Wednesday, January 20, 2010
PITTONI gets the nap to make it two from two over flights in the Visit Punchestown.com Juvenile Hurdle at the County Kildare track this afternoon, should the meeting pass a 7.30am inspection.
Now in the care of Charles Byrnes, the son of Peintre Celebre was formerly a useful enough sort on the level for John Oxx, winning a maiden at the Curragh by five and a half lengths.
He made his debut over jumps on this track 20 days ago and proved very light in the market, drifting to five to one from tighter offers earlier in the day.
For most of the trip Pittoni was a no-hoper, but the penny finally dropped and he got up close home to score by a head.
It was a modest contest, but the selection has obviously got lots of scope for improvement and is the choice ahead of the easy Gowran Park winner, Doctor Deejay.
Nigel Twiston-Davies’ Frascati Park is a fascinating challenger for the INH Stallion Owners’ EBF Maiden Hurdle.
He is down in class, having finished fourth to Manyriverstocross at Sandown and runner-up behind Reve De Sivola at Chepstow, both contests Grade 2’s.
Frascati Park’s Chepstow effort was a particularly smart performance and a repeat should see him carry too many guns for Noel Meade’s Perfect Smile, travelling like a winner at Navan when blundering badly two out.
Jessica Harrington’s Chasing Cars is the one to beat in the April Festival Beginners Chase.
He fell at the first in the race won by Zaarito at Leopardstown at Christmas, but prior to that made a promising start over fences when third to Sports Line at Navan.
Kylebeg Krystle, who won in a canter at Thurles on Sunday, has every chance of defying a mandatory 6lbs penalty in the Thoroughbred County Handicap Hurdle.
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