Pigsback.com Risk Of Thunder Chase
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Birchdale (IRE) | 9 G | Poor | E Bolger | 158 lbs | 5/2F | Won | Prominent - headway and pressed leader 4 out - led going best before last - ridden briefly and ran on after last - comfortably(op 4/1) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Vital Island (IRE) | 13 G | AVG | R P O'Keeffe | 163 lbs | 16/1 | 3.5 | Soon led narrowly - briefly disputed lead 14th - ridden when headed before last - kept on but no match for winner(op 10/1) | ||
| 3rd | 1 | Mica Malpic (FR) | 8 G | AVG | E Bolger | 168 lbs | 9/2 | 4.5 | Held up in rear - headway and went fourth after 3 out - outpaced when nudged along after 2 out - kept on and went third towards finish - no match for first two(op 7/1) | ||
| 4th | 8 | Three By Two (IRE) | 8 M | Poor |
Conor Smithers
(7)lbs
|
Denis Paul Murphy | 149 lbs | 17/2 | .75 | In touch with leaders - mistake and nearly lost jockey 4th - prominent when steadied 4 out - challenging on outer 2 out - ridden and weakened before last - lost third towards finish(op 13/2 tchd 6/1) | |
| 5th | 6 | Enjoy d'Allen (FR) | 10 G | Poor |
E Walsh
(3)lbs
|
Ciaran Murphy | 155 lbs | 4/1 | 1.75 | In touch with leaders - dropped to rear before 6th - raced in last when not fluent 13th - headway before 4 out - keeping on when mistake 2 out - never on terms | |
| 6th | 5 | Champagne Platinum (IRE) | 10 G | Poor |
Mark McDonagh
(3)lbs
|
E Bolger | 155 lbs | 9/2 | 7 | Didn't always jump with fluency - held up in rear - pushed along after 16th - pecked on landing 17th - brief headway when raced wide before 2 out - kept on but no impression after 2 out(tchd 11/2) | |
| 7th | 7 | Singing Banjo (IRE) | 14 G | AVG |
Mr B J Walsh
(7)lbs
|
Barry John Walsh | 151 lbs | 5/1 | 5.5 | Soon raced in second - briefly disputed lead 14th - lost second when pushed along 4 out - not fluent and weakened 3 out(op 7/2) | |
| 8th | 4 | Blast Of Koeman (IRE) | 13 G | Poor | Peter Maher | 158 lbs | 40/1 | 22 | Raced wide - never going well - prominent early - in touch with leaders when not fluent 7th - dropped to rear when reminder after 19th - weakened and detached after 3 out(op 28/1) |
Punchestown (IRE) Races