Punchestown (IRE)
14:25
Book Your Festival Hospitality Novice Handicap Hurdle
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 Distance: 2m4½f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Surface: Turf
Win: €8.50 Place: €2.40 €1.10 €2.20 Exacta: €58.60 Tricast: €214.31 Trifecta: €205.40
Non-Runners: Jack Du Large (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 2 Silver King (IRE) 9 G Poor Oliver McKiernan 168 lbs 7/1 Won Raced wide - prominent - led after 1st - mistake 6th - joined before 3 out - bumped rival before 2 out - led narrowly but going best before last - went clear when ridden briefly after last - pushed out(op 15/2 tchd 13/2 and tchd 8/1)
2nd 12 Mr Social (IRE) 5 G Poor Eoin Griffin 146 lbs 5/1F 3 Raced wide - midfield - not fluent 5th - headway and in touch with leaders when not fluent 3 out - went second and pressed winner when ridden before last - mistake last - kept on(tchd 9/2)
3rd 7 Dgalwaygallivantor (IRE) 5 G AVG Gavin Cromwell 151 lbs 11/2 1.5 Didn't always jump with fluency - prominent - mistake and lost position 3 out - headway when switched right before last - kept on - no match for first two(op 4/1 tchd 6/1)
4th 11 That's About Right (IRE) 7 G AVG P J Rothwell 146 lbs 12/1 .5 Held up in rear - mistake 5th - headway when mistake 3 out - pressed leaders before last - no extra run-in
5th 1 Friends N Commerce (IRE) 9 G Poor Patrick G Kelly 163 lbs 9/1 2.25 Raced wide - prominent - joined leader before 3 out - bumped before 2 out - weakened before last(op 12/1 tchd 17/2)
6th 6 Clear The Clouds (IRE) 6 G Poor Gavin Cromwell 156 lbs 11/2 2.5 Took keen hold - midfield - headway and prominent on inner when mistake 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 7/1)
7th 5 Trackman Tommy (IRE) 6 G Poor Patrick G Kelly 151 lbs 28/1 15 Never better than midfield - didn't always jump with fluency(op 22/1)
8th 9 Pay Later (GB) 10 G Poor Jonathan Sweeney 152 lbs 10/1 2.75 Briefly led - pressed leader after 1st - lost position after 6th - weakened 3 out(op 15/2 tchd 6/1)
9th 8 Makfils (FR) 8 G Poor Peter Fahey 153 lbs 13/2 4.75 Midfield - in touch with leaders before 3 out - mistake and weakened 2 out(op 6/1 tchd 5/1)
10th 3 Tipp For Mac (IRE) 7 G Poor Thomas Cooper 159 lbs 7/1 2.5 Never better than midfield(op 15/2)
11th 13 Five Minutes More (IRE) 5 M Poor Robert Tyner 142 lbs 80/1 2 Raced wide - towards rear - brief headway before 3 out - weakening when jumped slightly right 2 out(tchd 100/1)
12th 10 C'Est Rien (IRE) 8 M Poor Thomas Mullins 150 lbs 14/1 .5 Took keen hold - soon prominent - jumped slightly right 2nd - pressed leader on inner after 6th - joined leader before 3 out - mistake and weakened 3 out - mistake 2 out(op 16/1)