14:40 Punchestown

Sunday 31 December 2017

All12:3513:0513:4014:1014:4015:1515:45

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  • 4YO plus  |   2m 4f  |   Soft to Heavy  |   13 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:42  |   Winning time: 5m 20.7s
1st
Horse silk
6
25/1
T: J P FaheyJ: I J McCarthy
Led early, headed before 1st where slight mistake, headway to lead again 6th, pushed along after 2 out, ridden early straight and headed briefly last, rallied strongly under pressure run-in and asserted closing stages op 33/1
2nd
Horse silk
1 ¾
7
610-10
8/1
T: J E KielyJ: D F O'Regan
Rear of mid-division, good headway on inner entering straight, led briefly last, under pressure run-in and no impression on winner closing stages op 12/1
3rd
Horse silk
3 ¼
4
14/1
T: Mrs D FosterJ: M A Enright
Mid-division, slight mistake 5 out, pushed along and headway on outer entering straight, ridden in 3rd approaching last, no impression run-in op 12/1
4th
Horse silk
¾
3
8/1
T: W P MullinsJ: N M Kelly (5)
Mid-division, closer approaching 2 out, pushed along in 5th approaching last, kept on one pace run-in
5th
Horse silk
2 ½
10
7/4f
T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend
Tracked leaders, headway into 2nd 2 out, pushed along and slightly checked entering straight, no impression in 4th before last, no extra op 9/4
6th
Horse silk
4 ½
9
710-9
12/1
T: C ByrnesJ: D J McInerney (5)
Towards rear, slight mistake 5 out, pushed along in rear after 4 out, ridden and no impression in 11th after 2 out, kept on one pace in straight op 8/1
7th
Horse silk
1
2
5/1
T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell
Mid-division, 7th 2 out, pushed along and no impression approaching last, no extra run-in, kept on one pace op 11/2 tchd 9/2
8th
Horse silk
2 ¾
11
50/1
T: P J RothwellJ: J P O'Sullivan (7)
Rear of mid-division, pushed along before 3 out and headway on inner in 5th 2 out, no impression approaching last, no extra op 40/1
9th
Horse silk
11
13
20/1
T: E CawleyJ: P T Enright
In rear, some headway before 2 out, no impression approaching last, no extra
10th
Horse silk
14
5
20/1
T: J J WalshJ: S W Flanagan
Mid-division, pushed along and no impression after 4 out, weakened
11th
Horse silk
5
8
14/1
T: S ByrneJ: P D Kennedy (3)
Tracked leaders, slight mistake 5th, pushed along approaching 3 out, no extra 2 out, weakened op 16/1
12th
Horse silk
36
1
7/1
T: S R B CrawfordJ: A E Lynch
Soon led, not fluent 4th, headed 6th, remained prominent until no extra after 2 out, eased, tailed off op 13/2

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
12
40/1
T: V T O'BrienJ: D Meyler
Mid-division, headway into 3rd after 6th, lost place 4 out and soon no extra, in rear when bad mistake 2 out, pulled up before last op 25/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€27.00Pl:€6.30, €1.90, €3.80EX:€274.10Trifecta:€4,106.90Tricast:€2,954.55SF:€214.50

Forecasts

Steel Wave (7/4), Synopsis (5/1), Fine Rightly (7/1), Brave Out (8/1), Camelia De Cotte (8/1), Hareth (12/1), Miles To Memphis (14/1), Ben Brody (14/1), Fruits Of Glory (20/1), The Mulcare Rover (20/1), Returntovendor (25/1), Ice Cool (40/1), Wade Harper (50/1)

Verdict

Top weight is never an easy burden to carry in these races but that said FINE RIGHTLY represents an interesting option. An excellent chaser he hasn't been quite so good over hurdles so far but ran a solid race over the smaller obstacles last time and on the best of his chasing form is very well treated here. He is taken to get the better of Steel Wave, who made a promising return from a break last month, and the lightly-raced raced Synopsis.
  1. Fine Rightly
  2. Steel Wave
  3. Synopsis

Previous Winners

2016
Duke Cass
Weight: 10-8  |Age: 4
5/2

Prize Money

1st: €11,704.002nd: €3,629.003rd: €1,729.004th: €779.005th: €304.00

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