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Punchestown (IRE) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 Distance: 3m1f Type: Hurdle Going: Heavy Surface: Turf
Win: €3.30 Place: €1.40 €2 €5.50 Exacta: €21.70 Tricast: €377.52 Trifecta: €476.80
Non-Runners: Native Gold (coughing)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m5½f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m6f
1st
Pressed leader - joined leader before 5th - briefly led 7th - led narrowly or disputed lead from 4 out - going best when nudged along after last - went clear towards finish - comfortably(op 10/3 tchd 5/2 and tchd 4/1)
9 M AVG
C Byrnes 146 lbs 11/4F Won
2m4f 3m½f 2m5f 2m6½f 2m7f
2m5f 2m5f 3m½f 2m5f 2m7f
2nd
Towards rear early - not fluent 1st - midfield after 3rd - headway and pressed leaders when bit short of room before last - switched right last - went second when ridden and kept on well run-in - no match for winner(op 11/2)
8 G Poor
Shane Nolan 155 lbs 13/2 1.5
2m4f 2m5f 2m3f 2m4f 2m7½f
2m 2m 2m4½f
3rd
Raced wide - in touch with leaders - headway and prominent before 2 out - kept on run-in - no match for first two(op 18/1 tchd 28/1)
8 M Poor
Gordon Elliott 164 lbs 25/1 2
3m 2m6½f 2m4f 2m4f 3m
2m7f 3m½f 3m½f 2m7f 3m
4th
Towards rear - mistake 8th - headway after 2 out - kept on after last - went fourth run-in(op 5/1)
13 G Poor
Timothy Doyle 157 lbs 9/2 2.75
2m4f 3m 3m½f 2m7f
2m3f 2m7f 2m5f 2m 2m5f
5th
Held up in last - headway before 3 out - in touch with leaders when raced wide home turn - kept on towards finish(op 16/1)
7 M Poor
W J Burke 137 lbs 22/1 .5
2m7f 3m 2m4½f 2m 2m6½f
2m2½f 3m½f 2m5½f 2m4f 2m4½f
6th
Didn't always jump with fluency - prominent - outpaced when lost position before last - kept on but no impression run-in(tchd 11/2)
8 G Poor
Dermot A McLoughlin 165 lbs 5/1 1.75
2m5f 2m 2m4f 2m 2m6½f
2m5f 3m 2m7f 2m5½f 2m5f
7th
Soon led at slow pace - joined before 5th - briefly headed 7th - headed 4 out - disputed lead after 3 out - ridden when challenging after last - weakened quickly run-in(op 13/2 tchd 7/1)
8 G AVG
David Harry Kelly 157 lbs 11/2 2.75
2m6½f 2m3½f 2m5½f 2m4f 2m4f
3m 3m 3m 3m 3m
8th
Midfield early - towards rear after 7th - in touch with leaders after 2 out - weakened before last(op 13/2 tchd 15/2)
7 G Poor
P J Rothwell 167 lbs 7/1 0.3
2m5f 3m½f 2m5f 2m4½f 2m6½f
1m6f 3m 2m7½f 2m4f 2m4f
9th
Raced lazily at times - midfield - in touch with leaders when not fluent 8th - weakened after 2 out(op 15/2)
7 G Poor
G A Kingston 141 lbs 14/1 13
2m4f 3m
2m4½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m3f 2m4½f
10th
Didn't always jump with fluency - in touch with leaders early - dropped to rear before 4 out - weakened and detached after 2 out - tailed off (jockey said gelding hung left throughout)(op 33/1)
9 G Poor
Neill McCluskey 159 lbs 50/1 23
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