2012 Punchestown Festival Tuesday Betting Preview Part 3
- By A.J. Ryder on April 23, 2012 15:16 GMT
The 6:05 is a bumper race with some extremely lightly-raced four and five-year-olds. This one is really anyone's guess so it's probably one to watch for some last minute price drops. First To Boogie somehow fell in his last race and I'm not even sure he was actually going over obstacles. Either way, he took plenty of money to go off as the 2/1 favourite against a field of nine.
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Willy Mullins will saddle Goldboy while Henry De Bromhead has Zane Grey lining up in this one and he was brought down on debut when taking a spin at Kilworth last month.
The Grade 1 Growise Champion Novice Chase sees Sir Des Champs boasting a tremendous amount of favourtism against this light field of five. Most are taking a serious step up here in attempting to tackle the Willy Mullins charge who hasn't lost since an effort at Paray-le-monial (whatever that is).
The Jewson Novices' winner will go off at a tremendously low price for this one and and many will be trying to beat him.
Look for Mossey Joe to outrun his odds a bit with Barry Geraghty in the irons once again. He hasn't been on track since last June at Down Royal and he'll be in solid form for this one – definitely a wild card and seeing Geraghty aboard should see him get back to his best. You don't normally get prices like this on him so it may be worth playing him underneath Sir Des Champs as a best of the rest option.
Twenty-five fillies and mares will be contesting the final race of the day at 7:15 local time in the usual bumper to end the days card. Again, there are many who are extremely lightly-raced coming into this one while Director's Forum ticks a few of the boxes. She appears to be coming into form gradually and will benefit from the added time on course.
Jonjo O'Neill saddles It's A New Day and will be worth a look while a pair of Sizing's – Sizing Rio and Sizing Sahara both come out for this one with Sizing Rio looking for her second win on the bounce.
