14:40 Punchestown

Thursday 31 December 2020

All12:3013:0513:3514:0514:4015:1015:40

Tote Supporting Irish Racing Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:42 | Winning time: 5m 30.00s

1^st

Wingin A Prayer

511-5

3/1

T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: Sean O'Keeffe

Prominent, soon led, slight mistake 3rd, pushed along into straight, stayed on well run-in op 11/2

2^nd

4 ¼

Hurricane Darwin

1010-8

28/1

T: P MaherJ: Kevin Sexton

Waited with towards rear, closed up on inner 2 out to track leaders travelling smoothly, pushed along approaching last where 2nd and mistake, kept on same pace run-in op 33/1

3^rd

Blast Of Koeman

911-8

22/1

T: P MaherJ: Phillip Enright

Mid-division, 7th after 5th, headway and effort into straight, kept on same pace from before last op 14/1

4^th

Best Behavior

711-4

9/1

T: O McKiernanJ: D J McInerney

Tracked leaders, 3rd after 5th, pushed along 3 out, kept on same pace straight op 10/1

5^th

Debuchet

711-5

6/4f

T: G P CromwellJ: J M Moore

Waited with towards rear, 8th after 5th, pushed along and headway on outer from before straight, kept on same pace without threatening from before last op 15/8 tchd 11/8

6^th

Dalton Highway

711-2

4/1

T: D K WeldJ: Jack Kennedy

Tracked leaders, not fluent 1st, disputed 5th after 5th, pushed along into straight, kept on same pace from before last op 2/1

7^th

3 ¾

Andratx

711-2

28/1

T: M M McNiffJ: J J Slevin

Led early, soon raced in 2nd, slight mistake 2 out, soon pushed along to challenge, no extra and one pace straight op 22/1

8^th

Oscar Sam

1110-12

80/1

T: J P DempseyJ: J P O'Sullivan (7)

Tracked leaders, slow jump 1st, 4th after 5th, pushed along from 2 out and lost position, soon one pace op 33/1

9^th

1 ½

Conquredalofeurope

511-2

14/1

T: J MotherwayJ: Darragh O'Keeffe

Tracked leaders, slight mistake 3rd, disputed 5th after 5th, pushed along into straight, soon one pace op 18/1

10^th

Crosshue Boy

1011-1

33/1

T: S DoyleJ: Mr H D Dunne (5)

Waited with towards rear, slight mistake 2 out, no extra approaching last op 25/1 tchd 50/1

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Non-Runners

Campeador³²

Weight: 11-10| Age: 8

T: G Elliott J: J S McGarvey

Damalisque⁴⁰

Weight: 11-5| Age: 7

T: E P Harty J: Mark Walsh

Halsafari¹⁹

Weight: 11-3| Age: 7

T: M J Bowe J: Brian Hayes

R'evelyn Pleasure²⁰

Weight: 10-13| Age: 8

T: S O O'Brien J: Donagh Meyler

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€3.80Pl:€1.30, €5.70, €4.70EX:€75.90Trifecta:€987.40Tricast:€1,577.95SF:€82.30

Forecasts

Debuchet (6/4), Damalisque (11/4), Wingin A Prayer (3/1), Dalton Highway (4/1), Halsafari (8/1), R'evelyn Pleasure (8/1), Best Behavior (9/1), Campeador (10/1), Conquredalofeurope (14/1), Blast Of Koeman (22/1), Hurricane Darwin (28/1), Andratx (28/1), Crosshue Boy (33/1), Oscar Sam (80/1)

Plenty with chances but DEBUCHET is taken to build on his encouraging debut second for Gavin Cromwell and gain an overdue first win over hurdles. Damalisque looks sure to have a say on the back of his good Naas second, while R'Evelyn Pleasure also needs considering after his recent win here.

DEBUCHET (FR)
DAMALISQUE (FR)
R'EVELYN PLEASURE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2019

Mister Eddman

Weight: 10-12 |Age: 5

J: B Browne | T: O McKiernan

6/1

Prize Money

1st: €9,600.002nd: €3,200.003rd: €1,600.004th: €800.005th: €480.006th: €320.00