Punchestown (IRE) Races
Punchestown (IRE)
15:05
Ladbrokes Play "1 - 2 - Free" On Football Novice Handicap Hurdle
Punchestown (IRE)
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025
Distance: 2m3½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Heavy
Surface: Turf
Win: €4.60
Place: €2 €1.80
Exacta: €11.80
Tricast: €42.37
Trifecta: €51.90
Non-Runners: Dumb Love (coughing), Jacob's Ladder (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 | Duffys Hodey (IRE) | 8 G | AVG |
Tiernan Power Roche
(5)lbs
|
P J Rothwell | 142 lbs | 7/2 | Won | Travelled strongly - held up in rear but in touch with leaders - mistake 3rd - headway 2 out - went second going okay approaching last - led and ran on from last - won going away - comfortably(op 4/1 tchd 3/1) | |
| 2nd | 1 | Balko d'Ange (FR) | 4 G | AVG |
Niall Moore
(7)lbs
|
Philip Fenton | 159 lbs | 9/4F | 7 | Took keen hold - soon led narrowly or disputed lead - prominent when not fluent 4th - led again after 5th - bad mistake when headed last - no extra run-in(op 3/1 tchd 7/2) | |
| 3rd | 7 | Duke Silver (IRE) | 4 G | AVG | Joseph Patrick O'Brien | 150 lbs | 11/2 | 1.75 | In touch with leaders - not fluent 7th - headway when not fluent 3 out - went second before 2 out - lost second when not fluent last - no extra run-in(op 9/2) | ||
| 4th | 3 | The Story So Far (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | C Byrnes | 164 lbs | 7/1 | 1.25 | Prominent and briefly disputed lead early - not fluent 2nd - led narrowly 4th - raced in second after 5th - not fluent 7th - lost second and outpaced before 2 out - dropped to rear after 2 out - kept on after last - went fourth final strides(op 8/1 tchd 11/2 and 9/1) | ||
| 5th | 5 | Jacovec Cavern (GB) | 6 G | Poor | Paul Hennessy | 161 lbs | 11/1 | 0.1 | In rear but in touch with leaders - not fluent 2 out - soon headway on inner - switched left and bit short of room before last - mistake last - went fourth but no extra run-in - lost fourth final strides(op 9/1) | ||
| 6th | 4 | Butcher Hollow (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Thomas Cooper | 162 lbs | 15/2 | 3 | Prominent - not fluent 1st - joined leaders after 3rd - not fluent 5th - weakened approaching last(tchd 7/1 and 10/1) | ||
| 7th | 6 | Birmingham Alabama (IRE) | 6 M | AVG | E D Delany | 157 lbs | 5/1 | 6 | Prominent - weakened before 2 out (jockey said mare didn't handle the ground)(tchd 9/2) |