19:45 Punchestown

Friday 28 April 2017

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GVA Donal O'Buachalla Property Advisors Flat Race

Off time: 19:45 | Winning time: 4m 22.4s

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Balinaboola Steel¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D L Queally⁽³⁾| T: G J Power

33/1

Beaten 13½L when making his debut in a bumper at Tramore (good) earlier this month. More needed to figure in this.

Form: 5

Ballyhome⁴⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr F Maguire⁽⁵⁾| T: A McCann

25/1

Winner of a point-to-point at the third time of asking in October. Beaten 17L and 33L in two bumper efforts so far and likely to find a few too good in this.

Form: F3136

Beyond The Law⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J C Barry⁽⁵⁾| T: M F Morris

7/1

Winner of a point-to-point in January and ran well when finishing runner-up in a bumper over 2m at Navan (heavy) last month. Likely to run well here.

Form: 5-12

Canardier^h1

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr M J O'Hare⁽⁵⁾| T: D A McLoughlin

8/1

Unraced son of Crillon. Half-brother to useful rules performers Oiseau De Nuit and Upwelling. Yard have a 25% strike-rate (4/16) with their bumper runners in recent years and worth a check in the market here.

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Flemenskill⁴⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr B O'Neill| T: W Greatrex

12/1

Beaten favourite in two bumpers so far. Finished runner-up at Ffos Las on soft ground in a five runner event under today's jockey last time out and an interesting runner in this.

Form: 32

Fred The Foot^t1¹⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr T Reilly⁽⁷⁾| T: J C McConnell

40/1

Ran well on the second of two point-to-point starts when finishing runner-up at Boulta in November. Needs to improve on that form to take this and has a tongue-tie applied here.

Form: 427-

General Consensus⁶¹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J Drinkwater⁽⁷⁾| T: S Drinkwater

50/1

Placed in a couple of point-to-points in the autumn but well beaten on final two outings in that sphere. Makes his debut under rules.

Form: 3-36P

Gertoni¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr S Clements⁽³⁾| T: Mrs C O'Leary

66/1

Sent off a big price and an early casualty when making his debut in a 2m4f maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse last week. Others make more appeal.

Form: F0-

Greco Romain⁴⁷⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr R James⁽⁷⁾| T: N Meade

12/1

Finished runner-up to a rival now rated 160 when making his debut in a bumper event at Fairyhouse in January 2016. Absent since and likely to play a leading role for a stable who do well in these races (47/231).

Form: 2/0-

Isodon^t²⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Ms L O'Neill⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott

16/1

Finished 13L third of eight on his fifth start in bumpers at Limerick last time out. Also finished in the frame at the same course in November but likely to find a few too good.

Form: 923539-

Its All Guesswork^t1⁷⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J J Codd| T: G Elliott

6/1

Ran well on debut in a maiden hurdle at Leopardstown in December. Well beaten in a bumper at the same track last time out but has a top jockey booked with a tongue-tie added for the first time.

Form: 76

Mistercobar^t⁷⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: G J McKeever

50/1

Runner-up on his final start in point-to-points but well beaten in a Catterick bumper on his rules debut last month. Has a top jockey booked but more needed to figure.

Form: F6200

Moyross¹⁰³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr D J Benson⁽⁵⁾| T: N Meade

6/1

Winner of a point-to-point on heavy ground in October. Run well in two bumpers so far including on soft ground at Fairyhouse in January and has his first start since then here.

Form: 134

Settimo Milanese

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr J J O'Neill⁽⁷⁾| T: M F Morris

33/1

Unraced gelded son of Milan. Cost his trainer €46,000 when purchased as a three-year-old and worth a check in the market on his debut.

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Stowaway Forever⁵⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Ms K Walsh| T: J P Dempsey

10/1

Victorious in a four-year-old maiden point-to-point 12 months ago and has run well in his two most recent bumper efforts. Finished runner-up at Navan last month but forecast better ground here is a concern.

Form: 1-942

Tourboy²⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: R Deegan⁽⁷⁾| T: M Fahey

33/1

Beaten 45L when making his debut in a Stratford bumper run on good ground at the start of this month. Half-brother to the useful Black Hercules and not written off just yet.

Form: 70-

Warthog^t1³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: Mr P W Mullins| T: D Pipe

5/2

Justified odds-on favouritism at the second time of asking in a point-to-point at Lingstown in December. Beaten odds-on favourite for a Chepstow bumper subsequently and wears a tongue-tie for the first time today.

Form: 312

Robyn De Good

Age: 6| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P A King⁽⁵⁾| T: D J Barry

66/1

Unraced six-year-old daughter of Robin Des Pres. Half-sister to Flat winner Worth A Grand out of a mare who was placed over 1m2f on the Flat. Probably best watched in this.

Form: 0-

Forecasts

Warthog (5/2), Its All Guesswork (6/1), Moyross (6/1), Beyond The Law (7/1), Canardier (8/1), Stowaway Forever (10/1), Greco Romain (12/1), Flemenskill (12/1), Isodon (16/1), Ballyhome (25/1), Balinaboola Steel (33/1), Tourboy (33/1), Settimo Milanese (33/1), Fred The Foot (40/1), General Consensus (50/1), Mistercobar (50/1), Gertoni (66/1), Robyn De Good (66/1)

GRECO ROMAIN ran well to finish second to a classy rival on his sole start of 2016 and can claim this concluding bumper for a yard who have an 18% strike-rate recently (6/34). Beyond The Law ran well to finish runner-up on his rules debut at Navan on heavy ground last month and can claim second in what looks a decent contest with Warthog, another to finish in the frame in a bumper last time out, taken to fill the third position today.