16:45 Punchestown

Wednesday 27 April 2022

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Louis Fitzgerald Hotel Hurdle

  • 4YO plus  |   2m 3f 180y  |   Good to Yielding (Yielding in places)  |   9 Runners  |   Turf  |   Amended Result
  • Off time: 16:51  |   Winning time: 5m 3.8s
1st
Horse silk
3
711-10
15/2
T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: R M Power
Mid-division, headway into 2nd 2 out, ridden in 2nd entering straight, 3rd at last, led narrowly inside final furlong, stayed on well close home, all out op 8/1 tchd 17/2
3rd
Horse silk
nk
2
5/1
T: W P MullinsJ: D E Mullins
In touch in rear, mistake 3 out, good headway after next, ridden and led before last, edged right after last and strongly pressed, headed narrowly inside final furlong, kept on under pressure in 2nd op 13/2
2nd
Horse silk
hd
4
6/4f
T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville
Tracked leader in 2nd, led travelling well after 3 out, ridden and strongly pressed entering straight, headed before last, 0.5L 2nd when checked on inner after last, 3rd inside final furlong, kept on under pressure to press leaders to line op 7/4 tchd 11/8
4th
Horse silk
7 ½
1
16/1
T: H De BromheadJ: Aidan Coleman
Rear of mid-division, slight mistake 4th and reminder, ridden 2 out, headway into 4th and no impression on leaders before last, kept on one pace tchd 14/1
5th
Horse silk
6 ½
5
611-10
9/2
T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend
In touch in rear, headway into 5th 2 out, soon ridden and no impression op 4/1 tchd 5/1
6th
Horse silk
9 ½
6
511-10
9/1
T: W P MullinsJ: S F O'Keeffe
Mid-division, mistake 3rd and bad mistake next, rear of mid-division at 7th, mistake 8th, progress into 4th 2 out, soon ridden and no impression, 5th and mistake at last, no extra op 7/1 tchd 6/1
7th
Horse silk
3 ¾
9
25/1
T: E MullinsJ: B Hayes
Tracked leaders on outer, 4th 3 out, soon ridden and weakened op 14/1
8th
Horse silk
30
7
22/1
T: M F MorrisJ: D J O'Keeffe
Prominent, disputed lead before 3 out, mistake 3 out and soon headed, weakened from 2 out tchd 20/1
9th
Horse silk
23
8
14/1
T: H De BromheadJ: Rachael Blackmore
Led, joined before 3 out, ridden and headed after 3 out, weakened quickly op 12/1 tchd 16/1

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Result Amended

Fils D'oudairies - Original Position 3rd. Amended Position 2nd.
Classic Getaway - Original Position 2nd. Amended Position 3rd.

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€8.50Pl:€1.70, €1.20, €1.80EX:€20.00Trifecta:€154.70Tricast:€64.11SF:€20.13

Forecasts

Fils D'oudairies (6/4), Ganapathi (9/2), Classic Getaway (5/1), Crosshill (15/2), Gibraltar (9/1), Largy Debut (14/1), Champagne Gold (16/1), Indiana Jones (22/1), Merlin Giant (25/1)

Verdict

FILS D'OUDAIRIES has cranked it up a notch in handicaps reverting to hurdles in 2022 and his Aintree second 3 weeks ago is just about the most persuasive piece of form. Ganapathi could improve on this better ground, with stablemate GIbraltar also of interest.

  1. FILS D'OUDAIRIES (FR)
  2. GANAPATHI (FR)
  3. GIBRALTAR (IRE)

Previous Winners

2021
Lifetime Ambition
Weight: 12-0  |Age: 6
13/2

Prize Money

1st: €12,000.002nd: €4,000.003rd: €2,000.004th: €1,000.005th: €600.006th: €400.00

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