, pulled up early in straight.

Form: P-0780P

Forecasts

Comeonarchie (3/1), Cramers Valley (4/1), Slotty Dotty (11/2), Jetaway To Getaway (7/1), Jonny Mansie (9/1), Fancy Prospect (11/1), Tilloughna (11/1), Alright Darling (16/1), Cosmo Renfro (18/1), Imperial Tune (18/1), Robyndeglory (18/1), Another Nightmare (28/1), Jokers 'N' Clowns (33/1)

If the first-time cheekpieces have the desired effect ROBYNDEGLORY would have a serious chance, off the same mark as when a close third in a big-field handicap at Tipperary in November. She has failed to fire both starts since but perhaps the headgear will have make a difference. Comeonarchie put in a solid shift here last time and he is an obvious danger, while Tilloughna is also on the shortlist.