14:25 Punchestown

Tuesday 29 November 2022

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William Hill Lengthen Your Odds Handicap Hurdle

Off time: 14:26 | Winning time: 4m 8.01s

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Cafe Con Leche¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: Philip Byrnes⁽⁵⁾| T: N C Kelly| OR: 116| D

80/1

Twentieth of 23 in handicap hurdle (80/1) at Navan (16f, soft) 16 days ago. Risky proposition at present.

Form: 0930-U0

Harvey's Quay^h1²³

Age: 6| Weight: 12-0| J: M P Walsh| T: E J O'Grady| OR: 116| D

4/1

Good third of 12 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy, 7/1) 23 days ago. Hood on 1st time and he's one to consider.

Form: 7319U-3

Pats Choice^b²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 12-0| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott| OR: 116| D

7/2

7/2, ninth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, soft) 24 days ago. Stable having good spell. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 2-22129

Strange Notions^t¹⁸³

Age: 8| Weight: 12-0| J: E Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: C O'Brien| OR: 116| D

40/1

Fifth of 7 in handicap hurdle (22/1) at Ballinrobe (18.5f, good to soft). Off 6 months.

Form: 71FPP-5

Halsafari^p⁹

Age: 9| Weight: 11-13| J: Cian Quirke⁽⁷⁾| T: M J Bowe| OR: 115

9/1

Twenty-three runs since last win in 2019. Bit below form fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Cork (20f, soft, 13/2) 9 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Has good chance on pick of form.

Form: 6UP7-24

Justicialism^b²⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-12| J: S Fitzgerald⁽³⁾| T: B R Hamilton| OR: 114| CD

14/1

C&D winner. 40/1 and blinkered for 1st time, below form sixth of 11 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (16.9f, soft) 24 days ago.

Form: 1170-86

Forrard Away^b1²³

Age: 7| Weight: 11-11| J: Keith Donoghue| T: J T R Dreaper| OR: 113| D

22/1

12/1, eighth of 12 in handicap hurdle at Cork (16f, heavy) 23 days ago. Blinkers on 1st time.

Form: 16487-8

Pike County^p¹²²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-11| J: C G O'Dwyer⁽⁷⁾| T: Mrs D Foster| OR: 113

14/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2018. Last of 15 in handicap (25/1) at Galway (11.8f, heavy). Switches from Flat to hurdles. Fairly useful hurdler, pulled up on last hurdle outing.

Form: 9/67P3-P

Pythion^p¹²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: Miss A L Fitzgibbon⁽⁷⁾| T: M Winters| OR: 110| D

14/1

Latest win in chase at Tramore in July. Creditable fourth of 12 in handicap hurdle (20/1) at Clonmel (16.3f, heavy) 12 days ago, having benefit of enterprising ride. Others more persuasive.

Form: 125254

Coolnacritta⁴¹¹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: R A Doyle| T: M Fahey| OR: 108| D

14/1

Career best when winning 15-runner handicap hurdle at Tramore (16f, good, 11/10), readily. Off 13 months. Enters calculations.

Form: 0/12211-

Look Dont Touch^t⁴⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-6| J: P J O'Hanlon⁽⁵⁾| T: D A McLoughlin| OR: 108

12/1

40/1, unseated rider in handicap hurdle at this course (16.3f, good) 49 days ago. Others more persuasive.

Form: 0-5460U

Future Proof^p¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 102| D

25/1

One win from 27 NH runs. Seventeen runs since last win in 2020. 50/1, thirteenth of 23 in handicap hurdle at Navan (16f, soft) 16 days ago.

Form: P-66770

The Truant^h²³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-12| J: E A Fitzgerald⁽⁷⁾| T: Peter Fahey| OR: 100

11/2

Hooded for 1st time, creditable fifth of 12 in handicap hurdle (5/1) at Cork (16f, heavy) 23 days ago, would have benefited from stronger handling. One to be interested in.

Form: 5527P-5

Ricky Langford²⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 10-10| J: C Owens⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 98

33/1

Latest win in chase at Killarney in October. Pulled up in handicap chase (12/1) at Thurles (18f, good to soft) 26 days ago, pulled up last. Switches from chase to hurdles. Can make presence felt.

Form: 8P271P

Serpolette^t²⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 10-9| J: J C Gainford| T: E D Delany| OR: 97

18/1

Latest win in hurdle at Tramore in July. 25/1, below form twelfth of 19 in handicap hurdle at Down Royal (24.1f, soft) 25 days ago. Significantly back down in trip.

Form: 150260

Grand Cru Chatho^t⁵²

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: Phillip Enright| T: E Cawley| OR: 94

33/1

12/1, last of 16 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (16f, good) 52 days ago. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 0/090F-0

The Connector²¹

Age: 4| Weight: 10-4| J: S D Torrens| T: M Hourigan| OR: 92

18/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 9/2, thirteenth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, heavy) 21 days ago. Plenty to find on form.

Form: 89-70

Pidoyne³⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 10-3| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 91

18/1

Fairly useful Flat winner. Thrice-raced maiden. 80/1, tenth of 16 in novice hurdle at Limerick (16f, soft) 37 days ago. Makes handicap hurdle debut. Likely to improve.

Form: 0-80

Forecasts

Pats Choice (7/2), Harvey's Quay (4/1), The Truant (11/2), Halsafari (9/1), Look Dont Touch (12/1), Pike County (14/1), Pythion (14/1), Justicialism (14/1), Coolnacritta (14/1), The Connector (18/1), Pidoyne (18/1), Serpolette (18/1), Forrard Away (22/1), Future Proof (25/1), Ricky Langford (33/1), Grand Cru Chatho (33/1), Strange Notions (40/1), Cafe Con Leche (80/1)

THE TRUANT, a winner on the Flat during the summer, caught the eye when fifth in a 12-runner Cork handicap back in this sphere last time. Mistakes at the third-last and the final flight that day certainly didn't help and he looks more than capable of exploiting a workable mark in this sphere if able to cut out the jumping errors. Halsafari is next on the list ahead of Harvey's Quay and Pats Choice, while Coolnacritta will also be a threat if ready to roll following 13 months off.