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Punchestown (IRE)
14:00
K-Mech Mechanical Handicap Chase
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2025 Distance: 2m4f Type: Chase Going: Good To Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €21 Place: €4.60 €1.20 €1.60 Exacta: €101.60 Tricast: €223.65 Trifecta: €408.10
Non-Runners: So Des Flos (stone bruise)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
2m5½f 2m3½f 2m5½f 2m1f 3m2f
1st
Prominent - led narrowly or disputed lead from 8th - led after 4 out - joined 2 out - not fluent last - ridden and kept on run-in (trainer said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that a drop back in trip on a track where he has won twice before coupled with everything falling right for him today contributed to th eimprovement)(op 16/1 tchd 14/1)
8 G AVG
T M Walsh 137 lbs 20/1 Won
2m4f 2m3½f 2m6½f
3m 2m1f 2m 2m1f 2m4f
2nd
Prominent - led narrowly or disputed lead from 8th - lost ground before 4 out - soon rallied and went second - joined leader 2 out - not fluent last - lost position run-in - kept on (jockey said gelding suffered interference on bend from winner)
7 G AVG
Gavin Cromwell 152 lbs 2/1J .5
2m6½f 2m7½f 2m6f
2m1f 2m4f 2m 2m5f 2m6½f
3rd
In touch with leaders - headway after 3 out - soon short of room - went third approaching last - mistake last - kept on(tchd 4/1 and tchd 5/1)
6 G Poor
Padraig Roche 153 lbs 9/2 4.5
2m3½f 3m2f 2m4½f 3m 3m½f
2m4½f 2m1f 2m 3m1f 2m5f
4th
In touch with leaders - not fluent 7th - headway after 3 out - no extra approaching last(op 10/1 tchd 9/1 and tchd 14/1)
9 M Poor
Thomas Gibney 154 lbs 12/1 5
2m3½f 2m6½f 2m6½f
2m4½f 2m6½f 2m4f 2m4½f 3m
5th
In touch with leaders - towards rear before 4th - not fluent 6th - soon detached - mistake 9th - joined main group 4 out - some headway after 3 out - weakening when mistake last(tchd 18/1)
7 G AVG
E Bolger 166 lbs 16/1 6
3m 2m4f
2m1f 2m 2m5½f 2m4½f 2m3½f
6th
Always behind(op 11/1)
9 G Poor
John Patrick Ryan 145 lbs 9/1 14
2m5f 2m4½f 2m4f 3m 2m1f
2m4f 2m½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m5f
7th
Led - led narrowly or disputed lead from 8th - weakened before 3 out(op 16/1)
8 G AVG
John C McConnell 155 lbs 28/1 6
2m6f 2m4½f 2m4f 2m4f 2m4½f
2m1f 2m4f 2m1f 2m 2m4f
8th
Took keen hold - didn't always jump with fluency - prominent - led narrowly or disputed lead from 8th - weakened after 3 out (vet reported gelding to be blowing hard post race)(op 9/4)
7 G AVG
W P Mullins 152 lbs 2/1J .75
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