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