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Punchestown (IRE)
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Specialist Group Handicap Hurdle
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 Distance: 2m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €20.60 Place: €3.30 €13.50 €2.30 Exacta: €1174.30 Tricast: €4590
Non-Runners: Elusive Prince (reserve), Luminous Light (ran yesterday), Undeniable Alibi (vet's advice), Zeeband (stone bruise)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m½f 2m 2m½f 2m 2m½f
1st
Prominent - challenging going okay after 2 out - led and went clear before last - faced challenge when jockey dropped whip after last - pushed out - readily(op 14/1 tchd 20/1)
5 G Poor
Mrs John Harrington 157 lbs 16/1 Won
1m6f 2m½f 2m½f 2m 2m2f
1m4f 2m 1m6f 2m 2m
2nd
Midfield - not fluent 3rd - headway when bit short of room after 2 out - challenging when ridden after last - no extra towards finish(op 40/1)
6 G AVG
Andrew Slattery 153 lbs 50/1 .5
2m 2m1f 2m1f
1m7f 2m 2m 2m½f
3rd
In touch with leaders - slightly hampered 5th - headway and pressed leaders after 2 out - no extra run-in - no match for first two(op 9/2 tchd 11/2)
4 F Good
Henry De Bromhead 160 lbs 5/1J 3.25
2m1½f 2m 2m½f 2m5f 2m4f
2m2½f 2m 2m 2m2f 2m1f
4th
Towards rear - headway when switched left before 2 out - keeping on when not fluent last - went modest fourth run-in(op 25/1)
6 M Poor
Gordon Elliott 167 lbs 11/1 6.5
2m½f 2m½f 2m2f 2m3½f 2m
2m 2m 2m 2m1f 2m1f
5th
Didn't always jump with fluency - towards rear - headway on near side of group after 2 out - kept on when bit short of room after last - not reach leaders(op 6/1)
4 G AVG
Gavin Cromwell 152 lbs 8/1 .75
2m4½f 2m4½f 2m4f 1m6f 2m6½f
2m 2m½f 2m 1m7½f 2m
6th
In touch with leaders - prominent 2 out - weakened last - lost two places run-in (jockey said gelding was a difficult ride at the start)(tchd 28/1)
4 G Poor
Gavin Cromwell 146 lbs 33/1 4
2m 1m6½f 1m4f 2m½f 2m½f
2m4f 2m2f 2m6½f 2m4f
7th
Towards rear - headway when jumped slightly left 2 out - bit short of room home turn - no extra approaching last(op 10/1)
6 M AVG
W P Mullins 166 lbs 15/2 1.25
2m3½f 2m1½f 2m5f 2m5f 2m6f
2m 2m½f 2m 2m 2m½f
8th
Soon midfield - brief headway when switched right approaching last - soon no extra(op 18/1)
10 G Poor
Timothy Doyle 154 lbs 22/1 0.3
2m 2m 2m2½f 2m4½f 2m½f
1m2½f 2m 1m2½f 1m2f 1m2f
9th
Midfield - not fluent 4th - bit short of room when not fluent 2 out - kept on(op 66/1)
8 G Poor
Ciaran Murphy 166 lbs 50/1 .5
1m4f 1m2½f 1m1f 1m3f 2m
2m 2m1½f 2m 2m 2m
10th
Pressed leader - led after 4 out - headed and weakened before last(tchd 18/1)
9 G AVG
Terence O'Brien 159 lbs 20/1 1.5
2m 2m1f 2m1f 2m 2m3½f
2m 2m 2m½f 1m7½f 2m
11th
Didn't always jump with fluency - midfield - brief headway after 2 out - weakening when steadied last(op 28/1)
7 G AVG
Henry De Bromhead 168 lbs 18/1 1.5
2m1½f 2m1f 2m½f 1m4f 2m1f
1m6f 2m4f 2m3½f 2m4f 2m4f
12th
Held up in rear - not fluent and hampered by faller 1st - some headway after 2 out - no impression when bit short of room before last(op 16/1)
7 G AVG
Peter Fahey 165 lbs 20/1 1.75
2m 2m½f 2m1f 1m6f 1m6f
2m3f 2m 2m 2m 2m
13th
Didn't always jump with fluency - in rear - badly hampered by faller 1st - some headway when bit short of room after 2 out - no impression(op 25/1)
7 G Poor
Barry J Fitzgerald 155 lbs 28/1 .5
2m1½f 2m1f 1m7½f 2m
2m 2m
14th
Didn't always jump with fluency - never better than midfield - mistake 3 out(op 10/1)
5 G AVG
E Bolger 159 lbs 12/1 2
2m3½f 2m3½f
2m1f 2m 2m½f 2m 1m7½f
15th
Midfield - in touch with leaders when mistake and pecked on landing 3 out - bit short of room 2 out - weakened before last (vet said mare had a few minor wounds on her left stifle and her left elbow but was otherwise post race normal)
7 M AVG
Jonjo & A J O'Neill 161 lbs 5/1J 1.25
2m2f 2m4½f 2m 2m4½f
1m4f 2m 1m4f 1m4f 1m4f
16th
Soon midfield - raced wide when in touch with leaders 5th - prominent when not fluent 3 out - weakened gradually after 2 out(op 33/1)
6 G Poor
R P Cody 160 lbs 40/1 4.25
2m 1m5½f 2m 1m4f 2m3½f
1m4f 2m 2m 2m 2m
17th
Led - not fluent 4th - headed after 4 out - weakening when not fluent 2 out(op 33/1)
7 G Poor
Paul W Flynn 150 lbs 28/1 3.25
2m2½f 1m3½f 1m4f 1m3½f 1m4f
2m 1m4f 1m6f 2m½f 2m½f
18th
Didn't always jump with fluency - prominent early - in touch with leaders after 4 out - weakened gradually after 3 out(op 16/1)
6 G AVG
D K Weld 157 lbs 9/1 17
1m6f 2m 2m½f 1m6f 1m4f
2m 1m 2m 2m 2m
19th
In touch with leaders - weakened and eased before last(tchd 12/1)
7 G AVG
Henry De Bromhead 163 lbs 14/1 11
1m 1m4½f 1m 1m1f 1m
2m 1m7½f 2m½f 2m1f 1m5½f
20th
In touch with leaders - not fluent and weakened 2 out(op 18/1)
6 G AVG
E J O'Grady 160 lbs 22/1 17
2m 1m6f 2m3½f 2m 1m6f
2m 2m 1m7½f 1m7½f 2m1½f
99th
Towards rear - fell 1st(op 28/1)
8 G Poor
Denis Gerard Hogan 161 lbs 33/1 -
2m4f 2m½f 1m6½f 2m2½f 1m4f
2m 2m½f 2m 2m1f 2m
99th
Didn't always jump with fluency - soon midfield - some headway on near side of group after 2 out - 6 lengths down when fell last(op 28/1 tchd 40/1)
4 F AVG
Gordon Elliott 148 lbs 33/1 -
2m 2m½f
2m1f 2m4f 2m4f 1m4f 1m4f
99th
Prominent - bad mistake and lost ground quickly 5th - not fluent 6th - soon dropped to rear and detached - tailed off 2 out - pulled up before last(op 40/1 tchd 50/1)
6 G Poor
Thomas Cooper 166 lbs 33/1 -
2m4f 1m6f 1m6½f
2m 3m 2m 2m 2m
99th
In touch with leaders - prominent when not fluent 4 out - weakening when bit short of room 2 out - tailed off when pulled up before last(tchd 80/1)
7 G Poor
Aengus King 155 lbs 66/1 -
2m½f