Punchestown

Matchbook Betting Exchange Rated Novice Chase

Distance: 2m65y

Going: Heavy

Prize: €12,980

Runners: 7

Winning time: 4m 22.40s (slow by 16.40s)

Age: 4yo+

Class:

8 Pure Steel

J: Mark Walsh

T: James Joseph Mangan

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 5lbs

OR: -

SP: 5/2

Jumped well - midfield - smooth headway and went third 3 out - led going best last - nudged along and went clear run-in - easily(op 13/8)

2 3¼

5 Coral River

J: Sean Flanagan

T: Ross O'Sullivan

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 5lbs

OR: -

SP: 10/1

Prominent - disputed lead after 5th - led narrowly 6th - headed last - kept on - no match for winner(tchd 15/2)

3 4¾ 8

9 Its Bilbo

J: Darragh O'Keeffe

T: Henry De Bromhead

Age: 4

Weight: 10st 13lbs

OR: -

SP: 5/4F

Prominent - not fluent 5 out - pressed leader after 3 out - weakened approaching last(op 6/4 tchd 13/8)

4 9 17

1 Chance Another One

J: Donagh Meyler

T: Emmet Mullins

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 12lbs

OR: 130

SP: 13/2

Towards rear - headway approaching last - ran on and went fourth towards finish - never near to challenge(op 6/1 tchd 5/1)

5 4¼ 21¼

3 Anotherway

J: J J Slevin

T: Thomas Gibney

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 5lbs

OR: -

SP: 14/1

Led - joined 2nd - slow jump and briefly headed 5th - raced in second 6th - weakened after 3 out(op 25/1)

6 1¼ 22½

7 Harvard Guy

J: Simon Torrens

T: Eddie & Patrick Harty

Age: 7

Weight: 11st 5lbs

OR: -

SP: 9/1

Took keen hold - in touch with leaders early - dropped to midfield halfway - outpaced and towards rear after 4 out(op 16/1 tchd 8/1)

7 6½ 29

4 Choccabloc

J: Brian Hayes

T: Andrew McNamara

Age: 7

Weight: 11st 5lbs

OR: -

SP: 22/1

In rear throughout(op 25/1)

St Faz

J: Jack Kennedy

T: Gordon Elliott

Age: 5

Weight: 11st 9lbs

OR: 123

SP: -

Giant Haystacks

J: Ricky Doyle

T: Ross O'Sullivan

Age: 6

Weight: 11st 5lbs

OR: 106

SP: -

Betting breakdown

Tote win: €3.50

Tote place: €1.70 €4.40

Exacta: €21.20

Trifecta: €76.50

CSF: €26.69