Punchestown (IRE)
18:35
Conway Piling Handicap Hurdle ()
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 Distance: 2m7½f Type: Hurdle Going: Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €48.60 Place: €8 €6.10 €2.40 Exacta: €543.10 Tricast: €5075.10 Trifecta: €2623.50
Non-Runners: Cato's Revenge (reserve), Final Orders (ran yesterday), Robinstown (reserve)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Maxxum (IRE) 8 G AVG Gordon Elliott 158 lbs 28/1 Won Prominent - led narrowly from 5 out - not fluent 3 out - went clear going best before last - ridden and reduced lead run-in - always doing enough(op 22/1)
2nd 1 Ashdale Bob (IRE) 10 G AVG Mrs John Harrington 159 lbs 22/1 2.75 Held up in rear - headway before 3 out - keeping on when steadied last - went second and kept on run-in - no match for winner(op 25/1)
3rd 21 Kinturk Kalanisi (IRE) 6 G Poor Thomas Gibney 147 lbs 15/2 2 Didn't always jump with fluency - towards rear - headway when bit short of room and hit rail on inner before 9th - switched left before 2 out - ran on after last - went third towards finish(op 11/1)
4th 18 Will Do (IRE) 8 G AVG Gordon Elliott 143 lbs 11/1 0.2 Soon in touch with leaders - prominent after 8th - outpaced after 2 out - kept on and edged right after last(op 14/1)
5th 7 Chantry House (IRE) 11 G Good Nicky Henderson 158 lbs 16/1 2.75 Towards rear early - midfield 5 out - headway 3 out - went third going okay after 2 out - went second before last - pecked on landing last - soon weakened quickly(op 14/1)
6th 19 Beachcomber (FR) 6 G AVG Jonjo & A J O'Neill 147 lbs 22/1 1.5 Midfield early - prominent after 8th - joined winner 3 out - lost second and weakened before last(op 20/1 tchd 25/1)
7th 8 Churchstonewarrior (IRE) 9 G AVG Jonathan Sweeney 157 lbs 33/1 1.5 In touch with leaders - prominent 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 25/1)
8th 16 Gabbys Cross (IRE) 10 G AVG Henry De Bromhead 149 lbs 20/1 2.75 In touch with leaders - prominent 3 out - not fluent 2 out - weakened before last
9th 3 Da Capo Glory (IRE) 6 G AVG Padraig Butler 162 lbs 28/1 1.25 Midfield early - mistake 3rd - towards rear when not fluent 8th - headway when hampered by loose horse and carried left before 3 out - kept on after 2 out(op 25/1 tchd 33/1)
10th 20 Broomfield Bijou (IRE) 6 M AVG J P Dempsey 147 lbs 33/1 0.3 Midfield - bit short of room on inner before 1st - lost position after 5th - brief headway when not fluent 2 out - soon weakened(op 50/1)
11th 15 Stuzzikini (IRE) 7 G AVG Gordon Elliott 147 lbs 100/1 7 Never better than midfield(op 80/1)
12th 6 Captain Cody (IRE) 7 G AVG W P Mullins 160 lbs 7/2F 0.3 Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders 3 out - weakened after 2 out(tchd 10/3)
13th 17 Sequestered (IRE) 6 G AVG Paul John Gilligan 142 lbs 33/1 .75 Towards rear early - midfield and raced wide before 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 28/1)
14th 22 Popova (IRE) 7 M AVG Henry De Bromhead 144 lbs 16/1 .75 Midfield - weakened after 2 out
15th 9 O'Moore Park (IRE) 8 G Poor W P Mullins 157 lbs 14/1 7 Didn't always jump with fluency - took keen hold - in touch with leaders - mistake 2 out - weakening when bit short of room home turn
16th 14 What Path (FR) 8 G AVG W P Mullins 155 lbs 33/1 1.5 Midfield - mistake 3rd - weakened 2 out(op 20/1)
17th 10 Chosen Witness (IRE) 7 G AVG W P Mullins 156 lbs 20/1 5 Soon in touch with leaders - prominent after 4 out - not fluent 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 22/1)
18th 5 Anna Bunina (FR) 8 M AVG John C McConnell 153 lbs 18/1 9.5 Midfield - weakened after 4 out(op 12/1)
19th 23 Coming Up Easy (IRE) 7 G Good Henry De Bromhead 145 lbs 12/1 56 Towards rear - midfield from 8th - bit short of room before 3 out - soon weakened - tailed off after 2 out(op 10/1 tchd 14/1)
99th 4 Finest Evermore (IRE) 9 M AVG Paul Hennessy 154 lbs 125/1 - Raced wide - towards rear - weakened after 5 out - tailed off when pulled up before 3 out (jockey said mare choked in running)
99th 11 Kilbeg King (IRE) N/A Good Anthony Honeyball 156 lbs 9/1 - Prominent - not fluent 6th - pulled up quickly after 8th - fatally injured(tchd 10/1)
99th 13 Lucky Lyreen (IRE) 7 G AVG Gordon Elliott 155 lbs 10/1 - Held up in rear - mistake 4th - niggled along after 6th - pulled up after 8th - never going well (jockey said gelding never travelled)(op 12/1)
99th 12 Della Casa Lunga (IRE) 7 M AVG Clive Boultbee-Brooks 155 lbs 18/1 - Took keen hold - prominent - led after 2nd - not fluent 5th - headed before 5 out - weakened gradually after 4 out - pulled up before 2 out(tchd 22/1)
99th 25 Hands Of Gold (IRE) 7 G AVG A L T Moore 144 lbs 10/1 - Disputed lead early - prominent after 2nd - lost position when mistake 8th - weakening when bit short of room on inner after 3 out - dropped to rear when pulled up before last(op 12/1)
99th 26 Getaway Charlie (IRE) 9 G Poor Timothy Doyle 136 lbs 40/1 - Towards rear - some headway when clipped heels and unseated before 3 out (jockey said gelding got tight for room and clipped a heel)(op 33/1)