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Sunday 8 December 2024

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Bar One Racing Hilly Way Chase (Grade 2)

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 1  |   2m 160y  |   Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places)  |   8 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:16  |   Winning time: 4m 17.8s
1st
Horse silk
6
5/4f
T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend
Prominent and led from 2nd, mistake 3 out and pushed along after next, 1 length advantage when jumped right last and left clear, kept on well run-in op Evens
2nd
Horse silk
10
2
5/2
T: W P MullinsJ: M P Walsh
Led early, tracked leader and 2nd halfway, 3rd and pushed along after 3 out, no impression when left 2nd at last, kept on one pace op 4/1
3rd
Horse silk
6
4
9/1
T: W P MullinsJ: S F O'Keeffe
Mid-division, 4th halfway, 5th and pushed along entering straight, 4th and ridden after 2 out, no impression when left 3rd at last, kept on one pace op 10/1
4th
Horse silk
12
5
10/1
T: W P MullinsJ: D E Mullins
Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, 4th and slight mistake 4 out, no extra after next op 12/1
5th
Horse silk
5 ½
8
80/1
T: J QueallyJ: M J M O'Sullivan
Always towards rear, never a factor, slow 3rd, detached approaching 4 out, no threat in straight op 100/1
6th
Horse silk
21
7
16/1
T: W P MullinsJ: B Hayes
Always towards rear, never a factor, slight mistake 4 out and soon no impression, no extra after 3 out op 18/1 tchd 20/1

Also Ran

UR
Horse silk
1
16/1
T: J P O'BrienJ: R Deegan
Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, headway into 2nd 3 out, pushed along and 1 length down when mistake and unseated rider last tchd 14/1
F
Horse silk
3
7/1
T: W P MullinsJ: Mr P W Mullins
Rear of mid-division, 6th halfway, 5th and pushed along when fell 2 out op 9/2 tchd 8/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€2.25Pl:€1.10, €1.20, €2.40EX:€4.70Trifecta:€24.80SF:€5.07

Forecasts

Energumene (5/4), Dinoblue (5/2), Ferny Hollow (7/1), Appreciate It (9/1), Blue Lord (10/1), Hunters Yarn (16/1), Banbridge (16/1), The Banger Doyle (80/1)

Verdict

Willie Mullins dominates this race and ENERGUMENE can make light of his absence and win it for a third time. Banbridge can step up on his reappearance and provide the chief threat ahead of Blue Lord, another from the Mullins yard returning from a layoff.

  1. ENERGUMENE (FR)
  2. BANBRIDGE (IRE)
  3. BLUE LORD (FR)

Previous Winners

2023
El Fabiolo
Weight: 12-0  |Age: 6
1/5

Prize Money

1st: €60,000.002nd: €20,000.003rd: €10,000.004th: €5,000.005th: €3,000.006th: €2,000.00

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