14:58 Punchestown

Saturday 13 November 2021

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Conway Piling Handicap Hurdle (80-109)

Off time: 14:58 | Winning time: 5m 21.6s

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Selected odds by:

Brideswell Lad¹⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: B Hayes| T: S Neville| OR: 108

11/1

Winner in hurdle at Tramore in August. 14/1, creditable fifth of 10 in minor event hurdle at Wexford (16.4f, heavy) 19 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 05-2105

Endlessly^h,t⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: K M Donoghue| T: M J Smith| OR: 108

20/1

33/1, sixteenth of 18 in handicap hurdle at Navan (22f, good to soft) 6 days ago. Others make more appeal.

Form: P3F6-60

Gateau De Miel^t⁷⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 106

14/1

Opened account in 7-runner maiden hurdle at Downpatrick (21.7f, good) 75 days ago, all out. Makes handicap hurdle debut and may do better still.

Form: 20-921

Magic Sea^b1³⁴

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: Mrs S Dawson| OR: 106

66/1

Modest winner at 7f on flat. Cheekpieces on for 1st time in this code, seventh of 12 in handicap chase at Limerick (19.4f, soft, 66/1) 34 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Up in trip.

Form: PP-0967

Glenquin Castle^p,t²¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: M P Walsh| T: M Brassil| OR: 103| D

9/2

Promising individual who completed 5-timer in 20-runner handicap hurdle (9/4) at Galway (24f, heavy) 21 days ago by 1¼ lengths from Humps And Bumps, driven out. Further improvement not ruled out.

Form: 911111

Stockdale¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 11-7| J: J M Moore| T: B R Hamilton| OR: 101| C

13/2

Course winner who confirmed his return to form when fourth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (24.1f, soft) 15 days ago, faring best of those held up. Not discounted.

Form: 80-0F74

Dalileo^p³⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-6| J: Shane Fenelon⁽⁷⁾| T: J J Hanlon| OR: 100

28/1

Winner in hurdle at Perth in September. Last of 15 in handicap (11/1) at Thurles (16f, good to soft) 37 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Creditable on last hurdle run. Can make presence felt.

Form: 364712

Where's Bunny⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁵⁾| T: N Dooly| OR: 98

33/1

Ninth of 14 in maiden chase (11/2) at Thurles (18f, good to soft) on debut over fences 9 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Significantly up in trip. Others more persuasive.

Form: 666209

Rock Of Tuskar¹³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: B J Cooper| T: P Nolan| OR: 95

14/1

Winner at Kilbeggan in June, but failed to repeat that effort at Roscommon a month later. Off since.

Form: 606-315

Final Orders^h¹⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 10-13| J: C J Orr| T: G Donnelly| OR: 93

14/1

Respectable fifth of 20 in handicap hurdle (12/1) at Down Royal (24.1f, soft) 15 days ago. Has each-way claims.

Form: 825755

Ruler Of Dubai²⁷

Age: 7| Weight: 10-13| J: T N Brett⁽⁷⁾| T: L Young| OR: 93

6/1

Winner in hurdle at Downpatrick in August. Creditable third of 16 in handicap hurdle at Cork (24.2f, good to soft, 8/1) 27 days ago. Should remain competitive.

Form: 391523

Roped In²¹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: J B Foley⁽⁵⁾| T: D G Murphy| OR: 92

4/1

Promising type who shaped well when 1¾ lengths third of 20 to Glenquin Castle in handicap hurdle at Galway (24f, heavy) 21 days ago. One to be interested in.

Form: 805-3

Bright Sunbird^b¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-10| J: R Deegan⁽⁵⁾| T: P Nolan| OR: 90

20/1

11/1, respectable fourth of 16 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, good to soft) 11 days ago, despite being left with lot to do. Back up in trip.

Form: 6P-20F4

Where's Frankie¹⁵²

Age: 5| Weight: 10-9| J: D Meyler| T: K Thornton| OR: 89

50/1

Hooded for 1st time, last of 10 in novice chase (150/1) at Kilbeggan (19.9f, good) 152 days ago. Switches from chase to hurdles. Up in trip. Makes handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 0008-70

Monoxide^t⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-5| J: D F O'Regan| T: N McCluskey| OR: 85

40/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time in this code, last of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (12f, 125/1) 8 days ago. Switches from Flat to hurdles. Flying too high on last hurdle outing.

Form: 0F2774

Call Me Tina²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: A W Short| T: P Croke| OR: 86

80/1

No show in maiden hurdles but at least gets at handicaps now.

Form: 900

Humps And Bumps^b²¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-3| J: M M McDonagh⁽⁷⁾| T: P Croke| OR: 83| D

14/1

Ran one of his better races when very good 1¼ lengths second of 20 to Glenquin Castle in handicap hurdle at Galway (24f, heavy) 21 days ago. Merits consideration.

Form: 41P4P2

Lady L'lerom^t,v⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: L P Dempsey| T: S Nolan| OR: 81

16/1

Remains a maiden after 19 NH runs. Creditable eighth of 18 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Navan (22f, good to soft) 6 days ago.

Form: 635048

Some Venture^p1³²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: S F O'Keeffe| T: T Mullins| OR: 81

25/1

Respectable eighth of 20 in handicap hurdle at this course (20.7f, good, 28/1) 32 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time.

Form: 038908

Do No More^b1⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: C P McNamara| T: M Winters| OR: 80

100/1

No form over hurdles, including in handicaps. Significantly back up in trip in first-time blinkers.

Form: 0-U89P0

Tribelle²⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 10-0| J: C A Landers| T: J R Finn| OR: 80

125/1

Visored for 1st time, pulled up early in straight in handicap hurdle (80/1) at Cork (24.2f, good to soft) 27 days ago.

Form: 0/0-90UP

Forecasts

Roped In (4/1), Glenquin Castle (9/2), Ruler Of Dubai (6/1), Stockdale (13/2), Brideswell Lad (11/1), Final Orders (14/1), Gateau De Miel (14/1), Rock Of Tuskar (14/1), Humps And Bumps (14/1), Lady L'lerom (16/1), Endlessly (20/1), Bright Sunbird (20/1), Some Venture (25/1), Dalileo (28/1), Where's Bunny (33/1), Monoxide (40/1), Where's Frankie (50/1), Magic Sea (66/1), Call Me Tina (80/1), Do No More (100/1), Tribelle (125/1)

The vote goes to GLENQUIN CASTLE, who brought up the 5-timer a shade cosily at Galway 3 weeks ago and probably hasn't finished improving yet. Roped In shaped well behind the selection last time and is now better off at the weights, while Ruler of Dubai and handicap-debutant Gateau de Miel are others who merit consideration.