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Punchestown (IRE)
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Sporting Life Beginners Chase
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 Distance: 2m6½f Type: Chase Going: Heavy Surface: Turf
Win: €1.90 Place: €1.30 €1.40 €1.80 Exacta: €7.50 Trifecta: €31.80
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 5 Salmanino (FR) 8 G AVG
Liz Doyle 166 lbs 6/4F Won Made all - faced challenge but going okay 3 out - went clear after 2 out - not fluent last - pushed out - comfortably(op 11/8 tchd 13/8)
2nd 2 From The Ashes (IRE) 8 G Poor
C Byrnes 161 lbs 11/4 4.25 Prominent - pressed leader when nudged along 3 out - outpaced when ridden after 2 out - kept on - no match for winner(op 7/2 tchd 2/1)
3rd 3 Old Soul (FR) 7 G Poor
Liz Doyle 166 lbs 7/1 7 In touch with leaders - not fluent 3 out - left in third when not fluent and pushed along 2 out - soon ridden and no extra - jumped slightly right when not fluent last - no match for first two(op 5/1 tchd 15/2)
4th 8 Coolcullen (IRE) 5 H Poor
Brendan W Duke 155 lbs 50/1 1.25 Midfield early - jumped slightly left and lost ground 1st - slow jump 2nd - towards rear when niggled along after 9th - headway into midfield before 5 out - pushed along before 3 out - no impression when left in fourth and ridden 2 out - kept on(op 33/1)
99th 1 Cahirdown Boy (IRE) 9 G Poor
E McNamara 166 lbs 11/1 - Midfield early - prominent on inner 2nd - pressed leader after 3rd - not fluent and pecked on landing 11th - jumped slightly left 4 out - pressed leaders and nudged along when fell 2 out(op 8/1)
99th 9 Low Mileage (IRE) 6 G Poor
J P Dempsey 160 lbs 66/1 - Towards rear - in touch with leaders after 6th - fell 9th(tchd 80/1)
99th 4 Round The Buoy (GB) 8 G Poor
David Peter Dunne 166 lbs 66/1 - Prominent early - in touch with leaders when pushed along after 10th - weakened and dropped to rear when pulled up after 5 out (jokey said gelding stopped quickly; trainer said gelding had slight blood and mucus on endoscopic examination post race)(op 33/1)
99th 6 Simply Shabra (IRE) 10 G Poor
Anthony McCann 166 lbs 10/1 - In rear - not fluent 8th - became detached when badly hampered by faller 9th - well behind when carried left and pulled up before 4 out (jockey said gelding got carried out)(op 12/1)
99th 7 Speed Gang (IRE) 6 G Poor
Gavin Cromwell 166 lbs 6/1 - Jumped left - towards rear - pecked on landing 2nd - not fluent 6th - mistake 5 out - in touch with leaders when jumped badly left 4 out - lost touch when jumped badly left and weakened 3 out - tailed off when pulled up before last (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at the last fence on the first circuit and jumped left throughout thereafter)(tchd 15/2)