Punchestown

Punchestown Festival 2025 Tickets On Sale Maiden Hurdle

Distance: 2m3f15y

Going: Good To Yielding

Prize: €7,375

Runners: 19

Winning time: 4m 44.60s (slow by 19.60s)

Age: 5yo+

Class:

6 James's Gate

J: Ricky Doyle

T: Martin Brassil

Age: 7

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 6/1

Didn't jump well - travelled strongly - prominent - going best when challenging after 2 out - soon led - mistake last - comfortably(op 4/1)

2 4½

4 Forty Coats

J: Darragh O'Keeffe

T: Henry De Bromhead

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 7/4J

Prominent - mistake 2nd - not fluent 3 out - went second approaching last - kept on but no match for winner(op 6/4 tchd 15/8)

3 1¼ 5¾

8 McLaurey

J: Mark Walsh

T: Emmet Mullins

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 6/1

Midfield - headway 3 out - went fourth approaching last - went third final 110yds - stayed on(op 11/2)

4 ¾ 6½

7 Joystick

J: Paul Townend

T: W P Mullins

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 7/4J

Led - headed after 2nd - led again before 4th - headed after 2 out - lost second and mistake last - weakened run-in(op 13/8 tchd 6/4)

5 shd 6½

10 Minella Post

J: Kieren Buckley

T: Thomas Gibney

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 50/1

Midfield - in touch with leaders 4th - kept on well run-in(op 66/1 tchd 100/1)

6 6½ 13

5 Goody Four Shoes

J: Daniel King

T: Thomas Gibney

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 150/1

Towards rear - steady headway after 5th - midfield 2 out - not fluent last - stayed on(op 125/1)

7 4½ 17½

14 Supreme Ruler

J: Sean Flanagan

T: Barry Connell

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 14/1

Didn't jump with fluency - never better than midfield(op 50/1)

8 1½ 19

1 Ballysax Hank

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Brendan W Duke

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 17/2

Took keen hold - raced in second - led after 2nd - pressed leader when headed before 4th - weakened approaching last(op 16/1)

9 15 34

13 Silas Marner

J: Gavin Brouder(5)

T: Charles O'Brien

Age: 7

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: 99

SP: 200/1

Midfield - struggling 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 125/1)

10 8½ 42½

17 Tumuch

J: Sam Ewing

T: Gordon Elliott

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 28/1

Midfield - weakened after 2 out(op 40/1 tchd 50/1)

11 3½ 46

2 Carricktriss

J: Hugh Morgan

T: Eoin Doyle

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 250/1

Midfield - weakened after 2 out(op 200/1 tchd 150/1)

12 4¾ 50¾

12 Roc My Haarth

J: Liam Quinlan(3)

T: Ray Hackett

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 150/1

Always behind(op 200/1)

13 59 109¾

19 Millie B

J: Cian Quirke(5)

T: Miss Elizabeth Anne Lalor

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 5lbs

OR: -

SP: 150/1

Always behind - mistake 2nd - lost touch 5th - tailed off(op 125/1)

14 8½ 118¼

9 Midnight Eugene

J: Mr D Doyle(7)

T: Timothy Doyle

Age: 7

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 250/1

Always behind - tailed off(op 200/1 tchd 150/1)

15 3¼ 121½

18 Lady's Slipper

J: Danny Mullins

T: Damian Murphy

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 5lbs

OR: -

SP: 150/1

In touch with leaders - lost position gradually after 3rd - in rear 5th - tailed off(op 80/1)

16 18 139½

3 Chardonay

J: Ryan Treacy

T: Liam Casey

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 250/1

Midfield - weakened after 5th - tailed off(op 200/1)

15 Syracus Du Houx

J: Phillip Enright

T: Oliver McKiernan

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: 109

SP: 28/1

Prominent - unseated when mistake 1st(op 66/1)

11 Ourgingernut

J: Harry Sexton(7)

T: P A Fahy

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 250/1

Midfield - mistake 4th - weakened omitted 4 out - tailed off when pulled up after 3 out(op 200/1)

16 Tag Master

J: Anna McGuinness(7)

T: Thomas Gibney

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: -

SP: 200/1

Always behind - tailed off when pulled up before 3 out(op 100/1)

Betting breakdown

Tote win: €10.40

Tote place: €1.60 €1.10 €2.10

Exacta: €29.30

Trifecta: €147.70

CSF: €18.73