Punchestown (IRE)
15:25
Last Chance 10% Off Festival Tickets Handicap Hurdle
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 Distance: 3m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €23.10 Place: €6.30 €9.40 €2.70 Exacta: €444.40 Tricast: €5836.54
Non-Runners: Cafe Del Mar (reserve), Killinure Lass (reserve), Shantou Lucky (by order of the stewards), True Artist (off feed)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
In touch with leaders - close up before 10th - pressed leaders when ridden after last (usual 2 out) - went second omitted last - soon led narrowly and kept on well (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding was examined after his last run at Punchestown where he was pulled up and that he had some mud in his lungs; he added that he freshened gelding up since that run)(tchd 22/1)
6 G Poor E Sheehy 152 lbs 20/1 Won
2nd
Took keen hold - led - headed and raced in second after 5th - joined leader before 10th - pushed along when led again before 2 out - headed when ridden after 2 out - led again omitted last - soon headed but kept on well(op 33/1)
8 G AVG N Dooly 157 lbs 28/1 .5
3rd
Soon midfield - pushed along after 2 out (usual 3 out) - keeping on when switched right before last (usual 2 out) - went third run-in - not reach leaders(op 17/2)
9 G Poor Patrick G Kelly 168 lbs 10/1 .5
4th
In touch with leaders - pushed along after 2 out (usual 3 out) - ridden when not fluent and outpaced last (usual 2 out) - keeping on omitted last - went fourth final strides(tchd 9/2)
9 G Poor A J Martin 165 lbs 5/1 7
5th
Didn't jump with fluency - prominent on inner - hit 2 out (usual 3 out) - led after last (usual 2 out) - ridden when headed and lost second omitted last - weakened run-in - lost fourth final strides(op 13/2)
7 G AVG Eddie & Patrick Harty 158 lbs 100/30F 0.3
6th
Prominent and disputing second early - pressed leaders after 3rd - ridden before last (usual 2 out) - no extra home turn - weakened omitted last(op 5/1)
5 G Poor Declan Queally 159 lbs 8/1 .5
7th
Held up in rear - dropped to last before 9th - headway but detached 2 out (usual 3 out) - kept on when pushed along after last (usual 2 out) - nearest finish(op 5/1)
13 G Poor Timothy Doyle 156 lbs 11/2 0.1
8th
Prominent and disputing second early - raced in second after 3rd - led after 5th - joined 10th - headed before last (usual 2 out) - ridden and weakened quickly after last (usual 2 out)(op 22/1)
7 G Poor Peter Croke 157 lbs 14/1 5
9th
Towards rear early - in touch with leaders 10th - pushed along when not fluent last (usual 2 out) - ridden and weakened home turn(op 15/2 tchd 7/1)
9 G AVG Patrick G Kelly 148 lbs 17/2 3.25
10th
Raced in last early - minor headway before 9th - towards rear of midfield when pushed along before last (usual 2 out) - soon weakened(op 20/1)
7 G AVG Eamonn O'Connell 164 lbs 14/1 3.25
11th
Soon midfield - jumped slightly left 1st - not fluent 5th - lost position when mistake 9th - dropped to last and struggling when mistake and weakened 2 out (usual 3 out) - tailed off(op 18/1)
4 G Poor Gordon Elliott 163 lbs 22/1 30
12th
Towards rear - hampered by faller 2nd - headway when niggled along briefly after 8th - in touch with leaders when pushed along on near side of group after 9th - ridden and weakened before last (usual 2 out)
11 G AVG D E Fitzgerald 158 lbs 125/1 6
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13th
Took keen hold - towards rear of midfield - lost position when pushed along after 2 out (usual 3 out) - weakened before last (usual 2 out)(op 40/1 tchd 80/1)
7 M Poor Sean Thomas Doyle 154 lbs 66/1 37
99th
In touch with leaders - midfield when fell 2nd(op 14/1)
6 M AVG Sean O O'Brien 159 lbs 28/1 -
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99th
Towards rear - not fluent 5th - soon jockey looked down to see if something was amiss when eased - pulled up before 6th (jockey said gelding went wrong behind and was pulled up; vet said gelding lame on his left hind post race)(op 15/2)
9 G Poor Gordon Elliott 156 lbs 10/1 -