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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)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m 2m½f 2m3½f 2m3f 2m4f
1st
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)
8 G AVG
P J Rothwell 142 lbs 7/2 Won
2m7f 3m 2m6½f 2m7f
2m 2m½f 2m½f 2m 2m
2nd
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)
4 G AVG
Philip Fenton 159 lbs 9/4F 7
1m7½f 2m 2m 2m1f 2m
2m1f 2m1f 2m4f 2m6½f 2m
3rd
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)
4 G AVG
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 150 lbs 11/2 1.75
2m6f 3m 1m5½f 2m4f 2m4½f
2m3½f 3m1½f 3m1f 3m 3m
4th
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)
6 G AVG
C Byrnes 164 lbs 7/1 1.25
2m7f 3m½f 2m7f
2m 2m½f 2m2f 2m½f 2m
5th
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)
6 G Poor
Paul Hennessy 161 lbs 11/1 0.1
2m7f 2m4f 2m5½f 3m½f 2m6½f
2m½f 2m 2m4f 2m2½f 2m4f
6th
Prominent - not fluent 1st - joined leaders after 3rd - not fluent 5th - weakened approaching last(tchd 7/1 and 10/1)
6 G AVG
Thomas Cooper 162 lbs 15/2 3
2m4f 2m4f 2m7½f 2m6½f
2m5½f 2m4½f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m3½f
7th
Prominent - weakened before 2 out (jockey said mare didn't handle the ground)(tchd 9/2)
6 M AVG
E D Delany 157 lbs 5/1 6
3m 3m½f 2m3½f 3m 2m7½f