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Punchestown (IRE)
15:40
Mongey Communications La Touche Cup Cross Country Chase
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Thu, 01 May 2025 Distance: 4m1f Type: Chase Going: Good To Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €8.20 Place: €2.40 €2.60 €3.20 Exacta: €61.50 Tricast: €703.64 Trifecta: €649.40
Non-Runners: Fralimonti Bilbery (injury), Iriko d'Airy (nasal discharge), Jet Fighter (stiff), Transprint (lame)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
3m 3m5½f 3m5½f 2m6f 3m5½f
1st
Raced in second - left in lead 12th - joined 5 out - headed last - rallied and led again towards far side run-in - kept on well(op 13/2 tchd 6/1)
7 G AVG
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 161 lbs 7/1 Won
2m1f 2m5½f 2m3f 3m½f 3m5½f
2m7f 3m 3m½f 3m 3m5f
2nd
Prominent - left in third 12th - went second after 2 out - led narrowly when not fluent last - headed run-in - kept on(op 11/1)
9 G AVG
Martin Brassil 161 lbs 9/1 .75
3m½f 2m7½f
3m1½f 3m1f 3m 3m5½f 3m1f
3rd
Midfield - headway but waiting for room after 3 out - went fourth before 2 out - went third approaching last - ran on well towards finish(op 9/1)
8 M Poor
Denis Paul Murphy 159 lbs 11/1 0.3
4m4½f 3m1f 3m½f 3m1½f
3m6f 3m 3m5½f 3m½f 4m1f
4th
Prominent - badly hampered 12th - pressed leader halfway - disputed lead from 5 out - headed before 2 out - weakened approaching last
13 G AVG
R P O'Keeffe 154 lbs 12/1 9
3m½f 4m4½f 3m½f 3m5½f
3m 3m5½f 3m1f 3m5½f 2m5f
5th
Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders after 3 out - weakened approaching last(op 10/3 tchd 16/5)
7 G AVG
Gordon Elliott 161 lbs 7/2 3.5
2m6½f 3m½f 3m
3m2f 3m5½f 3m½f 2m6½f 3m4½f
6th
Midfield - hampered 10th - outpaced before 2 out - not fluent 2 out - kept on - never on terms(op 25/1 tchd 20/1)
9 G AVG
Gavin Cromwell 158 lbs 22/1 .5
3m½f 3m5½f
3m 2m4f 2m4½f 2m4f 3m1½f
7th
Didn't always jump with fluency - towards rear throughout (vet said gelding had blood at both nostrils post race)(op 200/1 tchd 100/1)
8 G Poor
Mark John Scallan 154 lbs 125/1 18
-
3m 2m4f 2m2f 2m3½f 2m5f
8th
Held up in rear - some headway halfway - weakened from 3 out(op 14/1 tchd 22/1)
8 G Poor
A J Martin 166 lbs 18/1 4.25
-
3m 2m4f 2m4f 4m1f 2m5f
9th
Midfield - in touch with leaders halfway - weakened before 2 out(tchd 50/1)
11 G Poor
Peter Maher 161 lbs 66/1 1.25
3m½f
3m1½f 3m 2m4f 3m1f 2m5½f
99th
Prominent - fell 10th(op 9/2)
9 G AVG
E Bolger 161 lbs 100/30 -
3m2f
-
99th
Towards rear throughout - not fluent 4th - pecked on landing 16th - dropped to rear 20th - pulled up before 2 out(op 40/1 tchd 28/1)
5 G Poor
Denis Paul Murphy 154 lbs 33/1 -
-
3m 3m5½f 3m1f 3m5½f 4m2½f
99th
Didn't always jump with fluency - led - stumbled and unseated 12th(op 5/2 tchd 10/3)
9 G AVG
Gavin Cromwell 166 lbs 3/1F -
3m½f 3m4½f