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
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
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)
7 G Elite Barry Connell 166 lbs 2/1 Won
2nd
Raced in second - challenging 2 out - no chance with winner from last - kept on(tchd 33/1)
9 G AVG Henry De Bromhead 166 lbs 28/1 7
3rd
Soon led - not fluent 5 out - joined 2 out - headed and lost two places approaching last - not fluent last - kept on(op 10/1)
6 G Good Joseph Patrick O'Brien 166 lbs 11/1 4.25
4th
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)
8 G Good W P Mullins 166 lbs 11/10F 27
99th
Held up in rear - headway 4th - in touch with leaders halfway - disputing lead when fell 2 out(op 11/2)
8 G Elite W P Mullins 166 lbs 5/1 -
99th
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)
8 G AVG Vincent Laurence Halley 166 lbs 100/1 -