13:50 Punchestown

Tuesday 10 December 2024

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Irish Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:53 | Winning time: 4m 13.9s

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Selected odds by:

Bayrann¹¹

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: Mr D Doyle⁽⁷⁾| T: T Doyle

28/1

Fair hurdler. Very good fifth of 10 in novice hurdle at Thurles (15.9f, good to soft, 12/1) 11 days ago.

Form: 345545

Brave Brigadier

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: K E Buckley| T: T Gibney

125/1

Lauro gelding. Dam unraced half-sister to fair hurdler (17f winner) Vayland. Probably best watched on debut.

Form:

Garde My Fortune¹⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: B W Harvey| T: K Thornton

250/1

Twice-raced maiden. Pulled up in novice hurdle at this course (21.7f, good to soft, 250/1) 16 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 8P

Glenashling

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: K M Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell

7/1

Walk In The Park gelding. Half-brother to 3 winners, including Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Special Tiara and fairly useful hurdler Accidental Rebel. Dam unraced. Yard also saddles French Hill.

Form:

Gringo D'ainay¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: B Hayes| T: J Queally| OR: 98

125/1

Remains a maiden after 11 hurdle runs. Below form eleventh of 20 in novice hurdle (50/1) at Tipperary (20.4f, soft) 18 days ago.

Form: 20853/0

Port Joulain²²²

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: P Townend| T: W P Mullins| BF

1/1

Twice-raced winner in bumpers. Useful winner at 18f in bumpers. 5/2, last of 10 in bumper at this course (16.4f, good to soft). Off 7 months. Makes hurdles debut. Yard in good form.

Form: 110-

Royal Noble^h1³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: P Cleary⁽⁷⁾| T: Michael G Cleary

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden under Rules. Eighth of 11 in novice hurdle (150/1) at Naas (16f, good to soft) 30 days ago, pulling hard. Hooded for 1st time.

Form: 7F/70-78

Shanroe Nancy²⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D Meyler| T: K Thornton

150/1

Twice-raced maiden. Eighth of 11 in novice hurdle at Navan (20.2f, good to soft, 150/1) 24 days ago. Easy to look elsewhere.

Form: 78

Uppertown Hill¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: T Power Roche⁽⁷⁾| T: P J Rothwell

250/1

Once-raced maiden. Twelfth of 15 in novice hurdle at Tramore (16.2f, heavy, 150/1) on NH debut 14 days ago. Hard to fancy.

Form: 0

Withabitofluk²³⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 11-12| J: D J O'Keeffe| T: H De Bromhead| D

8/1

Won 8-runner bumper at Bellewstown (17f, good to soft, 7/2) on NH debut, bit in hand. Off 7 months ahead of this hurdles bow. Yard in good form and he has to be considered.

Form: 1-

You Oughta Know^t1²²³

Age: 6| Weight: 11-12| J: D E Mullins| T: W P Mullins

7/4

Lightly-raced bumper winner. Off 7 months ahead of this hurdles debut and tongue strap on for 1st time. Paul Townend prefers Port Joulain but he merits respect nonetheless.

Form: 11200-

French Hill¹⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: S Fitzgerald| T: G P Cromwell

14/1

Promising sort. First run since leaving Denis Hogan when second of 13 in novice hurdle (2/1) at Tipperary (16.5f, soft) 18 days ago, travelling best. Should have more to offer.

Form: 7880-2

Millbrook Queen²¹⁷

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: D King| T: A J Martin

150/1

Once-raced maiden. 50/1, twelfth of 15 in novice hurdle at Ballinrobe (16.8f, good) on NH debut. Off 7 months.

Form: 0

Restless Lady²¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: G B Noonan⁽⁵⁾| T: N Lee

250/1

Lightly-raced maiden. 200/1, seventh of 14 in novice hurdle at Limerick (18.7f, soft) 21 days ago.

Form: P00-07

Forecasts

Port Joulain (1/1), You Oughta Know (7/4), Glenashling (7/1), Withabitofluk (8/1), French Hill (14/1), Bayrann (28/1), Brave Brigadier (125/1), Gringo D'ainay (125/1), Millbrook Queen (150/1), Shanroe Nancy (150/1), Restless Lady (250/1), Royal Noble (250/1), Garde My Fortune (250/1), Uppertown Hill (250/1)

In truth, FRENCH HILL probably doesn't possess the potential of bumpers winners Port Joulain, You Oughta Know and Withabitofluk (in order of preference) but it could be that her race-fitness will prove decisive. The 5-y-o left the form she achieved in a handful of runs for Denis Hogan well behind when going close on debut for this yard at Tipperary and there could be more to come now that she is seemingly on the right path.