Punchestown (IRE) Races
Punchestown (IRE)
16:15
KPMG Champion Novice Hurdle
Punchestown (IRE)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2023
Distance: 2m½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Yielding To Soft
Surface: Turf
Win: €1.60
Place: €1.10 €1.50
Exacta: €2.70
Trifecta: €27.10
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2 | Facile Vega (IRE) | 6 G | Elite | W P Mullins | 166 lbs | 4/6F | Won | Prominent - went third after 3rd - went second 4th - bad mistake but recovered 3 out - led narrowly going easily 2 out - shaken up and 2 lengths ahead approaching last - pushed out and went further clear run-in - easily(op 8/13) | ||
| 2nd | 4 | Il Etait Temps (FR) | 7 G | Elite | W P Mullins | 166 lbs | 100/30 | 7.5 | In touch with leaders - not fluent 2nd - headway after 3rd - bad mistake and lost second 4th - smooth headway and challenging after 2 out - pushed along and outpaced approaching last - kept on - no match for winner | ||
| 3rd | 5 | No Looking Back (IRE) | 7 G | AVG | Oliver McKiernan | 166 lbs | 66/1 | 10 | Held up in rear - headway and went fourth after 4th - pushed along and went third after 2 out - no impression when bad mistake last - kept on(tchd 50/1) | ||
| 4th | 3 | Found A Fifty (IRE) | 8 G | Good | Gordon Elliott | 166 lbs | 28/1 | 6 | Raced in second - briefly led after 1st - lost two places after 3rd - dropped to rear and nudged along after 4th - went modest fourth after 2 out - kept on run-in(op 20/1) | ||
| 5th | 1 | Diverge (GB) | 5 G | AVG | W P Mullins | 166 lbs | 4/1 | 84 | Led - briefly headed after 1st - 3 lengths ahead halfway - reduced lead before 3 out - headed 2 out - soon weakened - tailed off (vet said gelding was found to have an overreach post race)(op 5/1) |