14:30 Punchestown
Saturday 3 May 2025
All14:3015:0515:4216:1516:5017:2518:0018:35
Howden Cross Country Chase
- 5YO plus  |  3m 90y  |  Yielding  |  11 Runners  |  Turf  |   Weighed In
- Off time: 14:30Â Â |Â Â Winning time: 6m 46.20s
Cloth number
Odds
Star rating
Horse A-Z
Show odds
Useful chaser. Fourteen runs since last win in 2023. Pulled up in Irish National at Fairyhouse (29.2f, soft, 40/1) 12 days ago, pulled up 5 out. This is easier.
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Resumed winning ways in a 23f Punchestown Grade 3 in October but it’s been pretty much downhill all the way since, laboured nineteenth of 30 in Topham (50/1) at Aintree (21.1f, good) 29 days ago, going in snatches.
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Fairly useful hurdler. Respectable fifth of 12 in handicap chase (100/1) at Leopardstown (21.5f, good to soft) 61 days ago.
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Fair chaser. Course winner. 37½ lengths ninth of 12 to Busselton in La Touche Cup at this course (33f, good to soft, 66/1) 2 days ago. Down in trip. Easy to look elsewhere.
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Fairly useful chaser. Course winner. 12/1, creditable 10 lengths fourth of 12 to Busselton in La Touche Cup at this course (33f, good to soft) 2 days ago. Down in trip.
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125/1, first run since leaving Gordon Elliott when tailed-off thirteenth of 15 to Vanillier in Cross Country chase at this course (24.9f, soft) 89 days ago. Third in a point since.
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Useful chaser. Six wins from 23 NH runs. Twelve runs since last win in 2022. Respectable sixth of 16 in Cross Country Handicap (16/1) at Cheltenham (29.2f, good to soft) 52 days ago, seeming to pay for a big move into contention as things were starting to unfold. Given a break and good shout.
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Tends to thrive in the spring (placed in Ryanair/Cheltenham Gold Cup and Melling Chase in recent seasons) and ran respectably in the Plate at this year's Cheltenham Festival, making a bad mistake 2 out. Pulled up in the National at Aintree 28 days ago but this is easier.
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Fair hurdler. Latest win in chase at Fairyhouse in January. Creditable fourth of 13 in handicap chase at Thurles (20.8f, good, 14/1) 49 days ago. Uphill task. RESERVE.
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Fair chaser. 10/1, below form seventh of 20 in handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse (20f, soft) 13 days ago, finding little. Switches from hurdles to chase. Up in trip. RESERVE.
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Non-Runners
1
Coko Beach28
Weight: 12-7|Â Â Age: 10
T: G Elliott  J: J Smith
NR
2
Stealthy Tom2
Weight: 12-7|Â Â Age: 10
T: E Bolger  J: Simon Torrens
NR
4
Read To Return2
Weight: 12-3|Â Â Age: 8
T: A J Martin  J: Non Runner
NR
9
The Goffer2
Weight: 11-12|Â Â Age: 8
T: G Elliott  J: Kevin Sexton
NR
10
Vanillier2
Weight: 11-12|Â Â Age: 10
T: G P Cromwell  J: Keith Donoghue
NR
12
Busselton2
Weight: 11-12|Â Â Age: 8
T: J P O'Brien  J: J J Slevin
NR
16
Peaches And Cream2
Weight: 11-7|Â Â Age: 10
T: G P Cromwell  J: Conor Stone-Walsh
NR
19
Three By Two2
Weight: 11-10|Â Â Age: 9
T: D P Murphy  J: Reserve 3
NR
Forecasts
Conflated (3/1), French Dynamite (7/2), Chemical Energy (7/2), Vital Island (9/2), Final Orders (9/2), Busselton (9/2), Vanillier (9/2), Stealthy Tom (5/1), The Goffer (7/1), Coko Beach (10/1), Clonbury Bridge (20/1), Peaches And Cream (20/1), Read To Return (33/1), Quornofamonday (40/1), Subset (40/1), I A Connect (40/1), Cavalry Master (50/1), Three By Two (50/1), Grange Island (66/1)
Gordon Elliott could hold the key to this with CONFLATED holding a good chance on the form of his run in the Plate at the Cheltenham Festival. Stablemate Chemical Energy ran well in the Cross Country at Cheltenham and is appealing. Thursday's La Touche winner Busselton would be a big player if turned out again quickly.
- Conflated3/1
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: €9,000.002nd: €3,000.003rd: €1,500.004th: €750.005th: €450.006th: €300.00
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