Punchestown tips: Ya Ya Baby can give punters a winning start

Ya Ya Baby (nearest) made the breakthrough over hurdles in style last time and can follow up in the opener at Punchestown. Picture Dan Linehan

There will be easier races this week than the Have The Conversation Say Yes To Organ Donation Novice Handicap Hurdle which kickstarts the 2021 Punchestown festival but Ya Ya Baby makes plenty of each-way appeal in the full-field event.

In a busy Flat season in 2020, the now four-year-old filly ran eight times, winning once and finishing runner-up four times. After a break from September until early last month, she had her attention switched to hurdling. It began rather inauspiciously as she unseated early at Gowran but was much better when she finished runner-up to Coventry next time.