16:35 Punchestown

Wednesday 15 October 2025

All13:5514:3015:0515:3516:0516:3517:05

Premiere Weekend Ticket Just 25 For Limited Time Only (Q.R.) Handicap Chase

Off time: 16:36 | Winning time: 6m 7.20s

Battle Of Mirbat¹⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 12-4| J: Mr A P Ryan⁽⁵⁾| T: M J McDonagh| OR: 110

9/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2023. Fifth of 12 in handicap chase (25/1) at Listowel (23.8f, good to soft) 18 days ago, losing touch early in the backstraight. Operating below best for a while now but he's becoming well treated as a result.

Form: 3U/60-05

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Iamagetaway^t¹⁹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-11| J: Mr S Connor⁽⁷⁾| T: J Fahey| OR: 103

13/2

Fair winner at 21f over hurdles. Below form tenth of 16 in handicap chase at Listowel (19.4f, good to soft, 22/1) 19 days ago, never dangerous. More needed.

Form: 77-2650

Smallcraftwarning^t¹³

Age: 8| Weight: 11-8| J: Josh Williamson⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Ryan| OR: 100| D

8/1

Won a chase at Killarney (23f) in July and placed on 2 of his 3 starts since, respectable third of 14 in handicap hurdle at Clonmel (22.8f, soft) 13 days ago. Can go well again returned to chasing.

Form: U41373

The Dabbler^p³⁷

Age: 12| Weight: 11-7| J: Mr P W Gleeson⁽⁷⁾| T: L P Cusack| OR: 99| D

16/1

Unreliable veteran. 25/1, showed no signs of a revival following 3 months off when ninth of 13 in handicap chase at Galway (22.5f, soft) 37 days ago. Others stronger.

Form: 436-009

Elusive Prince¹¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-5| J: Mr J C Barry| T: J Barcoe| OR: 97

66/1

First run since leaving Henry De Bromhead when tenth of 14 in handicap hurdle (14/1) at Gowran (20.2f, soft) 11 days ago, jumping none too fluently. Switches from hurdles to chase and he has it to prove now.

Form: 265-8P0

Aurea Fortuna²⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr D O'Connor| T: A J Martin| OR: 96| BF

1/1

Well suited by the emphasis on stamina when shedding maiden tag over hurdles at Galway (16.7f) in August. Backed that up when third from 9 lb higher mark at Navan (21f) 25 days ago and he's a very interesting runner from his reduced mark back over fences.

Form: 234-713

Ardaghs Choice^b¹⁴

Age: 10| Weight: 10-12| J: Mr B M Coonan⁽⁷⁾| T: E Sheehy| OR: 90

40/1

Temperamental sort. Unseated rider in handicap chase (25/1) at Sligo (25.8f, good to soft) 14 days ago, mistake first and coming down at the third. Overall record is patchy and others make stronger appeal.

Form: 6443P-U

Hit The Frame^b,t¹⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-11| J: Mr J C Canavan⁽⁷⁾| T: J P Flavin| OR: 89

6/1

Career best when winning 16-runner handicap chase (13/2) at Wexford (25f, good) in August before finishing a good fourth of 12 in handicap chase at Killarney (23.4f, good to soft) 10 days ago. Respected once more.

Form: 0P2414

He Fitz In^b¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-9| J: Alan O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: D E Fitzgerald| OR: 87

15/2

It's now thirteen runs since his last win in 2024 but showed benefit of a recent hurdles run when finishing very good third of 11 in handicap chase (8/1) at Sligo (25.8f, good to soft) 14 days ago. Claims with a repeat having slipped to a very handy mark.

Form: 2479-03

Futurum Regem^p¹⁴

Age: 9| Weight: 10-7| J: Mr Finn Tegetmeier⁽⁷⁾| T: H P Finegan| OR: 85

50/1

Eighteen runs since last win in 2021. 25/1, ninth of 12 in handicap chase at Sligo (21.1f, good to soft) 14 days ago, folding between last 2. Others hold more pressing claims despite tumbling mark.

Form: 87-4089

Forecasts

Aurea Fortuna (1/1), Hit The Frame (6/1), Iamagetaway (13/2), He Fitz In (15/2), Smallcraftwarning (8/1), Battle Of Mirbat (9/1), The Dabbler (16/1), Ardaghs Choice (40/1), Futurum Regem (50/1), Elusive Prince (66/1)

A much-improved model over hurdles in recent months, AUREA FORTUNA returns to chasing from what could be a very lenient mark and confidence behind him in the betting would further bolster that view. He Fitz In and Hit The Frame can give Tony Martin's 6-y-o most to think about.