PUNCHESTOWN (02 Jun 2005)

Good To Firm

7:55 Tote Sports Lounge Handicap Hurdle (4yo+,74-109)

[off 8:00] £6,125.89, £1,427.31, £629.43, £363.48 2m2f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Shiminnie J R H Fowler 6 11-2 A P Fagan(7) 14/1 99 95 103+

2 4 Ballon Rose P Delaney 7 10-4 T P Treacy 12/1 80 72 76

3 1½ Name For Fame (USA) R Donohoe 6 11-2 M J Ferris(7) 12/1 99 89 94

4 1 Lucky Slipper Thomas Carmody 5 10-2 M P Walsh(3) 16/1 81 70 75

5 ¾ Monte Solaro F Flood 5 10-9 Andrew J McNamara(3) 14/1 88 76 81

6 1 Irish Blade Noel Meade 4 10-3 N P Madden 7/1 79 — 71

7 nk Moving Onwards Oliver McKiernan 8 10-7 Mr C Hughes(7) 25/1 90 — 81

8 nk The Tricky Bricky R H Macnabb 6 10-11 R J Molloy(5) 14/1 92 — 83

9 6 Carrigavantry Joseph Crowley 7 10-8 J M Allen(3) 7/1 87 — 72

10 4 Trampoline King (USA) E J O´Grady 5 10-13 B J Geraghty 14/1 89 — 70

11 1½ Baile Huguin Paul Nolan 6 10-9 J L Cullen 12/1 85 — 65

12 2 Sarobar E Sheehy 5 10-4 1p M Darcy(3) 10/1 83 — 61

13 4½ The Cute Won (USA) Liam P Cusack 7 10-4 t G Cotter 20/1 80 — 53

14 1½ Bermaho Paul Nolan 5 11-3 G T Hutchinson 14/1 93 — 65

15 3½ No Rows P A Fahy 7 10-11 b S G McDermott(3) 7/1 90 — 58

16 nk Windmill Flyer F Flood 7 9-12 K T Coleman(5) 4/1F 79 — 47

17 14 Church Hill Girl S Slevin 6 10-5 K Whelan 20/1 81 — 35

18 6 Woody Glen A J Martin 8 10-9 t D N Russell 7/1 85 — 33

19 6 Golden Beacon Eoin Griffin 9 10-5 M P Butler(7) 25/1 88 — 30

20 2½ Cad A Ra Leat Thomas Mullins 11 9-10 M P Watts(7) 20/1 79 — 18

UR Tillery Michael Hourigan 5 9-12 D F Flannery(7) 20/1 81 — —

21 ran TIME 4m 18.60s (slow by 6.60s) TOTAL SP 168%

NON RUNNERS: Legendsofthefall ,Misty Isle ,Ninety Plus ,Whatadifference (USA)

1st OWNER: S P Tindall BRED: Simon Tindall TRAINER: J R H Fowler

2nd OWNER: Kealand Stud Farm Ltd

3rd OWNER: P G C Syndicate

TOTE WIN £9.90 PL £2.70, £2.00, £5.10, £8.50; Ex £721.60; CSF £208.07; TRICAST £2185.05

ANALYSIS: A 74-109 handicap with the joint top-weight rated 99 and it was one of those SHIMINNIE who obliged when kicking for home before the turn and staying on well in this ground. Her trainer admitted afterwards that he was frustrated with the balloting system as she had been denied a run three times in the last month but she gained ample compensation when sprinting clear on the run-in here.

Ballon Rose raced at the head of affairs for a long time and to her credit she kept on all the way to the line once headed.

\Name For Fame, who had the benefit of a recent run over hurdles, was another to run respectably along with Lucky Slipper and Monte Solaro while The Tricky Bricky kept on well in the closing stages without ever threatening and looks in need of returning to a longer trip.

Irish Blade, a winner on the Flat for Henry Candy over 1m6f, failed to get into the shake up contesting his first handicap over hurdles while another to disappoint in this moderate affair was No Rows, winner of three of his five races. He was 19lb higher as a result that probably contributed to his downfall along with this much faster surface.