2.15 Punchestown
Dobbins & Madigans At Punchestown Morgiana Hurdle (Grade
1) (Class 1) (4YO plus)
Winner €48,000
Captain Cee Bee: Not quite the beast of old (Supreme Novices
Hurdle winner, Grade 1 winner over fences as novice before reverting) but still
can go a fair clip even at this age up one of best performances for ages when
slamming Rebel Fitz t Tipperary 6 weeks ago; Still the outsider of three here
despite that though. 
Go Native: Once one of the most talented, if not the best 2m
hurdler around in this sphere 2 years ago before injury, having won Fighting
Fifth and Christmas Hurdle in easy style beforehand; Fear that he’d never make
it back after tendon trouble but followed up promising flat comeback at Navan
with easy win at Galway and if ready to go here, serious threat to the
favourite. 
Hurricane Fly: Lost his title of Champion Hurdler at
Cheltenham and felt slightly laboured here afterwards but easy to forget he’s
been beaten just twice in last three seasons, although one of them in a slowly
run renewal of this to Solwhit; The one to beat by some way but no value at all
and might be at his most vulnerable.
VERDICT: After defeat in the Champion Hurdle, all eyes are
on how Hurricane Fly will do this season and he should win this on all
evidence but GO NATIVE was a serious hurdler before injury struck and if he’s
come back as good as his flat efforts suggest, will pose a serious threat in
what should be a sprint between the two including Captain Cee Bee.
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