Punchestown (IRE)
15:10
Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 Distance: 2m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €21.40 Place: €3.40 €1.20 €4.60 Exacta: €100.60 Tricast: €1152.09 Trifecta: €1832.80
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
Towards rear early - midfield after 3rd - headway and prominent before 3 out - led before last - soon clear - stayed on - comfortably(tchd 18/1)
9 G Poor Paul Hennessy 155 lbs 16/1 Won
2nd
In touch with leaders - headway and prominent after 2 out - kept on and went second run-in - no match for winner(tchd 3/1 and tchd 7/2)
6 M Poor Ross O'Sullivan 164 lbs 100/30 5.5
3rd
Towards rear - midfield before 4 out - headway and prominent before 2 out - briefly went second but no chance with winner after last - kept on(op 18/1 tchd 25/1)
8 M Poor Timothy Doyle 161 lbs 20/1 .5
4th
Led narrowly or disputed lead early - pressed leader before 2nd - led again before 3 out - headed before last - weakened and lost two places run-in(op 12/1)
6 M Poor P J Rothwell 157 lbs 11/1 4.5
5th
Towards rear - not fluent 1st - headway before 3 out - kept on after last - nearest finish(tchd 33/1)
4 F Poor P J Rothwell 160 lbs 25/1 .5
6th
Midfield - not fluent and lost position 3 out - headway after 2 out - kept on (jockey said gelding hung right throughout)(op 4/1)
8 G Poor Norman Lee 159 lbs 7/2 0.3
7th
Midfield - in touch with leaders when switched left after 3 out - weakening when not fluent last(op 25/1 tchd 33/1)
6 G Poor James Andrew Fahey 163 lbs 22/1 2.75
8th
In touch with leaders - weakened after 2 out
5 M Poor Denis Gerard Hogan 164 lbs 50/1 0.1
9th
Held up in rear - not fluent 4th - headway when bit short of room after 3 out - midfield but no extra after 2 out(op 80/1 tchd 66/1)
5 M Poor D McNamara 159 lbs 100/1 8
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10th
Soon midfield - in touch with leaders 3 out - weakened after 2 out - not fluent last(op 125/1)
6 M Poor A M O'Grady 155 lbs 100/1 6.5
11th
In touch with leaders - prominent after 3rd - briefly disputed lead 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 16/1)
8 G Poor I Madden 161 lbs 22/1 4.75
12th
Detached and raced in last early - joined main group when mistake 3rd - towards rear before 4 out - brief headway after 3 out - midfield but no extra after 2 out - weakened before last(op 22/1 tchd 33/1)
7 M Poor Sean Aherne 157 lbs 25/1 2
13th
In touch with leaders - midfield before 4th - dropped to rear before 4 out - no impression after 2 out(op 40/1)
7 M Poor Robert Tyner 164 lbs 50/1 0.1
14th
Raced lazily at times - midfield - weakened before 3 out(op 11/1)
5 M Poor Shane Ryder 161 lbs 14/1 24
15th
Prominent - weakened after 3 out(op 12/1 tchd 18/1)
5 M Poor Adrian Sexton 164 lbs 16/1 17
16th
Soon disputed lead - led before 2nd - not fluent 4th - headed before 3 out - weakening when not fluent 3 out
6 M Poor Mrs Denise Foster 164 lbs 12/1 3.25
17th
Prominent on inner - in touch with leaders when reminder after 5th - weakened after 4 out(op 22/1 tchd 40/1)
6 G Poor C Byrnes 159 lbs 33/1 8
99th
Midfield - in touch with leaders 5th - prominent after 4 out - lost position when stumbled and unseated after 3 out(op 11/4)
6 G Poor Shane Nolan 159 lbs 3/1F -