Punchestown: 1:15 Declared

Ladbrokes 'Bet #5 Get #30 New Customer Offer' Novice Hurdle

Course: Punchestown

Date: 6th Jun 2026

Distance: 2m½f (2m100y)

Type: Hurdle

Going: Good To Yielding

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Prize: €8,246

Runners: 5

Over-Round
112.9%

Going Detail: GOOD TO YIELDING

Weather: Rain

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Switch From Diesel
7yo b Mare (IRE)
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4/7
Form: 2248-1
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Jockey: Ricky Doyle

Trainer: Ross O'Sullivan

Kilcullen, Co Kildare

Owner: Paul Mullins

Trainer 14 days: 4/17 (24.00%)
Breeding

Sire: Yeats (IRE)

Dam: Is She Diesel (GB)

Damsire: Schiaparelli (GER)

Breeder: Mr Paul Mullins

Ratings & Stats
OR 125
RPR 140
TS 126
LBS 159
Last ran: 24 days
Spotlight

Very useful bumper performer, 3-12 in that sphere, second to Bambino Fever at Leopardstown last year; Flat maiden winner over 1m4f (heavy); aimed high in five starts over hurdles, second in Listed race at this track in December, respectable eighth in Grade 1 company at Leopardstown; easy winner of maiden hurdle over C&D 24 days ago; has class, is ground-versatile and sets a good standard.

Comment

Very smart bumper performer, highly tried over hurdles, drops in class with good prospects

Quotes

"Switch From Diesel is a classy filly and she seems to have improved from run to run as the season's gone on. She's very exciting and she's probably as good a horse as I've had for a while. If everything stayed right with her she could be very good next season. The plan is to go to Punchestown and then put her out on summer's grass and go hurdling next year. She did an extra year in bumpers and Paul [Mullins, owner] was keen to do that. That was his plan and he stuck to it. She's turned into a real happy filly and that was very impressive. She has a high cruising speed and she'll make a lovely novice mare next year - Ross O'Sullivan, trainer."

2025-04-06 - Fairyhouse
Previous Trainers
  • Seamus Fahey (until 2024-10-15)

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Magico
5yo ch Gelding (IRE)
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11/4
Form: 1
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Jockey: Anna McGuinness(7)

Trainer: W P Mullins

Muine Bheag, Co Carlow

Owner: Adriana Manasseh

Trainer 14 days: 14/116 (12.00%)
Breeding

Sire: Le Havre (IRE)

Dam: Endless Light (GB)

Damsire: Pivotal (GB)

Breeder: China Horse Club International Ltd

Ratings & Stats
OR -
RPR 125
TS 106
LBS 166
Last ran: 28 days
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Three-time Flat winner in Britain (1m-1m3f); made promising start to hurdling career on stable debut after 11 months off when landing 2m1f maiden at Killarney 27 days ago, beating Tyson Fury by 4l; jumping was very novicey and needs to improve; form of that race has a solid look to it and he's a leading contender; wouldn't want much rain based on Flat form.

Comment

Brings Flat rating of 89 following three British wins; of obvious interest on hurdles bow

Previous Trainers
  • Marco Botti (until 2026-05-05)
Previous Owners
  • Anthony Francis Mark Panozzo (until 2026-05-05)

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Playtime
5yo ch Gelding (GB)
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5/1
Form: 310-63
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Jockey: James Smith(5)

Trainer: Gordon Elliott

Longwood, Co Meath

Owner: West Of The Shannon Syndicate

Trainer 14 days: 5/46 (11.00%)
Breeding

Sire: Sea The Moon (GER)

Dam: Partygorl (GER)

Damsire: Sternkoenig (IRE)

Breeder: Gestut Gorlsdorf

Ratings & Stats
OR 119
RPR 127
TS 77
LBS 166
Headgear: h Last ran: 8 days
Spotlight

Good winner of a Leopardstown maiden hurdle (2m, soft) in March; okay runs in handicaps last twicel beaten 9.25l into third at Tramore lto; vulnerable to a few here but won't mind soft ground.

Comment

Proved disappointing when sights were lowered at Killarney 20 days ago

Quotes

"Playtime is a grand horse, we bought him out of Andrew Balding's. He was very keen early on in his runs and he was a bit keen there again today but he's a grand horse. I'd say it wasn't the strongest race in the world. One of the owners is from Tipperary but three Irish-American fellas own him as well from New York and Florida. Former jockey Mark Madden is involved. The plan will be to go to Far Hills in October I'd say. He'll pay his way during the summer, he wants better ground than that. We'll probably go back on the Flat as well. Mark is from Galway and he's christening his child on the Sunday before Galway this year so I'd say we'll probably have to land there! - Aidan O'Ryan, trainer's representative."

2026-03-02 - Leopardstown
Previous Trainers
  • Andrew Balding (until 2025-12-17)
Previous Owners
  • Gordon Elliott (until 2025-12-18)
  • N Botica & Partner (until 2025-12-17)

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The First Turn
5yo b Gelding (IRE)
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Form: 177P-
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Jockey: Alan O'Sullivan(7)

Trainer: S Curling

Cashel, Co. Tipperary

Owner: Daniel Boland/Brendan Boland/Tom Conway/Claire Hartnett

Trainer 14 days: 0/1 (0.00%)
Breeding

Sire: Berkshire (IRE)

Dam: She Knows Best (IRE)

Damsire: Flemensfirth (USA)

Breeder: S Shiel, D Savage & T Nolan

Ratings & Stats
OR -
RPR 113
TS -
LBS 160
Last ran: 38 days
Spotlight

Thurles bumper winner on debut in October; hasn't threatened to go on from that since in three starts since, twice over hurdles; pulled up in hurdle race at Punchestown 38 days ago; needs plenty more and best watched.

Comment

Bumper winner on debut, no impression in the Wexford maiden hurdle won by Iflallgoeswell

Quotes

"I thought The First Turn would be too green as it was his first time on grass and while he is a lovely horse, I didn't think he'd win first-time. I won't over race him this year and there is plenty of improvement in him. The owners are from near Punchestown so he could have a break now and go there in the spring. He was a cheap horse but you'd buy enough dear ones that don't work out. He is eligible for the Reds Mills Hurdle series but I might wait until next season for that - Sam Curling, trainer."

2025-10-30 - Thurles

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Saporetti
4yo b Gelding (IRE)
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Form: 5-
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Jockey: Calum Hogan(5)

Trainer: Brian M McMahon

Scarriff, Co Galway

Owner: William Slattery

Trainer 14 days: 0/2 (0.00%)
Breeding

Sire: Make Believe (GB)

Dam: Pocket Of Stars (IRE)

Damsire: Sea The Stars (IRE)

Breeder: Sunderland Holding Inc

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RPR 108
TS -
LBS 155
Last ran: 79 days
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Flat winner in France over 1m4f on heavy in November; reasonable hurdles debut when beaten 22l into fifth in maiden hurdle at Cork 79 days ago; likely out of depth here at this stage of his career.

Previous Trainers
  • M Brasme (until 2026-03-12)

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