14:30 Punchestown

Tuesday 29 April 2025

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Kildare Hunt Club Cross Country Chase For The Ladies Perpetual Cup

Off time: 14:30 | Winning time: 6m 48.8s

Grange Island^p,t⁶⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 12-3| J: Mr M J O'Connor| T: W J Burke| OR: 114| D

50/1

Fair chaser. Pulled up in handicap chase at Wexford (19.5f, good to soft, 80/1), tailing off from early. Off 9 months. Up in trip. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 8P7433

Cloudy Tuesday²³

Age: 10| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr Turlough O'connor⁽⁷⁾| T: T O'Connor| OR: 113| D

20/1

Fair chaser. 40/1, twelfth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Tipperary (24f, good to soft). Off 11 months. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: -04413

Knockiel Synge^p,t⁵¹

Age: 11| Weight: 11-12| J: Miss G Benson⁽⁷⁾| T: P Flood| CD

7/1

Fair chaser. C&D winner. 33/1, good eighth of 15 in minor event chase at this course (24.9f, soft) 85 days ago. Cheekpieces back on and last year's winner is a likely player again.

Form: P42843

Dromleigh⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Miss L Costello⁽⁷⁾| T: Seamus Murnane| OR: 109| D

12/1

Fair chaser. Solid fourth of 15 in hunter chase at Cork (24.4f, good to soft, 9/1) 8 days ago. In the mix once more.

Form: 502744

Fralimonti Bilbery^t1³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J W Hendrick⁽⁷⁾| T: D P Murphy| D

3/1

Montmartre gelding. Dam, fairly useful hurdle/chase winner in France, sister to high-class hurdler/top-class chaser (stayed 3¼m) Whisper. Wears tongue strap. Winning pointer, also runner-up last month so he's a considered debutant.

Form: P24122

Grageen¹²¹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P W Gleeson⁽⁷⁾| T: William P Murphy| D

20/1

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. Cheekpieces on for 1st time, tenth of 16 in hunter chase (28/1) at Limerick (22.6f, soft) 121 days ago.

Form: 322330

Haggard¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr R James⁽⁷⁾| T: C Bowe| D

11/1

Twice-raced maiden. 14/1, fourth of 8 in hunter chase at Tramore (21.8f, good to soft) 15 days ago. Needs to build on it.

Form: 653724

Iriko D'airy³⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr S Cotter⁽⁷⁾| T: D P Murphy| D

28/1

€60,000 3-y-o, Cokoriko gelding. Half-brother to 1½m French bumper winner Furda d'Airy. Winning pointer, pulled up last time (Mar 22).

Form: P1-F4P

Jet Fighter^p,t³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J L Scallan⁽⁷⁾| T: P Maher| OR: 85| D

100/1

Pulled up in hunter chase at Limerick (22.6f, soft, 200/1) 121 days ago, pulled up before 2 out.

Form: PPP064

Keeptheoldmanout³⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr J G Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: James Hannon| D

80/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. First run since leaving A. J. Martin when 125/1, held when fell 2 out in hunter chase at Clonmel (20f, soft) on debut over fences 104 days ago. Up in trip.

Form: F1BPU3

Mellow Glory^p²³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr F P Murphy⁽⁷⁾| T: P Maher

80/1

Twice-raced maiden. 125/1, pulled up in hunter chase at Thurles (25.1f, good to soft) 54 days ago, pulled up before 3 out.

Form: P56P35

Tech Talk⁵¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr D G Lavery| T: Tom Dreaper| OR: 86| D

14/1

Below form tenth of 16 in handicap chase (16/1) at Tramore (21.8f, good to soft). Off 11 months.

Form: -01264

Transprint^t³⁶⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr Anthony James Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: R P O'Keeffe| D

22/1

Thrice-raced maiden. 20/1, 6¾ lengths third of 16 to Knockiel Synge in novice chase at this C&D (good to soft). Off 12 months.

Form: 3RR/3-

Turnupdevolume¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr B T Stone⁽⁷⁾| T: R P O'Keeffe| D

5/1

Valirann gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler/chase winner Tango Echo Charlie and modest chaser Turndownthevolume, stayed 25f. Landed a point earlier in the month so this newcomer merits consideration.

Form: U631

Well Buoy⁵⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Miss Gina Andrews| T: E Bolger| D

9/2

Thrice-raced maiden under NH rules. 12/1, seventh of 11 in hunter chase at Thurles (25.1f, good to soft) 54 days ago.

Form: 221P07

A Mighty King²³

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr L P Shanahan⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan

18/1

€35,000 3-y-o, Shirocco gelding. Half-brother to fair hurdler/chaser Shot Boii, stays 31f. Dam fair 2m/2¼m hurdle/chase winner (stayed 2¾m). Maiden pointer.

Form: P-3835

Non-Runners

Empire Soldier⁵¹

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: D P Murphy J: Reserve 1

Keep On Dreaming⁴⁴

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: E Bolger J: Reserve 2

Kings Jet¹⁶

Weight: 11-5| Age: 5

T: C W J Farrell J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Fralimonti Bilbery (3/1), Well Buoy (9/2), Turnupdevolume (5/1), Keep On Dreaming (5/1), Knockiel Synge (7/1), Kings Jet (11/1), Haggard (11/1), Dromleigh (12/1), Tech Talk (14/1), A Mighty King (18/1), Grageen (20/1), Cloudy Tuesday (20/1), Transprint (22/1), Iriko D'airy (28/1), Empire Soldier (50/1), Grange Island (50/1), Keeptheoldmanout (80/1), Mellow Glory (80/1), Jet Fighter (100/1)

KNOCKIEL SYNGE can make it back-to-back wins in this contest and edges the vote from Dromleigh, who also arrives in good nick with some fair form to his name. Both Fralimonti Bilbery and Turnupdevolume bring winning pointing form to the table and must enter calculations too.