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Punchestown (IRE)
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Festival 2025 Group Tickets From 27 Euros Handicap Hurdle (Div II)
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 Distance: 2m4f Type: Hurdle Going: Heavy Surface: Turf
Win: €4.34 Place: €1.40 €2.10 €4.40 Exacta: €22.20 Tricast: €172.66 Trifecta: €251.50
Non-Runners: Annamaymurt (stewards' permission), Huscari (withdrawn)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m3f 2m6½f 2m6½f 2m3½f 2m4f
1st
Midfield - headway after 5th - pressed leaders after 2 out (usual 3 out) - ridden to lead after last - kept on well - comfortably(op 4/1)
6 G Poor
P J Rothwell 141 lbs 100/30 Won
3m½f 3m 2m5f 3m 2m4f
2m3½f 2m3½f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m4f
2nd
Midfield - headway 4th - soon prominent - led after 2 out (usual 3 out) - headed after last - kept on(tchd 5/1)
6 G Poor
Oliver McKiernan 165 lbs 9/2 4.25
2m 2m3½f 2m7½f 2m2½f 2m6½f
2m1f 2m1½f 2m 2m1f 2m2f
3rd
Held up in rear - headway after 2 out (usual 3 out) - went third approaching last - stayed on(op 11/1 tchd 16/1)
5 G AVG
Sean Aherne 158 lbs 12/1 2.25
2m 2m3f 2m 2m1½f 2m2f
2m 2m4f 2m6f 2m4½f
4th
Midfield - headway omitted 2 out - outpaced approaching last - went fourth final 110yds(op 6/1 tchd 9/2)
5 G Poor
Gordon Elliott 168 lbs 5/1 11
3m 3m 2m7½f 2m7f 2m6½f
3m2f 3m 2m4f 2m7f 3m
5th
Prominent early - midfield 4th - headway after 5th - pressed leaders omitted 2 out - no extra approaching last(tchd 40/1)
11 G Poor
Mrs Denise Foster 158 lbs 28/1 .75
2m4f 3m 3m½f 2m2½f 3m
2m7f 3m 3m 2m5f 2m4½f
6th
Held up in rear - some headway omitted 2 out - outpaced approaching last(op 14/1)
10 G Poor
Noel C Kelly 160 lbs 22/1 3.75
3m 2m4f 2m6f 3m 3m½f
2m3f 2m 2m4f 2m6½f 2m2f
7th
Midfield - headway after 2 out (usual 3 out) - pressed leaders omitted 2 out - weakening when mistake last(op 20/1 tchd 16/1)
4 G Poor
Mark Michael McNiff 155 lbs 18/1 8.5
2m6f 2m5½f 3m2f 3m2f 2m6½f
2m3½f 2m4½f 2m5½f 2m½f 2m3½f
8th
Midfield - headway 2 out (usual 3 out) - prominent home turn - weakened before last(op 7/4 tchd 85/40)
6 G Poor
James Andrew Fahey 157 lbs 2/1F .75
2m6f 2m4f 2m6f
2m7f 3m 3m1½f 2m4f 2m4½f
9th
Raced in second - weakened after 2 out (usual 3 out) - tailed off(op 33/1)
8 G Poor
Kevin Michael Smith 154 lbs 40/1 99
2m6f
2m½f 2m 2m
10th
Midfield - weakened 3 out (usual 4 out) - tailed off(op 66/1 tchd 40/1)
5 M Poor
Eoin Christopher McCarthy 136 lbs 50/1 39
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2m 1m7f 2m1½f 2m 2m
11th
Led - went clear 1st - went further clear 3rd - mistake 3 out (usual 4 out) - much reduced lead when hit 2 out (usual 3 out) - soon weakened quickly and headed - tailed off(tchd 25/1)
9 G AVG
Martin Paul Fitzgerald 161 lbs 22/1 9
2m½f 2m2f 2m4f 2m1f
2m5½f 2m2f 2m5f 3m½f 2m5½f
12th
Prominent - weakened after 3 out (usual 4 out) - tailed off(op 66/1 tchd 40/1)
7 G Poor
Miss J M Lee 149 lbs 50/1 99
2m4f
2m 1m 1m4f 1m4f 1m4f
99th
Always behind - lost touch 4th - pulled up after 2 out (usual 3 out) (jockey said gelding didn't handle todays going)(op 22/1)
6 G AVG
Tom McGuinness 154 lbs 20/1 -
2m2½f 2m 2m5½f 1m5½f 2m2½f
2m½f 2m1½f 2m3½f
99th
Didn't jump with fluency - towards rear - midfield 2nd - weakened after 5th - tailed off when pulled up after 2 out (usual 3 out)(tchd 66/1 and 100/1)
5 G Poor
W J Burke 153 lbs 80/1 -
2m3f 2m 2m½f 2m4½f 2m2f