Punchestown (IRE)
14:30
Howden Cross Country Chase
Punchestown (IRE) Date: Sat, 03 May 2025 Distance: 3m½f Type: Chase Going: Good To Yielding Surface: Turf
Win: €5.90 Place: €1.90 €1.60 €1.80 Exacta: €20.50 Tricast: €77.17 Trifecta: €128.30
Non-Runners: Busselton (off feed), Coko Beach (temperature), Peaches And Cream (stiff), Read To Return (coughing), Stealthy Tom (temperature), The Goffer (stiff), Three By Two (reserve), Vanillier (stiff)
Previous Runs Pos Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Formline
1st
In touch with leaders - prominent 6th - led narrowly 3 out - ridden after 2 out - kept on well - gamely(op 11/2 tchd 6/1)
13 G AVG R P O'Keeffe 159 lbs 9/2 Won
2nd
Prominent - slow jump and lost ground 10th - rallied and prominent 5 out - ridden and challenging 2 out - no extra towards finish(op 4/1)
9 G AVG M F Morris 163 lbs 7/2 .75
3rd
Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders 14th - bad mistake 2 out - stayed on run-in - went third towards finish(op 6/1)
9 G AVG Gavin Cromwell 166 lbs 9/2 1.5
4th
Led - headed and prominent 6th - 2 lengths third when not fluent last - no extra and lost third towards finish(op 5/2)
10 G AVG Gordon Elliott 161 lbs 3/1F 0.3
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5th
Towards rear - hampered 6th - stayed on after 3 out (jockey said gelding burst a blood vessel; vet said gelding had blood at both nostrils post race)(op 11/4 tchd 10/3)
8 G AVG Gordon Elliott 161 lbs 7/2 2.5
6th
Always behind
7 G Poor J P Dempsey 166 lbs 40/1 17
99th
Midfield - fell 15th(op 33/1 tchd 28/1)
11 G Poor Peter Maher 166 lbs 40/1 -
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99th
Midfield - headway and prominent when mistake 6th - soon led - headed 3 out - soon weakened - pulled up before last(tchd 50/1)
10 G AVG Miss Evanna McCutcheon 166 lbs 40/1 -
99th
Always behind - pulled up before 2 out(op 40/1)
9 G AVG W J Burke 171 lbs 66/1 -
99th
In touch with leaders - unseated 6th(op 40/1 tchd 66/1)
11 G AVG Peter Maher 161 lbs 50/1 -
99th
In rear - unseated 5th(op 22/1 tchd 25/1)
9 G AVG J P Dempsey 161 lbs 20/1 -