Saturday saw my pick Indigo Breeze finish 2nd. The 9/4 favourite was 4th at halfway but found himself briefly short of room 2 out. He was still in 4th when he made a mistake soon after but he recovered to go 2nd at the last. He kept on well inside the final furlong without reaching the winner Autumn Evening who came home by 2 3/4 lengths.
There are 8 races at Punchestown on Sunday with 2 standout contests, the first is the opener at 12.15 when 7 begin the Grade 2 Sky Bet Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle. Dysart Dynamo is a promising horse who won on his hurdles debut at Cork 42 days ago. He came home by an easy 19 lengths that day and should take the step up in class in his stride with plenty more to come. Hawai Game won a novice hurdle at Naas on his Irish debut in mid December. He impressed there but can still do better making him a threat. The other main challenger is Guily Billy who has one win from two runs this season that came at Tramore 38 days ago where he stayed on strongly to come home by a massive 25 lengths. He is open to further process and should definitely go well. Of the rest look out for Gringo D'aubrelle who was a very good 3rd behind Stage Star in the Challow Novices Hurdle at Newbury 18 days ago. He goes back down in trip here and cannot be overlooked.
The other big race is at 2.20 when 8 line-up for the Grade 3 Kildare Novice Chase. This contest has had some decent winners in recent years including Envoi Allen and one horse standsout in this renewal Bob Olinger. One of last seasons best novice hurdlers his highlight came at Cheltenham where he won the Ballymore by 7 1/2 lengths. He made a winning start over fences at Gowran Park 57 days ago and will be hard to beat here. Capodanno ran well over hurdles last season and continued his good form when landing his chase debut at Naas 31 days ago. That was his return after 8 months off and he should go well here. The other to keep an eye on is Gaillard Du Mesnil a smart novice hurdler who was second to Bob Olinger in the Ballymore and then went on to take the Grade 1 Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown. His return saw him finish 3rd to Capodanno at Naas but he has plenty more to offer and improvement is expected.
Big race predictions: 12.15: 1: Dysart Dynamo 2.20: 1: Bob Olinger.
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