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16:25 Punchestown

Saturday 29 April 2017

All14:3515:1015:5016:2517:0017:3518:1018:40

AES Champion Four Year Old Hurdle (Grade 1)

Off time: 16:25 | Winning time: 3m 53.4s

1^st

Bapaume

411-0

2/1f

T: W P MullinsJ: Ruby Walsh

Tracked leaders, challenged straight, led approaching last, stayed on well under pressure run-in op 5/2

2^nd

1 ¼

Landofhopeandglory

411-0

4/1

T: J P O'BrienJ: M P Walsh

Tracked leaders, tight for room and switched left approaching last, ridden to go 2nd run-in and kept on without reaching winner tchd 9/2

3^rd

Meri Devie

410-7

7/1

T: W P MullinsJ: D J Mullins

Towards rear, pushed along in 5th approaching straight, soon closed, kept on without threatening run-in into 3rd near line tchd 13/2

4^th

Mega Fortune

411-0

9/4

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

Raced in 2nd, on terms 5th, slight mistake 3 out, pushed along to lead into straight, headed approaching last, one pace and dropped to 4th near line tchd 2/1

5^th

Dinaria Des Obeaux

410-7

14/1

T: G ElliottJ: B J Cooper

Towards rear, pushed along 3 out in last, no impression next, kept on same pace

6^th

4 ¼

Dandy Mag

411-0

8/1

T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend

Led, joined 5th, slight mistake 4 out, headed into straight, soon weakened tchd 9/1

7^th

On The Go Again

411-0

66/1

T: M MulvanyJ: Rachael Blackmore

Tracked leaders, lost place and no impression 2 out, weakened

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€2.70Pl:€1.70, €1.90EX:€8.80Trifecta:€46.30SF:€11.02

Forecasts

Bapaume (2/1), Mega Fortune (9/4), Landofhopeandglory (4/1), Meri Devie (7/1), Dandy Mag (8/1), Dinaria Des Obeaux (14/1), On The Go Again (66/1)

Willie Mullins has been taking advantage of the fillies allowance in this recently and had two of the fairer sex occupy the first two positions here twelve months ago. With that in mind, Meri Devie, has to earn serious consideration having made short work of some highly regarded novices on her debut. The form of that race has not worked out as well as hoped and she was put in her place in a Grade One won by Mega Fortune next time. She ran too freely that day but is clearly considered good enough by her trainer to take Mega Fortune on again as well as BAPUME and Landofhopeandglory. The trio were second, third and fifth in the Triumph and have been in regular competition with each other this season. The three are closely matched with Mega Fortune coming out on top of late but arriving here on the back of a busy campaign. That tilts things in favour of BAPAUME this time who has little to find on form and who will be having just his fourth run in 12 months.