12:48 Punchestown

Monday 13 January 2025

All12:4813:1813:4814:1814:4815:1815:48

50,000 BetVictor Graduation Bonus Series Maiden Hurdle

  • 4YO only  |   2m 85y  |   Soft  |   14 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 12:48  |   Winning time: 4m 21.07s
1st
Horse silk
3
12/1
T: Ciaran MurphyJ: E Walsh
Led, increased advantage before 2nd, reduced lead at 3rd, not fluent at 5th and headed, slight mistake 3 out, led 2 out, kept on well run-in, asserted closing stages op 10/1 tchd 9/1
2nd
Horse silk
5 ½
5
411-7
11/1
T: D HoganJ: D King
Prominent, soon in touch, 3rd at 4th, 4th after 4 out, improved to 3rd before last, kept on run-in to 2nd close home, not trouble winner op 17/2 tchd 13/2 and 12/1
3rd
Horse silk
½
11
5/6f
T: N MeadeJ: D Meyler
Rear of mid-division, not fluent at 2nd, mistake at 3rd and lost place, progress to 6th after 4th, headway after 3 out, improved to 2nd after 2 out, no impression on winner run-in, dropped to 3rd close home op 11/10 tchd 5/4
4th
Horse silk
3 ¼
10
25/1
T: Cian HughesJ: B W Harvey
In touch, 5th after 4th, effort in 4th before last where not fluent and pecked slightly, one paced closing stages op 50/1
5th
Horse silk
1 ¼
4
411-7
14/1
T: G ElliottJ: D J Gilligan
Rear of mid-division, 7th after 4th, effort in 6th after 2 out, no impression in 5th before last, one paced run-in op 12/1 tchd 11/1
6th
Horse silk
3
6
80/1
T: P NolanJ: S W Flanagan
Rear of mid-division, not fluent at 1st, hampered and collided with rail before 2nd, soon dropped towards rear, effort after 4 out, headway after 2 out, one paced before last where not fluent op 125/1 tchd 66/1
7th
Horse silk
6
7
11/4
T: W P MullinsJ: M P Walsh
In touch, dropped to 8th before 5th, lost place before 2 out, no impression after 2 out, modest late headway op 9/5
8th
Horse silk
3 ¾
1
150/1
T: L LennonJ: S Fitzgerald
In rear, 13th before 5th, slightly detached after 4 out, progress 2 out, kept on before last, never on terms op 200/1 tchd 125/1
9th
Horse silk
1
2
20/1
T: H De BromheadJ: Rachael Blackmore
Tracked leader, ran freely, jumped left at 1st, took closer order at 3rd, led narrowly after 5th, not fluent 3 out, headed 2 out where mistake and stumbled, soon 3rd, weakened before last where bad mistake tchd 14/1
10th
Horse silk
3 ¼
9
300/1
T: E DoyleJ: H Morgan
Towards rear, 9th before 5th, mistake 3 out, no extra after 2 out op 200/1
11th
Horse silk
½
14
300/1
T: M MulvanyJ: J C Gainford
Close up, 4th after 4th, 3rd after 4 out, lost place before 2 out where not fluent, weakened after 2 out op 200/1
12th
Horse silk
4
8
11/1
T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: J S McGarvey
Mid-division, dropped to 10th before 5th, towards rear 2 out where not fluent, weakened op 22/1
13th
Horse silk
5 ½
12
28/1
T: G P CromwellJ: A Harvey (5)
Mid-division, dropped to 11th before 5th, some progress 2 out where not fluent, soon weakened op 20/1 tchd 33/1
14th
Horse silk
21
13
150/1
T: Ciaran MurphyJ: T Power Roche (7)
Rear, slow jump at 2nd and reminders, not fluent at 3rd, 14th before 5th, slightly detached after 4 out, detached after 2 out, weakened, never a factor

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€17.30Pl:€3.60, €2.60, €1.02EX:€107.70Trifecta:€401.00SF:€135.69

Forecasts

Money Dancer (5/6), Last Kingdom (11/4), Ephesus (11/1), Powerful (11/1), Castleheath (12/1), Chortal (14/1), Ballyearl (20/1), Sundance Sioux (25/1), Pepper Noir (28/1), J'envoievalserenki (80/1), Aswellasabentley (150/1), Saxon Land (150/1), Stone Forest (300/1), Stiltellinemnuttin (300/1)

Verdict

Flat-winner MONEY DANCER displayed stamina for the hurdling game when third at Leopardstown 17 days ago and expected to build on that, she looks the answer. The JP McManus-owned pair Last Kingdom and Powerful could be the main dangers.

  1. MONEY DANCER (IRE)
  2. LAST KINGDOM (FR)
  3. POWERFUL (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024
Highwind
Weight: 11-7  |Age: 4
6/4

Prize Money

1st: €7,200.002nd: €2,400.003rd: €1,199.004th: €600.005th: €360.006th: €240.00

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