19:05 Punchestown

Thursday 2 May 2024

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Close Brothers Mares Novice Hurdle (Listed)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 1  |   2m 94y  |   Yielding (Good to Yielding in places)  |   16 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 19:09  |   Winning time: 4m 7.5s
1st
Horse silk
13
4/1
T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Sam Twiston-Davies
Tracked leaders, took keen hold, headway into 2nd travelling well 2 out, led entering straight, ridden before last, stayed on well under pressure run-in op 6/1 tchd 13/2
2nd
Horse silk
1 ¾
5
5/1
T: W P MullinsJ: D E Mullins
Tracked leaders, took keen hold, 5th and slight mistake 2 out, headway travelling well into 2nd entering straight, ridden before last, kept on same pace in 2nd run-in op 4/1
3rd
Horse silk
12
9
6/1
T: G P CromwellJ: S W Flanagan
Tracked leaders, disputed lead after 5th, led travelling well 2 out, ridden and headed entering straight, dropped to 3rd before last, kept on one pace op 17/2
4th
Horse silk
nk
2
16/1
T: G P CromwellJ: K E Buckley
In rear, slightly hampered 1st, closer in 10th 2 out, ridden entering straight, went 4th at last, kept on same pace run-in op 10/1
5th
Horse silk
2 ½
11
7/4f
T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend
Rear of mid-division, bad mistake 5th, ridden in 9th on outer next, went 4th before last, 5th at last, no impression op 11/10
6th
Horse silk
12
7
28/1
T: C O'KeeffeJ: D J Gilligan
Mid-division, ridden in 7th 2 out, no impression op 50/1
7th
Horse silk
4 ¾
10
511-4
33/1
T: W P MullinsJ: M J M O'Sullivan
Rear of mid-division, mistake and pushed along 3rd, ridden in 11th 2 out, weakened op 80/1
8th
Horse silk
5 ½
8
25/1
T: H De BromheadJ: D J O'Keeffe
Led early, joined from 2nd, ridden and headed 2 out, soon no impression op 16/1
9th
Horse silk
7 ½
12
18/1
T: H De BromheadJ: Rachael Blackmore
Rear of mid-division, took keen hold, slightly hampered before 2nd, closer in 6th and ridden 2 out, weakened op 28/1
10th
Horse silk
3 ¾
6
66/1
T: W P MullinsJ: S F O'Keeffe
Towards rear, badly hampered 2nd, ridden in 8th 2 out, weakened op 100/1
11th
Horse silk
13
16
50/1
T: J HalleyJ: P T Enright
Tracked leaders, ridden in 4th 2 out, weakened op 40/1 tchd 66/1

Also Ran

UR
Horse silk
1
16/1
T: W P MullinsJ: B Hayes
Mid-division, taking keen hold when bad mistake and unseated rider at 1st op 18/1 tchd 14/1
PU
Horse silk
3
50/1
T: G ElliottJ: J W Kennedy
Prominent, disputed lead from 2nd, headed after 5th, soon no impression, weakened 3 out, pulled up before last
BD
Horse silk
4
18/1
T: Harry DerhamJ: P V O'Brien
Mid-division when brought down before 2nd op 28/1
PU
Horse silk
14
100/1
T: T HoganJ: D Meyler
In rear, closer in rear of mid-division when ridden 5th, soon weakened, pulled up before last tchd 125/1
PU
Horse silk
15
100/1
T: J BarcoeJ: J J Slevin
In rear, badly hampered and rider briefly lost an iron before 2nd, not recover and soon trailing, pulled up before 4th tchd 125/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€5.40Pl:€2.00, €2.10, €2.20EX:€30.80Trifecta:€188.60Tricast:€125.34SF:€24.76

Forecasts

Spindleberry (7/4), Casa No Mento (4/1), Got Glory (5/1), Only By Night (6/1), Me Wee Bonnie Lass (16/1), Implicit (16/1), Theatre Native (18/1), Mollys Mango (18/1), Mayor's Walk (25/1), Kilbarry Saint (28/1), Paggane (33/1), Lucy Wang (50/1), Miss Agusta (50/1), Iris Emery (66/1), Karacole (100/1), Cast A Spell (100/1)

Verdict

Willie Mullins continues his dominance with five runners and it's SPINDLEBERRY who gets the nod having coped admirably with the marked step up in grade when finishing runner-up in a Grade 1 at Fairyhouse recently. Stablemate Got Glory had stacks in hand when winning her maiden last month so she's put forward as the main danger with significant progress expected, while Me Wee Bonnie Lass, Implicit and Casa No Mento are all also fancied to go well, too.

  1. SPINDLEBERRY (IRE)
  2. GOT GLORY (FR)
  3. ME WEE BONNIE LASS (IRE)

Previous Winners

2023
Shecouldbeanything
Weight: 11-4  |Age: 6
7/2

Prize Money

1st: €19,501.002nd: €6,500.003rd: €3,250.004th: €1,625.005th: €975.006th: €650.00

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