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Punchestown (IRE)
16:15
Palmerstown House Estate Pat Taaffe Handicap Chase ()
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 Distance: 3m½f Type: Chase Going: Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €26 Place: €3.70 €1.90 €2.50 Exacta: €230.90 Tricast: €800.62 Trifecta: €1780
Non-Runners: Bonnie Kellie (unsuitable ground), Farouk d'Alene (unsuitable ground), Fury Road (unsuitable ground), Percy Warner (stone bruise)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
3m5½f 2m7f 3m1½f 3m1f 4m2½f
1st
Prominent - overjumped 7th - ridden to lead before 2 out - joined 2 out - not fluent last - kept on well run-in - just prevailed (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that gelding appreciated the drop in class which allowed him to travel better throughout race)(op 20/1)
8 G AVG
Gordon Elliott 158 lbs 25/1 Won
2m7f 2m7f 3m½f 3m5½f 3m½f
2m1f 2m4f 2m7½f 2m4f 3m½f
2nd
Towards rear - headway before 5 out - bit short of room against rail on turn before 4 out - going easily when joined leader 2 out - ridden approaching last - mistake last - kept on well run-in - just held(op 9/2)
8 G AVG
Robert Tyner 140 lbs 4/1F 0.2
2m4f 3m1f 3m½f 3m 3m6f
2m4f 3m1f 2m6f 2m6f 2m6f
3rd
Towards rear - headway before 5 out - went third last - kept on run-in - no match for first two(op 6/1 tchd 11/2)
8 G Poor
Henry De Bromhead 140 lbs 7/1 13
3m1f 2m7½f 2m4f 3m2f
2m3f 2m4½f 4m1½f 2m7½f 3m1f
4th
Prominent early - left in lead 1st - hampered by loose horse 2nd - not fluent 4th - hampered by loose horse before 9th - ridden and headed before 2 out - lost third last - no extra run-in(tchd 9/2)
8 G Good
Tom Lacey 156 lbs 5/1 .5
2m4f 3m 3m1f 2m7½f 3m2½f
2m5½f 2m5½f 2m5½f 2m1f 2m½f
5th
Always behind(op 7/1 tchd 15/2)
6 G AVG
C A Murphy 135 lbs 5/1 11
2m5½f 2m3½f 3m7½f 3m2f 2m7½f
2m4½f 2m5f 2m3½f 3m½f
99th
Always behind - no chance when fell last(op 14/1 tchd 18/1)
10 G Poor
John Patrick Ryan 140 lbs 16/1 -
2m4f 3m½f 2m7f 3m1½f 2m7½f
2m4f 3m1f 3m 3m 3m
99th
Raced wide - pressed leader - ridden and weakened after 4 out - pulled up quickly after 3 out(op 8/1)
9 G AVG
Anthony Honeyball 151 lbs 13/2 -
2m7½f 3m 3m
2m2f 2m3½f 3m1f 2m4½f 4m2½f
99th
Always behind - pulled up before 4 out (jockey said gelding never travelled)(op 12/1)
8 G AVG
W P Mullins 160 lbs 22/1 -
2m3½f 3m1f 2m5f 2m4f 2m5½f
3m2f 3m 3m 3m 2m5f
99th
Midfield - headway after 5 out - weakening when bad mistake 2 out - soon pulled up(op 16/1)
7 G AVG
Gordon Elliott 140 lbs 14/1 -
2m7½f 3m1f
2m6½f 3m 2m5½f 2m6f 3m
99th
Midfield - weakening when not fluent 4 out - pulled up before 3 out(tchd 12/1)
10 G AVG
Dermot A McLoughlin 144 lbs 9/1 -
2m5f 2m4f 3m1f 2m6f 2m4f
2m4½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m4f 4m
99th
Midfield - mistake 8th - struggling when slow jump 10th - pulled up after 5 out(op 9/1 tchd 8/1)
7 G AVG
W P Mullins 154 lbs 11/1 -
3m½f 3m1f 3m3f 4m 3m4½f
2m4f 2m5f 2m5½f 2m5½f 3m½f
99th
Led when mistake and unseated 1st(op 28/1)
8 G AVG
Michael J McDonagh 140 lbs 25/1 -
2m7½f 2m6½f 2m½f 3m 2m7f