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Punchestown (IRE)
14:30
Adare Manor Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 Distance: 2m3½f Type: Hurdle Going: Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €17.30 Place: €3.20 €2 €5.20 Exacta: €152.10 Tricast: €1489.56 Trifecta: €3413.40
Non-Runners: Howdoyalikeherhome (stone bruise), Mic Drop (reserve), The Nagger Reidy (reserve)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 16 Thanksforthehelp (FR) 7 G AVG
David Pipe 162 lbs 14/1 Won In touch with leaders - prominent home turn - bit short of room and squeezed out approaching last - soon switched left - ridden and kept on well run-in - led final 110yds - won going away(tchd 11/1)
2nd 13 Ballysax Hank (IRE) 5 G AVG
Gavin Cromwell 162 lbs 5/1F 2.5 Held up in rear - steady headway after 3 out - led approaching last - not fluent and headed last - briefly led final 110yds - weakened towards finish(op 7/1 tchd 15/2)
3rd 25 Stay Gold (IRE) 6 G AVG
C A Murphy 156 lbs 20/1 3.25 Held up in rear - niggled along briefly after 2nd - headway into midfield 2 out - kept on against far rail approaching last - still plenty to do last - ran on well run-in - went third final strides - eyecatcher(tchd 18/1 and tchd 22/1)
4th 15 Nouvotic (FR) 6 G Good
Henry De Bromhead 158 lbs 25/1 .5 Pressed leader - led 3 out - headed and lost position approaching last - weakened gradually run-in(op 20/1 tchd 28/1)
5th 5 Cloonainra (IRE) 6 M AVG
John C McConnell 165 lbs 16/1 0.2 Midfield - headway 7th - led last - headed final 110yds - weakened quickly towards finish - lost two places final strides(op 18/1)
6th 1 American Sniper (IRE) 7 G AVG
David Pipe 166 lbs 22/1 1.75 In touch with leaders - prominent 4th - weakened gradually approaching last(op 18/1 tchd 25/1)
7th 11 Kap Vert (FR) 5 G AVG
Philip Hobbs & Johnson White 162 lbs 11/1 4.75 Midfield - brief headway after 2 out - no impression run-in(op 10/1 tchd 9/1)
8th 22 Showurappreciation (IRE) 7 G AVG
Jonathan Sweeney 154 lbs 8/1 2 In touch with leaders - slow jump and lost ground 2 out - kept on but no impression from last(op 12/1 tchd 7/1 and tchd 14/1)
9th 3 She's A Fine Wine (IRE) 7 M Good
Henry De Bromhead 164 lbs 33/1 8 Midfield - headway 3 out - not fluent 2 out - hung right and weakened approaching last(tchd 28/1 and tchd 40/1)
10th 10 Hands On (IRE) 5 G AVG
E Bolger 160 lbs 50/1 4.5 Held up in rear - badly hampered by faller 3rd - still plenty to do 2 out - kept on approaching last - never on terms(tchd 40/1 and tchd 66/1)
11th 4 Whiskeywealth (IRE) 9 G AVG
Terence O'Brien 164 lbs 50/1 .5 Prominent - pressed leader 2 out - weakened quickly approaching last(op 80/1 tchd 40/1)
12th 12 Hamsiyann (IRE) 4 G Poor
A J Martin 161 lbs 7/1 2.75 Towards rear - hampered by faller 1st - mistake 4th - in touch with leaders when not fluent 2 out - weakened approaching last (vet reported gelding to be post race normal)(op 11/2 tchd 15/2)
13th 17 Doctor Churchill (IRE) 7 G AVG
Patrick Joseph Hayes 158 lbs 33/1 2.5 Held up in rear - hampered by faller 3rd - soon pushed along - struggling 2 out - kept on approaching last - never on terms(tchd 28/1)
14th 6 Cobra Queen (IRE) 5 M AVG
Henry De Bromhead 161 lbs 66/1 1.25 Midfield - lost position after 3 out - lost touch after 2 out (jockey said mare never travelled)(tchd 50/1)
15th 9 Smooth Scotch (IRE) 8 G Poor
S R B Crawford 165 lbs 22/1 4.75 Held up in rear - raced wide when bad mistake and nearly lost jockey 3 out - always behind(op 20/1 tchd 18/1 and tchd 25/1)
16th 23 Beyond Your Dreams (IRE) 3 F AVG
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 157 lbs 9/1 1.5 Midfield - in touch with leaders 2 out - weakened quickly approaching last(op 7/1 tchd 10/1)
17th 7 Ira Hayes (IRE) 6 G AVG
John C McConnell 161 lbs 40/1 3.25 Held up in rear - pushed along 7th - always behind(op 33/1)
18th 18 Fairyland Opera (IRE) 6 M AVG
Mrs Lorna Fowler 160 lbs 17/2 20 In touch with leaders - lost position 2 out - weakened quickly approaching last - tailed off (vet reported mare to be post race normal)(op 15/2 tchd 7/1 and tchd 9/1)
19th 20 In For The Night (IRE) 6 G Poor
Desmond McDonogh 160 lbs 28/1 8 In touch with leaders - lost position before 2 out - lost touch approaching last - tailed off(op 25/1 tchd 22/1)
20th 8 Mister Beeton (IRE) 8 G Poor
Shane Nolan 165 lbs 50/1 6.5 Midfield - pushed along 6th - dropped to rear 7th - lost touch 2 out - tailed off(op 66/1 tchd 80/1)
99th 14 Birmingham Alabama (IRE) 6 M AVG
E D Delany 158 lbs 14/1 - Towards rear - fell 3rd(op 16/1)
99th 26 Polemon (GB) 6 G AVG
Denis Gerard Hogan 156 lbs 40/1 - Towards rear - struggling 3 out - pulled up before 2 out(tchd 33/1 and tchd 50/1)
99th 2 Portnacoo (IRE) 6 G AVG
H Smyth 162 lbs 25/1 - In touch with leaders - lost position after 4th - dropped to rear and struggling 6th - pulled up before 7th (jockey said gelding never travelled)(op 20/1 tchd 18/1 and tchd 28/1)
99th 21 Giant Haystacks (IRE) 5 G Poor
Ross O'Sullivan 154 lbs 16/1 - Led - headed 8th - lost ground quickly before 3 out - weakened 2 out - pulled up approaching last(op 14/1 tchd 18/1)
99th 24 Kimy (FR) 4 F Poor
Thomas Mullins 152 lbs 25/1 - Midfield - bumped and unseated 1st(tchd 28/1)