De Bromhead and O'Keeffe the team to follow at Punchestown Henry de Bromhead and Darragh O’Keeffe team up with a number of strong chances on an eight-race card at Punchestown this afternoon with the action getting under way at midday. Matchbook Betting Exchange is the chief sponsor, including of the mares’ maiden hurdle (at 3.13) in which Brickfield Belle has been heavily supported. The Galway bumper winner beat all bar Kimi De Mai when switched to hurdles at Limerick last month and has been backed this morning from 4/6 to a general 30/100. Coexist has shown promise on the Flat this year and is also set to go off a short-priced favourite for the 3yo maiden hurdle at 1.30, while Belle The Tigress has been well backed on her return from a summer break in the handicap hurdle at 2.38. The Martin Brassil-trained It’s Only A Game, a course bumper winner last term, is a notable absentee from the maiden hurdle at 2.03 with Werner and Leonard Vallis now vying for favouritism. The going is currently described as good to yielding following watering and a dry day is forecast.
