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Monday 28 April 2025

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Best Of Luck To Our Neighbours Punchestown Ahead Of The 2025 Festival Handicap (0-60)

Off time: 20:12 | Winning time: 1m 45.21s

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(13)

Agia¹⁴³

Age: 5| Weight: 10-2| J: Colin Keane| T: P W Flynn| OR: 60

25/1

Lightly-raced maiden. Tenth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 20/1). Off 143 days. Makes turf debut.

Form: 33/600-

(10)

Cherry Pink^v¹⁵⁹

Age: 5| Weight: 10-0| J: Ronan Whelan| T: A McGuinness| OR: 58| D

14/1

Respectable seventh of 14 in handicap (6/1) at Dundalk (7f). Off 159 days. Booking of Whelan a plus.

Form: 100647-

(20)

Are You In Or Out¹⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-11| J: Chris Hayes| T: P Stafford| OR: 55

15/2

5/1, career best when winning 10-runner handicap at Leopardstown (7.1f, good to soft) 19 days ago, better placed than most. Others more persuasive.

Form: 85029-1

(7)

Man Is King^t¹⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: W Joyce⁽⁵⁾| T: Thomas Dowling| OR: 55

16/1

12/1, respectable sixth of 12 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f) 17 days ago, unable to sustain effort. Tongue strap back on. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 2-96476

(2)

Storm Eric²⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 9-11| J: Robbie Colgan| T: Jamie Flynn| OR: 55| D

10/1

Latest win at Dundalk in January. 33/1, very good third of 20 in handicap at Leopardstown (8f, good) 29 days ago, running on. Expected to be bang there.

Form: 9-12563

(8)

Higher Kingdom^t⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: Adam Caffrey| T: A McGuinness| OR: 54| D

7/1

15/2, respectable third of 16 in handicap at Cork (8f, soft) 9 days ago, slowly away. Looks competitive on form.

Form: 560433

(23)

Sneddy Eddie¹⁷¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: W J Lee| T: N C Kelly| OR: 53| D

13/2

First run since leaving Mark McNiff when 13¾ lengths last of 14 to Higher Kingdom in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 7/1). Off 171 days. Merits consideration.

Form: 440350-

(3)

Share The Treasure^t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: A J Slattery| T: T Hogan| OR: 51

11/1

33/1, creditable fourth of 16 in handicap at Cork (8f, soft) 9 days ago, slowly away. Very hard to make a case for.

Form: 2090-54

(4)

Harry The Rogue⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-6| J: Sam Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: A Slattery| OR: 50

7/1

Remains a maiden after 19 Flat runs. Bit below form seventh of 16 in handicap (9/1) at Cork (8f, soft) 9 days ago, not ideally placed. Can make presence felt.

Form: 2-26357

(5)

Arthur's Victory¹⁴

Age: 7| Weight: 9-5| J: J A Heffernan| T: J Nash| OR: 49| D

28/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2023. Below form seventh of 12 in handicap hurdle at Tramore (16.7f, good to soft, 8/1) 14 days ago. Modest on the Flat, poor on last Flat outing.

Form: 7/00080-

(16)

Lady Delila²¹⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-3| J: D W O'Connor| T: C P Donoghue| OR: 47

28/1

14/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, eleventh of 13 in handicap at Down Royal (10.6f, soft). Off 7 months. Down in trip. Can give a good account without posing serious threat to principals.

Form: 9/04050-

(19)

Prom Queen⁸⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-3| J: Ben Coen| T: A McCann| OR: 47

50/1

Thrice-raced maiden. Fourth of 6 in maiden (66/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) 89 days ago. Down in trip. Makes handicap debut.

Form: 8/04

(18)

Roderick^p,t³⁸

Age: 9| Weight: 9-1| J: S Foley| T: P Sweeney| OR: 45| D

10/1

Twenty one runs since last win in 2023. Tenth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 25/1) 38 days ago. Cheekpieces back on. Every chance if back to best.

Form: 64-2800

(12)

Love Mocha^p²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-13| J: James Ryan⁽³⁾| T: J C McConnell| OR: 43

50/1

33/1 and cheekpieces on for 1st time, seventh of 12 in handicap at Gowran (8f, good to soft) 26 days ago.

Form: 00/000-7

(22)

Zaraahmando²⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-12| J: J M Sheridan| T: A Slattery| OR: 56

7/1

Good fourth of 8 in handicap (16/1) at Dundalk (6f) 24 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 87420-4

(6)

In The Minus²³

Age: 3| Weight: 8-11| J: Rory Cleary| T: Sean Davis| OR: 55

11/1

18/1, respectable ninth of 15 in handicap at Bellewstown (7.9f, good) 23 days ago, never nearer. Each-way claims.

Form: 090-509

(1)

Swiss Army Officer^p⁹

Age: 10| Weight: 8-10| J: Nicola Burns⁽⁷⁾| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 40| D

20/1

Seventeen runs since last win in 2023. 20/1, thirteenth of 16 in handicap at Cork (8f, soft) 9 days ago.

Form: 7600-00

(14)

Kensington Hope¹¹⁴

Age: 3| Weight: 8-7| J: Rory Mulligan⁽⁷⁾| T: A McCann| OR: 50

25/1

20/1, last of 8 in handicap at Wolverhampton (5.1f). Off 114 days. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 55687-8

(17)

Second Fiddle^t²¹⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Wayne Lordan| T: C P Donoghue| OR: 40

40/1

Twelfth of 14 in handicap (80/1) at Listowel (7.1f, good to soft). Off 7 months. RESERVE.

Form: 58/0000-

(9)

Knockmore Prince²⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 8-10| J: L F Roche| T: J C McConnell| OR: 40

33/1

Remains a maiden after 25 Flat runs. Bit below form fourth of 11 in handicap (14/1) at Gowran (9.6f, good to soft) 26 days ago. Needs a couple of these to falter. RESERVE.

Form: 0-55004

Non-Runners

(21)

Dynamite Defense³

Weight: 9-8| Age: 4

T: D Hogan J: Dylan O'Connor

(15)

Poppadom¹⁷³

Weight: 9-7| Age: 4

T: A Slattery J: Jimmy Dalton

(11)

Micasso¹⁷

Weight: 8-11| Age: 3

T: D Kinsella J: Reserve 1

Forecasts

Sneddy Eddie (13/2), Harry The Rogue (7/1), Higher Kingdom (7/1), Zaraahmando (7/1), Are You In Or Out (15/2), Dynamite Defense (8/1), Roderick (10/1), Storm Eric (10/1), In The Minus (11/1), Share The Treasure (11/1), Cherry Pink (14/1), Poppadom (14/1), Man Is King (16/1), Swiss Army Officer (20/1), Agia (25/1), Kensington Hope (25/1), Arthur's Victory (28/1), Lady Delila (28/1), Knockmore Prince (33/1), Second Fiddle (40/1), Prom Queen (50/1), Love Mocha (50/1), Micasso (50/1)

STORM ERIC produced his best effort on turf for some time when third in a big-field Leopardstown handicap at the end of last month and he looks the way to go. Higher Kingdom has started to knock on the door since returning to turf and he is second choice ahead of recent Leopardstown scorer Are You In Or Out. This drop back in trip may help Dynamite Defense and he is also worth a second look.