12:20 Punchestown

Thursday 16 November 2023

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Ladbrokes 'We Play Together' Handicap Chase (0-102)

  • 4YO plus  |   3m 157y  |   Soft  |   11 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 12:21  |   Winning time: 6m 44.4s
1st
Horse silk
2
11/1
T: Miss D O'SheaJ: Mr J W Hannon (7)
Settled behind leaders, 5th halfway, improved to press leader 4 out, ridden entering straight, disputed approaching 2 out, led 2 out, asserted before last, kept on strongly, eased close home op 10/1
2nd
Horse silk
13
5
9/2
T: D E FitzgeraldJ: S O'Callaghan (5)
Held up, 9th halfway, progress into 5th before 4 out where slight mistake, ridden and no impression before next, moderate 3rd entering straight, kept on one pace, slight mistake last, 2nd run-in, no chance with winner op 5/1 tchd 4/1
3rd
Horse silk
2 ¼
3
18/1
T: S AherneJ: Mr D O'Connor
Led, pressed after 5 out, ridden and strongly pressed entering straight, joined approaching 2 out where bad mistake and headed, no extra in 2nd before last, dropped to 3rd run-in op 20/1 tchd 16/1 and tchd 22/1
4th
Horse silk
½
7
4/1f
T: Liz DoyleJ: A P Kelly (5)
Tracked leader, 2nd halfway, ridden in 4th before 4 out, no impression before 3 out, kept on one pace op 7/2 tchd 10/3
5th
Horse silk
20
10
8/1
T: Ms H P MarkhamJ: Cian Cullinan (7)
Mid-division, improved to track leaders from 3rd, 3rd halfway, pressed leader after 5 out, ridden in 3rd after 4 out, under pressure in 4th next, soon no extra op 7/1
6th
Horse silk
12
4
6/1
T: Caroline MccaldinJ: D P Maxwell (7)
Tracked leaders early, soon mid-division, niggled along 7 out, pushed along and short of room on inner before 5 out, ridden in 6th before 4 out where mistake, soon no extra, slight mistake next op 7/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
1
12/1
T: R O'SullivanJ: K M Donoghue
Held up, 8th halfway, ridden and no impression 5 out, soon no extra, pulled up before next op 16/1 tchd 18/1
PU
Horse silk
6
14/1
T: M M McNiffJ: P T Enright
Held up in rear, slight mistake 10th, weakened next, pulled up before 7 out op 11/1
PU
Horse silk
8
9/2
T: Eamon CourtneyJ: M J M O'Sullivan
Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, slight mistake 6 out, ridden and no extra before 4 out, weakened before 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 7/2
PU
Horse silk
9
10/1
T: P RooneyJ: P M O'Brien (7)
Tracked leaders early, slight mistake 7th, soon mid-division, niggled along briefly before next, mistake 11th, ridden towards rear and no extra 5 out, weakened, pulled up before next op 12/1
PU
Horse silk
11
33/1
T: B McMahonJ: D Moloney (7)
Held up, soon towards rear, trailing before 7 out, ridden and no impression 5 out, pulled up before next tchd 28/1 and tchd 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€12.00Pl:€3.30, €1.90, €5.40EX:€68.20Trifecta:€452.80Tricast:€910.01SF:€63.68

Forecasts

Fox Le Bel (4/1), He Fitz In (9/2), Da Big Fella (9/2), Faith Loving (6/1), Greenway Machine (8/1), Highstreetfashion (10/1), Baldur's Gate (11/1), An Fraoch Mor (12/1), William of Wykeham (14/1), Black Samurai (18/1), Four Country Roads (33/1)

Verdict

It's tough to put much confidence in a 27-race maiden, but FOX LE BEL ran creditably to place once more in the handicap Faith Loving won at Fairyhouse recently and with that outing sure to have blown away any cobwebs, he gets the tentative nod. The aforementioned Faith Loving showed a good attitude on his handicap bow so he heads up the dangers, with Greenway Machine and Da Big Fella taken to do battle for third.

  1. FOX LE BEL (FR)
  2. FAITH LOVING (FR)
  3. GREENWAY MACHINE (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022
Highstreetfashion
Weight: 10-0  |Age: 7
J: P M O'Brien  |  T: P Rooney
9/1

Prize Money

1st: €6,300.002nd: €2,100.003rd: €1,050.004th: €525.005th: €315.006th: €210.00

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