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14:10 Punchestown

Sunday 11 February 2018

All13:4014:1014:4015:1515:4516:2016:50

Michael Fitzpatrick Memorial Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 14:12 | Winning time: 5m 34.5s

1^st

High Sparrow

511-10

13/8f

T: J P O'BrienJ: J J Slevin

Prominent and disputed lead, mistake 5th, led 8th, pushed along and headed briefly approaching last, ridden and kept on well run-in op 6/4 tchd 2/1

2^nd

1 ½

Caltex

611-12

11/4

T: G ElliottJ: J W Kennedy

Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, went 2nd approaching 3 out, ridden and headway to lead briefly before last, no impression on winner run-in, kept on one pace op 5/1 tchd 11/2 and 5/2

3^rd

3 ¼

Percy Veer

611-12

16/1

T: E McNamaraJ: R P Treacy (5)

Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, headway on outer into 3rd before 3 out, went 2nd approaching straight, ridden in 3rd before last and no impression run-in, kept on one pace tchd 18/1

4^th

8 ½

Kesselring

511-10

9/4

T: W P MullinsJ: D J Mullins

Tracked leaders, slight mistake 8th, 4th and slight mistake 2 out, soon ridden and no impression approaching last, kept on one pace op 13/8 tchd 5/2

5^th

Humm Baby

611-5

12/1

T: M HouriganJ: T Ryan (7)

Mid-division, 6th halfway, pushed along in 5th after 2 out and no extra approaching last op 14/1 tchd 10/1

6^th

Victoria Bay

511-3

25/1

T: C BoweJ: S W Flanagan

Rear of mid-division, closer approaching 3 out, pushed along and no impression after 2 out, no extra op 33/1

7^th

On The Mend

511-10

25/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: M P Walsh

Rear of mid-division, some headway after 4 out, pushed along and no impression before 2 out, no extra op 22/1

8^th

Ger's Lad

611-12

33/1

T: G ElliottJ: K M Donoghue

Led or disputed lead, slight mistake 2nd, not fluent 7th, slight mistake and headed next, lost place before 2 out, no extra op 40/1

9^th

Instant Decision

711-12

50/1

T: E CawleyJ: C D Timmons (3)

Always rear, never a factor, detached halfway, no impression when slight mistake 3 out, no extra

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€2.20Pl:€1.20, €1.20, €3.10EX:€6.20Trifecta:€30.60SF:€6.81

Forecasts

High Sparrow (13/8), Kesselring (9/4), Caltex (11/4), Humm Baby (12/1), Percy Veer (16/1), Victoria Bay (25/1), On The Mend (25/1), Ger's Lad (33/1), Instant Decision (50/1)

The Joseph O'Brien-trained HIGH SPARROW was always to the fore during his ¾L victory on rules debut at Limerick in December and could possibly attempt to repeat the feat on hurdling debut. Kesselring, fourth of 15 on debut here last month and Caltrex can give the selection the most to think about.