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Punchestown (IRE)
16:15
Palmerstown House Estate Pat Taaffe Handicap Chase ()
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Sat, 03 May 2025 Distance: 3m½f Type: Chase Going: Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €18.10 Place: €4 €1.80 €3.30 Exacta: €77.20 Tricast: €372.66 Trifecta: €750.20
Non-Runners: Battle It Out (coughing), Cuta Des As (in season), Monbeg Park (off feed), Sam Brown (vet's advice), Will Do (stone bruise)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m4½f 2m7½f 2m7½f 3m1½f 3m1f
1st
Raced wide - in touch with leaders - prominent 7th - led 3 out - pushed along 2 out - went clear approaching last - ridden and kept on well run-in - comfortably(op 16/1)
8 G AVG
Warren Greatrex 142 lbs 12/1 Won
3m½f 3m2f
2m4f 2m4f 2m4½f 2m7½f 2m7½f
2nd
Held up in rear - raced wide when headway 13th - outpaced 3 out - rallied approaching last - stayed on run-in - went second final stride - no match for winner(op 10/3 tchd 16/5 and tchd 4/1)
6 G Good
Anthony Honeyball 140 lbs 7/2 12
2m7½f 3m1½f
2m7½f 3m 3m1½f 3m 3m
3rd
Led - mistake 3rd - went clear 9th - reduced lead 13th - headed 3 out - outpaced after 2 out - weakened last - lost second final stride(tchd 17/2)
6 G AVG
Jonjo & A J O'Neill 149 lbs 8/1 .5
3m 3m 3m
2m1f 2m½f 2m1f 2m4f 2m7½f
4th
Didn't always jump with fluency - held up in rear - headway 11th - outpaced before 2 out - kept on from last - never dangerous(op 3/1)
7 G AVG
Peter Fahey 145 lbs 5/2F 1
-
2m4f 2m1f 2m5f 2m4f 3m1½f
5th
Raced wide - towards rear - headway 4 out - going okay when jumped right 3 out - soon outpaced - weakening when mistake last(op 4/1 tchd 7/2)
6 M Good
Henry De Bromhead 142 lbs 5/1 2.75
-
3m5f 2m3½f 3m 3m2f 3m
6th
Raced wide - prominent - lost position home turn - weakened 2 out(op 28/1 tchd 40/1)
9 G AVG
S R B Crawford 141 lbs 33/1 0.3
2m7½f
2m4f 2m5f 2m4f 2m3½f 2m5f
7th
In touch with leaders - not fluent 4th - weakened 2 out(op 14/1)
6 M Poor
P A Fahy 137 lbs 11/1 18
2m1½f 2m4f 2m4½f 2m
3m½f 2m7f 2m7f 3m½f 3m5½f
8th
Held up in rear - jumped right 12th - soon struggling - tailed off(op 18/1)
8 G AVG
Gordon Elliott 158 lbs 22/1 56
-
3m4f 2m6½f 3m½f 2m7f 2m3f
99th
Held up in rear - outpaced 13th - pulled up before 3 out(op 25/1 tchd 33/1)
12 G AVG
Robert Tyner 140 lbs 28/1 -
2m5f 3m4f
2m7½f 3m1½f 2m6½f 3m1f 2m5f
99th
Held up in rear - raced wide from 9th - pushed along 13th - weakened 4 out - pulled up after 3 out(op 28/1)
10 G AVG
Gordon Elliott 154 lbs 40/1 -
2m3½f 3m 3m1½f 2m4f 3m
2m5f 2m5½f 2m6½f 3m2f 3m1f
99th
In touch with leaders - dropped to rear 7th - struggling 4 out - pulled up before 3 out (jockey said gelding did not handle the ground)(op 28/1)
9 G AVG
Eddie & Patrick Harty 159 lbs 16/1 -
2m4f 2m4½f
2m6½f 3m 3m 2m6f 2m5f
99th
Prominent - lost position after 13th - weakened 3 out - pulled up before 2 out (vet said gelding was post race normal)(op 8/1)
8 G AVG
Henry De Bromhead 156 lbs 10/1 -
3m1½f 2m6½f 3m5½f