Punchestown (IRE)
16:45
Louis Fitzgerald Hotel Hurdle
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 Distance: 2m4f Type: Hurdle Going: Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €2.30 Place: €1.10 €2.40 €1.20 Exacta: €18.40 Tricast: €38.03 Trifecta: €54.30
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 3 Grangeclare West (IRE) 9 G Good W P Mullins 166 lbs 6/4F Won Took keen hold - prominent - led 3rd - faced challenge after 2 out - ridden approaching last - went clear run-in (jockey said gelding got warm at the start)(tchd 13/8)
2nd 1 Da Capo Glory (IRE) 6 G AVG Padraig Butler 159 lbs 11/1 4.25 In touch with leaders - good headway and prominent 3 out - went second and challenging 2 out - ridden approaching last - not fluent and lost ground last - kept on - no match for winner(op 12/1 tchd 10/1)
3rd 4 Imagine (FR) 6 G AVG Gordon Elliott 159 lbs 9/4 5 Midfield - headway and prominent 2 out - soon ridden and outpaced - ridden approaching last - ran on and went third final strides - no match for first two(op 2/1)
4th 9 Tag Man (IRE) 8 G AVG Henry De Bromhead 160 lbs 3/1 0.2 Prominent - pushed along and lost second after 2 out - weakened approaching last - lost third final strides (jockey said gelding got warm at the start)(op 7/2)
5th 2 Eye Van (IRE) 9 G AVG R P Cody 159 lbs 25/1 26 Prominent - pushed along and lost position after 3 out - ridden and detached from 2 out(op 33/1)
6th 8 Un Des Flos (FR) N/A Poor H Rogers 166 lbs 100/1 13 Held up in rear - some headway 2 out - soon pushed along and no impression (jockey said gelding got very distressed at the start)(op 80/1)
7th 7 Riggs (IRE) 10 G AVG P Cluskey 161 lbs 125/1 7 Led at steady pace - headed 3rd - dropped to rear halfway - pushed along before 4 out - detached from 2 out (jockey said gelding got warm at the start)(op 66/1 tchd 50/1)
99th 6 Port Stanley (IRE) 7 G Poor Mrs John Harrington 166 lbs 20/1 - Towards rear throughout - pushed along after 3 out - pulled up approaching last (jockey said gelding got warm at the start)(op 25/1 tchd 28/1)
99th 5 Perfect Attitude (GB) 4 G Poor Gordon Elliott 166 lbs 28/1 - Towards rear - mistake and unseated 4 out(tchd 25/1)