Punchestown (IRE) Races
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)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 12 | Bill Baxter (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Warren Greatrex | 142 lbs | 12/1 | Won | 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) | ||
| 2nd | 15 | Jasmin De Grugy (FR) | 6 G | Good | Anthony Honeyball | 140 lbs | 7/2 | 12 | 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) | ||
| 3rd | 7 | Beachcomber (FR) | 6 G | AVG | Jonjo & A J O'Neill | 149 lbs | 8/1 | .5 | 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) | ||
| 4th | 11 | Canal End (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Peter Fahey | 145 lbs | 5/2F | 1 | 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) | ||
| 5th | 13 | Majestic Force (IRE) | 6 M | Good | Henry De Bromhead | 142 lbs | 5/1 | 2.75 | 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) | ||
| 6th | 14 | Now Where Or When (IRE) | 9 G | Poor | S R B Crawford | 141 lbs | 33/1 | 0.3 | Raced wide - prominent - lost position home turn - weakened 2 out(op 28/1 tchd 40/1) | ||
| 7th | 16 | True Testimony (IRE) | 6 M | Poor |
Conor Stone-Walsh
(3)lbs
|
P A Fahy | 137 lbs | 11/1 | 18 | In touch with leaders - not fluent 4th - weakened 2 out(op 14/1) | |
| 8th | 4 | Minella Crooner (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Gordon Elliott | 158 lbs | 22/1 | 56 | Held up in rear - jumped right 12th - soon struggling - tailed off(op 18/1) | ||
| 99th | 10 | Big Debates (FR) | 12 G | AVG |
John Shinnick
(5)lbs
|
Robert Tyner | 140 lbs | 28/1 | - | Held up in rear - outpaced 13th - pulled up before 3 out(op 25/1 tchd 33/1) | |
| 99th | 6 | Tullybeg (IRE) | 10 G | AVG | Gordon Elliott | 154 lbs | 40/1 | - | Held up in rear - raced wide from 9th - pushed along 13th - weakened 4 out - pulled up after 3 out(op 28/1) | ||
| 99th | 3 | Grandero Bello (FR) | 9 G | AVG | Eddie & Patrick Harty | 159 lbs | 16/1 | - | 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) | ||
| 99th | 5 | Amirite (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Henry De Bromhead | 156 lbs | 10/1 | - | Prominent - lost position after 13th - weakened 3 out - pulled up before 2 out (vet said gelding was post race normal)(op 8/1) |