16:00 Punchestown

Sunday 14 February 2021

All13:3014:0014:3015:0015:3016:0016:3017:00

Punchestown Festival Of A Different Colour Rated Novice Chase

Off time: 16:01 | Winning time: 4m 23.0s

Settings

Selected odds by:

Pakens Rock⁴⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Phillip Enright| T: B T Murphy| OR: 134| D

11/1

Useful hurdle/chaser. Latest win in chase at Galway in October. Below form fourth of 15 in handicap chase at Limerick (19.7f, heavy, 20/1) 48 days ago. Back down in trip. Needs to bounce back to best.

Form: 211684

Dinny Lacey²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: R M Power| T: J Motherway| OR: 133| CD

85/40

Fairly useful chaser. Won Limerick novice in December. 50/1, 17½ lengths third of 5 to Envoi Allen in Killiney Novices' Chase at this course (20f, heavy) 28 days ago. Down in trip.

Form: 45-4613

Duc D'Allier³³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: M P Walsh| T: J P O'Brien| D

11/4

Promising sort. First run since leaving Henry De Bromhead when 9/2, won 14-runner maiden chase at Fairyhouse (16f, heavy) on debut over fences 33 days ago, driven clear. Should be more to come.

Form: 3371/1

Farmix³²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-9| J: Jack Kennedy| T: Miss E Doyle| D

4/1

Fairly useful chaser. Won Fairyhouse novice in November. Not in same form when last of 4 in novice at Naas (16f, heavy) 32 days ago. Bounce back called for.

Form: 4221-14

Scheu Time^t⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: S D Torrens⁽⁵⁾| T: J Nash| OR: 127| D

28/1

Fairly useful hurdler/chaser, winning handicap over fences at Galway in October. Sixteenth of 20 in handicap chase at Leopardstown (17.3f, soft, 22/1) 8 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 413020

All The Best²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: P J Carberry| T: A J Martin

250/1

Well held in 3 maiden chases in recent months. Big outsider again.

Form: 5P4-080

Sempo^t²⁸

Age: 7| Weight: 11-5| J: Donagh Meyler| T: J P O'Brien| D

7/2

Useful winner over hurdles. Plenty of promise on his completed start over fences. Badly hampered and unseated first in Grade 3 latest. Remains open to improvement. Leading claims.

Form: 216-U3U

Cafe Con Leche⁷²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-0| J: S A Mulcahy⁽⁷⁾| T: D Hogan| D

80/1

Fairly useful hurdler at best. Twelfth of 13 in Flat maiden (10/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) 72 days ago. Makes chase debut. Others more obvious.

Form: 3411-50

Forecasts

Dinny Lacey (85/40), Duc D'Allier (11/4), Sempo (7/2), Farmix (4/1), Pakens Rock (11/1), Scheu Time (28/1), Cafe Con Leche (80/1), All The Best (250/1)

Joseph O'Brien appears to hold the key to this contest, with SEMPO taken to enjoy a change of luck and get off the mark over fences at the expense of stablemate Duc d'Allier. Dinny Lacey looks best of the remainder.