Punchestown (IRE) Races
Punchestown (IRE)
18:00
William Hill Champion Chase
Punchestown (IRE)
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025
Distance: 2m½f
Type: Chase
Going: Yielding
Surface: Turf
Win: €3
Place: €1.20 €3
Exacta: €34.40
Trifecta: €160.10
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | Marine Nationale (IRE) | 7 G | Elite | Barry Connell | 166 lbs | 2/1 | Won | Towards rear but in touch with leaders - smooth headway when bit short of room 3 out - challenging after 2 out - led going best approaching last - pushed out and went clear run-in - comfortably(op 9/4 tchd 5/2) | ||
| 2nd | 1 | Captain Guinness (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Henry De Bromhead | 166 lbs | 28/1 | 7 | Raced in second - challenging 2 out - no chance with winner from last - kept on(tchd 33/1) | ||
| 3rd | 6 | Solness (FR) | 6 G | Good | Joseph Patrick O'Brien | 166 lbs | 11/1 | 4.25 | Soon led - not fluent 5 out - joined 2 out - headed and lost two places approaching last - not fluent last - kept on(op 10/1) | ||
| 4th | 3 | Fact To File (FR) | 8 G | Good | W P Mullins | 166 lbs | 11/10F | 27 | Towards rear - nudged along after 5 out - pushed along and detached after 3 out - soon no extra (vet reported gelding to have an abrasion on his inside left fore fetlock but otherwise to be post race normal)(op Evens tchd 5/6) | ||
| 99th | 2 | El Fabiolo (FR) | 8 G | Elite | W P Mullins | 166 lbs | 5/1 | - | Held up in rear - headway 4th - in touch with leaders halfway - disputing lead when fell 2 out(op 11/2) | ||
| 99th | 5 | Senecia (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Vincent Laurence Halley | 166 lbs | 100/1 | - | Raced in third - mistake 3rd - dropped to rear 4th - detached before 3 out - pulled up before 2 out (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake down the back)(op 150/1) |