Punchestown (IRE) Races
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Non-Runners: Annamaymurt (stewards' permission), Huscari (withdrawn)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 15 | Johnny Cakes (FR) | 6 G | Poor |
Tiernan Power Roche
(5)lbs
|
P J Rothwell | 141 lbs | 100/30 | Won | Midfield - headway after 5th - pressed leaders after 2 out (usual 3 out) - ridden to lead after last - kept on well - comfortably(op 4/1) | |
| 2nd | 4 | One And Only (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | Oliver McKiernan | 165 lbs | 9/2 | 4.25 | Midfield - headway 4th - soon prominent - led after 2 out (usual 3 out) - headed after last - kept on(tchd 5/1) | ||
| 3rd | 8 | King In Love (FR) | 5 G | AVG | Sean Aherne | 158 lbs | 12/1 | 2.25 | Held up in rear - headway after 2 out (usual 3 out) - went third approaching last - stayed on(op 11/1 tchd 16/1) | ||
| 4th | 1 | Butchers Bill (GB) | 5 G | Poor | Gordon Elliott | 168 lbs | 5/1 | 11 | Midfield - headway omitted 2 out - outpaced approaching last - went fourth final 110yds(op 6/1 tchd 9/2) | ||
| 5th | 9 | Smackwater Jack (IRE) | 11 G | Poor | Mrs Denise Foster | 158 lbs | 28/1 | .75 | Prominent early - midfield 4th - headway after 5th - pressed leaders omitted 2 out - no extra approaching last(tchd 40/1) | ||
| 6th | 6 | True Destiny (GB) | 10 G | Poor | Noel C Kelly | 160 lbs | 22/1 | 3.75 | Held up in rear - some headway omitted 2 out - outpaced approaching last(op 14/1) | ||
| 7th | 5 | Ilbdare (IRE) | 4 G | Poor |
Philip Donovan
(5)lbs
|
Mark Michael McNiff | 155 lbs | 18/1 | 8.5 | Midfield - headway after 2 out (usual 3 out) - pressed leaders omitted 2 out - weakening when mistake last(op 20/1 tchd 16/1) | |
| 8th | 10 | Mighty Soldier (IRE) | 6 G | Poor | James Andrew Fahey | 157 lbs | 2/1F | .75 | Midfield - headway 2 out (usual 3 out) - prominent home turn - weakened before last(op 7/4 tchd 85/40) | ||
| 9th | 7 | Tom Kelly (IRE) | 8 G | Poor |
James Smith
(5)lbs
|
Kevin Michael Smith | 154 lbs | 40/1 | 99 | Raced in second - weakened after 2 out (usual 3 out) - tailed off(op 33/1) | |
| 10th | 16 | Calypso Bluebird (IRE) | 5 M | Poor |
G B Noonan
(5)lbs
|
Eoin Christopher McCarthy | 136 lbs | 50/1 | 39 | Midfield - weakened 3 out (usual 4 out) - tailed off(op 66/1 tchd 40/1) | |
| 11th | 2 | Our Uncle Jack (IRE) | 9 G | AVG |
Mr D M Fitzgerald
(7)lbs
|
Martin Paul Fitzgerald | 161 lbs | 22/1 | 9 | 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) | |
| 12th | 14 | Another Question (IRE) | 7 G | Poor | Miss J M Lee | 149 lbs | 50/1 | 99 | Prominent - weakened after 3 out (usual 4 out) - tailed off(op 66/1 tchd 40/1) | ||
| 99th | 11 | Esticky End (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Tom McGuinness | 154 lbs | 20/1 | - | Always behind - lost touch 4th - pulled up after 2 out (usual 3 out) (jockey said gelding didn't handle todays going)(op 22/1) | ||
| 99th | 13 | Kir Royal Blou (FR) | 5 G | Poor | W J Burke | 153 lbs | 80/1 | - | 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) |