Punchestown (IRE) Races
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)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 9 | Hardwired (IRE) | 8 G | AVG |
Gavin Brouder
(3)lbs
|
T M Walsh | 137 lbs | 20/1 | Won | 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) | |
| 2nd | 6 | Antrim Coast (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Gavin Cromwell | 152 lbs | 2/1J | - | 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) | ||
| 3rd | 2 | Ho My Lord (FR) | 6 G | Poor |
Peter Smithers
(7)lbs
|
Padraig Roche | 153 lbs | 9/2 | - | 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) | |
| 4th | 5 | Must Be Obeyed (IRE) | 9 M | Poor | Thomas Gibney | 154 lbs | 12/1 | - | 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) | ||
| 5th | 1 | In Excelsis Deo (FR) | 7 G | AVG | E Bolger | 166 lbs | 16/1 | - | 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) | ||
| 6th | 7 | Grange Walk (IRE) | 9 G | Poor |
Liam McKenna
(5)lbs
|
John Patrick Ryan | 145 lbs | 9/1 | - | Always behind(op 11/1) | |
| 7th | 4 | Rexem (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | John C McConnell | 155 lbs | 28/1 | - | Led - led narrowly or disputed lead from 8th - weakened before 3 out(op 16/1) | ||
| 8th | 3 | Lisnagar Fortune (IRE) | 7 G | AVG |
Kieran Callaghan
(5)lbs
|
W P Mullins | 152 lbs | 2/1J | - | 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) |