2025-05-03 Punchestown 14:30
Punchestown

Howden Cross Country Chase

Distance: 3m90y

Going: Good To Yielding

Prize: €8,850

Runners: 9

Winning time: 6m 46.20s (slow by 32.20s)

Age: 5yo+

Class:

11 Vital Island

J:Mr B T Stone(7) T:R P O'Keeffe

Age:13 Weight:11st 12lbs

OR:- SP:9/2

In touch with leaders - prominent 6th - led narrowly 3 out - ridden after 2 out - kept on well - gamely(op 11/2 tchd 6/1)

2 ¾

6 French Dynamite

J:Gavin Brouder(3) T:M F Morris

Age:10 Weight:11st 12lbs

OR:144 SP:7/2

Prominent - slow jump and lost ground 10th - rallied and prominent 5 out - ridden and challenging 2 out - no extra towards finish(op 4/1)

3 1½ 2¼

5 Final Orders

J:Keith Donoghue T:Gavin Cromwell

Age:9 Weight:11st 12lbs

OR:140 SP:9/2

Midfield - headway and in touch with leaders 14th - bad mistake 2 out - stayed on run-in - went third towards finish(op 6/1)

4 nk 2½

15 Conflated

J:Danny Gilligan T:Gordon Elliott

Age:11 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:151 SP:3/1F

Led - headed and prominent 6th - 2 lengths third when not fluent last - no extra and lost third towards finish(op 5/2)

5 2½ 5

14 Chemical Energy

J:Sam Ewing T:Gordon Elliott

Age:9 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:143 SP:7/2

Towards rear - hampered 6th - stayed on after 3 out(op 11/4 tchd 10/3)

6 17 22

R18 Quornofamonday

J:Jordan Gainford T:J P Dempsey

Age:7 Weight:11st 12lbs

OR:110 SP:40/1

Always behind

8 Subset

J:Donagh Meyler T:Peter Maher

Age:11 Weight:11st 12lbs

OR:- SP:40/1

Midfield - fell 15th(op 33/1 tchd 28/1)

13 Cavalry Master

J:Sean O'Keeffe T:Peter Maher

Age:11 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:- SP:50/1

In touch with leaders - unseated 6th(op 40/1 tchd 66/1)

7 I A Connect

J:Phillip Enright T:Miss Evanna McCutcheon

Age:10 Weight:11st 12lbs

OR:111 SP:40/1

Midfield - headway and prominent when mistake 6th - soon led - headed 3 out - soon weakened - pulled up before last(tchd 50/1)

R17 Clonbury Bridge

J:Charlie O'Dwyer(5) T:J P Dempsey

Age:9 Weight:11st 12lbs

OR:111 SP:20/1

In rear - unseated 5th(op 22/1 tchd 25/1)

3 Grange Island

J:Darragh O'Keeffe T:W J Burke

Age:9 Weight:12st 3lbs

OR:- SP:66/1

Always behind - pulled up before 2 out(op 40/1)

Coko Beach

J:James Smith(5) T:Gordon Elliott

Age:10 Weight:12st 7lbs

OR:143 SP: -

Peaches And Cream

J:Conor Stone-Walsh(3) T:Gavin Cromwell

Age:10 Weight:11st 7lbs

OR:118 SP: -

Vanillier

J:Keith Donoghue T:Gavin Cromwell

Age:10 Weight:11st 12lbs

OR:143 SP: -

Stealthy Tom

J:NON-RUNNER T:E Bolger

Age:10 Weight:12st 7lbs

OR:140 SP: -

Busselton

J:NON-RUNNER T:Joseph Patrick O'Brien

Age:8 Weight:11st 12lbs

OR:136 SP: -

Three By Two

J:Richard Deegan T:Denis Paul Murphy

Age:9 Weight:11st 10lbs

OR:95 SP: -

The Goffer

J:Kevin Sexton T:Gordon Elliott

Age:8 Weight:11st 12lbs

OR:135 SP: -

Read To Return

J:NON-RUNNER T:A J Martin

Age:8 Weight:12st 3lbs

OR:113 SP: -

Betting breakdown

Tote win: €5.90

Tote place: €1.90 €1.60 €1.80

Exacta: €20.50

Trifecta: €128.30

Tricast: €77.17

CSF: €20.82