Punchestown (IRE)
14:32
Bar One Racing "We'll Lay You A Bet" (C & G) Maiden Hurdle
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €6.90 Place: €1.30 €1.10 €1.60 Exacta: €9.20 Trifecta: €25.70
Non-Runners: Castle Field Boy (stone bruise), Micheal's Magic (family bereavement)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Led - headed and raced in second after 1st - led again 2nd - headed after 3rd - ridden and outpaced home turn - 3 lengths down last - ridden and made strong challenge final 110yds - kept on well and led towards finish (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding ran too freely on heavy ground at Limerick after a long break but settled much better today and this - coupled with a good round of jumping - had helped to bring about the apparent improvement in form)(op 9/2)
N/A AVG W P Mullins 166 lbs 7/2 Won
2nd
Didn't jump well - raced in second - led after 1st - slow jump and headed 2nd - led again after 3rd - shaken up and went clear home turn - 3 lengths ahead when awkward jump last - ridden and faced strong challenge final 110yds - headed towards finish (jockey said gelding jumped indifferently)(op 2/5)
8 G Poor W P Mullins 166 lbs 4/11F 1
3rd
Prominent - not fluent and pushed along 3 out - ridden and went third home turn - keeping on when bad mistake last - soon no extra(tchd 7/1)
7 G Poor Gordon Elliott 166 lbs 6/1 8.5
4th
Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders halfway - went third before 5 out - ridden and outpaced home turn - soon no extra(op 8/1)
6 G Poor Gordon Elliott 166 lbs 11/1 7
5th
Towards rear - some headway into midfield halfway - pushed along and no impression from 2 out(op 100/1)
7 G Poor Anthony Mullins 166 lbs 150/1 16
6th
Held up in rear - minor headway after 2 out - soon pushed along and no impression(op 40/1 tchd 66/1)
8 G AVG John Joseph Hanlon 166 lbs 50/1 15
7th
Midfield - pushed along and no impression from 3 out(op 100/1 tchd 50/1)
N/A Poor E Bolger 166 lbs 66/1 1
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8th
Towards rear of midfield - pushed along and weakened from 3 out - tailed off(op 40/1)
N/A Poor David Kenneth Budds 161 lbs 50/1 39
9th
In touch with leaders early - towards rear halfway - pushed along and became detached 4 out - tailed off
5 G Poor P A Fahy 166 lbs 150/1 21
99th
Towards rear - dropped to rear halfway - became detached 5 out - pulled up before 3 out(op 125/1)
N/A Poor W J Martin 159 lbs 200/1 -