Punchestown

Festival 2025 Group Tickets From 27 Euros Handicap Hurdle (Div II)

Distance: 2m4f23y

Going: Heavy

Prize: €5,900

Runners: 15

Winning time: 5m 35.40s (slow by 54.10s)

Age: 4yo+

Class:

15 Johnny Cakes

J: Tiernan Power Roche(5)

T: P J Rothwell

Age: 6

Weight: 10st 6lbs

OR: 78

SP: 100/30

Midfield - headway after 5th - pressed leaders after 2 out (usual 3 out) - ridden to lead after last - kept on well - comfortably(op 4/1)

2 4¼

4 One And Only

J: Phillip Enright

T: Oliver McKiernan

Age: 7

Weight: 11st 11lbs

OR: 97

SP: 9/2

Midfield - headway 4th - soon prominent - led after 2 out (usual 3 out) - headed after last - kept on(tchd 5/1)

3 2¼ 6½

8 King In Love

J: Sean O'Keeffe

T: Sean Aherne

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 4lbs

OR: 90

SP: 12/1

Held up in rear - headway after 2 out (usual 3 out) - went third approaching last - stayed on(op 11/1 tchd 16/1)

4 11 17½

1 Butchers Bill

J: Sam Ewing

T: Gordon Elliott

Age: 5

Weight: 12st 0lbs

OR: 100

SP: 5/1

Midfield - headway omitted 2 out - outpaced approaching last - went fourth final 110yds(op 6/1 tchd 9/2)

5 ¾ 18¼

9 Smackwater Jack

J: Ricky Doyle

T: Mrs Denise Foster

Age: 11

Weight: 11st 4lbs

OR: 90

SP: 28/1

Prominent early - midfield 4th - headway after 5th - pressed leaders omitted 2 out - no extra approaching last(tchd 40/1)

6 3¾ 22

6 True Destiny

J: Jody McGarvey

T: Noel C Kelly

Age: 10

Weight: 11st 6lbs

OR: 92

SP: 22/1

Held up in rear - some headway omitted 2 out - outpaced approaching last(op 14/1)

7 8½ 30½

5 Ilbdare

J: Philip Donovan(5)

T: Mark Michael McNiff

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 6lbs

OR: 92

SP: 18/1

Midfield - headway after 2 out (usual 3 out) - pressed leaders omitted 2 out - weakening when mistake last(op 20/1 tchd 16/1)

8 ¾ 31¼

10 Mighty Soldier

J: Kevin Sexton

T: James Andrew Fahey

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 3lbs

OR: 89

SP: 2/1F

Midfield - headway 2 out (usual 3 out) - prominent home turn - weakened before last(op 7/4 tchd 85/40)

9 99 130¼

7 Tom Kelly

J: James Smith(5)

T: Kevin Michael Smith

Age: 8

Weight: 11st 5lbs

OR: 91

SP: 40/1

Raced in second - weakened after 2 out (usual 3 out) - tailed off(op 33/1)

10 39 169¼

16 Calypso Bluebird

J: G B Noonan(5)

T: Eoin Christopher McCarthy

Age: 6

Weight: 10st 1lbs

OR: 73

SP: 50/1

Midfield - weakened 3 out (usual 4 out) - tailed off(op 66/1 tchd 40/1)

11 9 178¼

2 Our Uncle Jack

J: Mr D M Fitzgerald(7)

T: Martin Paul Fitzgerald

Age: 9

Weight: 12st 0lbs

OR: 100

SP: 22/1

Led - went clear 1st - went further clear 3rd - mistake 3 out (usual 4 out) - much reduced lead when hit 2 out (usual 3 out) - soon weakened quickly and headed - tailed off(tchd 25/1)

12 99 277¼

14 Another Question

J: Daniel King

T: Miss J M Lee

Age: 7

Weight: 10st 9lbs

OR: 81

SP: 50/1

Prominent - weakened after 3 out (usual 4 out) - tailed off(op 66/1 tchd 40/1)

11 Esticky End

J: Dylan Robinson

T: Tom McGuinness

Age: 7

Weight: 11st 0lbs

OR: 86

SP: 20/1

Always behind - lost touch 4th - pulled up after 2 out (usual 3 out)(op 22/1)

12 Huscari

J: Conor McNamara

T: E McNamara

Age: 6

Weight: 10st 13lbs

OR: 85

SP: -

13 Kir Royal Blou

J: Donagh Meyler

T: W J Burke

Age: 5

Weight: 10st 13lbs

OR: 85

SP: 80/1

Didn't jump with fluency - towards rear - midfield 2nd - weakened after 5th - tailed off when pulled up after 2 out (usual 3 out)(tchd 66/1 and 100/1)

Annamaymurt

J: Jack G Gilligan(5)

T: Paul John Gilligan

Age: 8

Weight: 11st 13lbs

OR: 99

SP: -

Betting breakdown

Tote win: €4.34

Tote place: €1.40 €2.10 €4.40

Exacta: €22.20

Trifecta: €251.50

Tricast: €172.66

CSF: €18.91