Solo Arte - An Irish Art Gallery At Punchestown Hurdle

4YO plus | 2m 12y | 8 Runners | Turf

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: Paul Townend| T: W P Mullins| D

Useful Flat winner. Twice-raced winner over hurdles. Fourteenth of 17 in handicap (28/1) at Leopardstown (13f, good) 87 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Paul Townend's pick of the Mullins-trained trio.

Form: 10-

Icare D'aubrelle^h¹⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Jordan Gainford| T: T Cooper| OR: 121| D

Fairly useful hurdler. 100/1, pulled up in novice chase at Fairyhouse (21.7f, soft) 10 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Back down in trip.

Form: 3P51-9P

Immutable⁵¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Ryan Treacy| T: J G Murphy| OR: 123

Twice-raced winner over hurdles. Fairly useful Flat winner. 15/2, fifth of 16 in handicap at Leopardstown (12f, heavy) 51 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles and he's open to improvement in this sphere.

Form: 51/

Jabbar⁸⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Thomas O'Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: Gerard O'Leary| OR: 130| D

Twice-raced winner over hurdles. Useful winner at 16f on the Flat. Sixth of 11 in handicap (12/1) at Clonmel (16.6f, soft) 89 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Unexposed in this sphere and merits respect.

Form: 1-2

Jigoro^p1²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: Jack Kennedy| T: G Elliott| OR: 133| D

Useful hurdler. Seventh of 11 in novice chase at Navan (17f, heavy, 22/1) 22 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Cheekpieces on 1st time and he's a leading candidate.

Form: 202-237

Plontier⁷²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-12| J: Danny Mullins| T: W P Mullins| OR: 128

Thrice-raced winner over hurdles. Winner in hurdle at Sligo in August 2024. Tenth of 30 in handicap at the Curragh (16.4f, soft, 40/1) 72 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Passed over by Paul Townend.

Form: 146-

Sea Of Sands^t⁷²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-12| J: Brian Hayes| T: W P Mullins| OR: 130| D

Useful hurdler. 33/1 and hood on for 1st time in this code tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, last of 30 in handicap at the Curragh (16.4f, soft) 72 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles.

Form: 13P580-

Victoria Kesia¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-10| J: Anna McGuinness⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon

Fair Flat winner. Once-raced maiden over hurdles, finishing sixth of 16 on recent debut in this sphere in a mares' maiden hurdle at Thurles (2m, good to soft). Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 6

Forecasts

Jigoro (11/4), Charlus (10/3), Plontier (4/1), Sea Of Sands (5/1), Jabbar (11/2), Immutable (8/1), Icare D'aubrelle (12/1), Victoria Kesia (33/1)

On the face of it IMMUTABLE has a fair bit to find with some on these terms, but he's only had two runs over hurdles and while the latest of those was when winning a Cork maiden back in March 2024, he won't be found wanting fitness-wise following a handful of encouraging spins on the Flat in recent months. He shades preference ahead of Jigoro and Jabbar. It's interesting that Paul Townend partners Charlus in favour of the other two Mullins runners and the 4-y-o is one to note in the betting.