Punchestown (IRE) Races
Punchestown (IRE)
16:15
Bective Stud Champion Novice Hurdle
Punchestown (IRE)
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022
Distance: 2m½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good To Yielding
Surface: Turf
Win: €8.70
Place: €2.60 €9.70
Exacta: €134.50
Trifecta: €293.20
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3 | Mighty Potter (FR) | 5 G | Elite | Gordon Elliott | 166 lbs | 20/1 | Won | Chased leaders - headway and went second after 4 out - led 3 out - shaken up and went clear approaching last - awkward jump last - pushed out run-in - comfortably(op 16/1) | ||
| 2nd | 2 | Gatsby Grey (FR) | 8 G | AVG | Oliver McKiernan | 166 lbs | 100/1 | 4 | Held up in behind leaders - nudged along and dropped to rear before 3 out - pushed along and went third after 2 out - ridden approaching last - kept on well and went second final 110yds - no match for winner(op 80/1 tchd 125/1) | ||
| 3rd | 4 | Sir Gerhard (IRE) | 9 G | Good | W P Mullins | 166 lbs | 4/7F | 6.5 | Chased clear leader - short of room and lost second after 4 out - went second 3 out - pressed leader when not fluent 2 out - ridden and outpaced approaching last - no extra and lost second final 110yds (vet said gelding was post race normal)(op 8/15) | ||
| 4th | 5 | Vina Ardanza (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Gordon Elliott | 166 lbs | 66/1 | 13 | Held up in rear - not fluent 4th - not fluent 4 out - went fourth before 3 out - briefly went third before 2 out - ridden and weakened before last | ||
| 5th | 1 | Dysart Dynamo (IRE) | 5 G | AVG | W P Mullins | 166 lbs | 13/8 | 30 | Raced freely - led - soon 3 lengths ahead - headed and lost two places 3 out - dropped to rear before 2 out - soon eased - tailed off (vet said gelding was clinically abnormal post race)(op 7/4) |