11:43 Punchestown

Sunday 23 November 2025

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Colm Quinn BMW Risk Of Thunder Chase

Off time: 11:45 | Winning time: 6m 56.2s

Outside The Door⁴⁰

Age: 9| Weight: 12-0| J: Aidan Kelly⁽³⁾| T: P Roche| OR: 138| CD

28/1

Useful chaser. Latest win in chase at Wexford in August. 14/1, below form tenth of 17 in handicap hurdle at this course (23.1f, good to soft) 40 days ago. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 82-51P0

Busselton⁴⁰

Age: 8| Weight: 11-9| J: J J Slevin| T: J P O'Brien| OR: 135| C| D

9/2

Useful chaser. Won the La Touche Cup in May. 10/3, second of 4 in minor event hurdle at this course (18.9f, good to soft) 40 days ago, inadequate test. Switches from hurdles to chase. Back up in trip. Big player.

Form: 64P1-32

Vanillier^b,t²⁰⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-9| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 143| BF| C| D

4/1

Smart chaser. C&D winner in February. Wasn't going well when unseating in the La Touche here in May but leading claims if revitalised by a break.

Form: 69130U-

Vital Island^p1,t¹⁷⁸

Age: 13| Weight: 11-9| J: Darragh O'Keeffe| T: R P O'Keeffe| OR: 127| CD

25/1

Fairly useful chaser. C&D winner om May. Pulled up in listed cross-country race at Le Lion-d'Angers (36.3f, soft, 39/1) later in the month. Cheekpieces on for 1st time on return.

Form: 3P141-P

A Mighty King¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr L P Shanahan⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan

80/1

Unseated rider in C&D chase on Rules debut in April. Fourth in a point a fortnight ago. Likely outsider.

Form: 3835U-4

Cavalry Master^p,t⁴²

Age: 11| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean O'Keeffe| T: P Maher| OR: 108| C

125/1

Fair chaser. Seventeen runs since last win in 2021. 99/1, respectable 29 lengths ninth of 15 to Stumptown in Velka Pardubicka at Pardubice (34.3f, good) 42 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 3U-6859

Desertmore House^t²¹

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Ricky Doyle| T: M Brassil| OR: 140| D

3/1

Useful chaser. Went down by ¾-length to Busselton in La Touche Cup here in May. Fit from a recent point win. Considered.

Form: 300P2-1

Final Orders¹³⁵

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Sean Flanagan| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 139| D

16/1

Useful chaser. Seventeen runs since last win in 2023. 28/1, respectable sixth of 12 in handicap chase at Kilbeggan (25.4f, good) 135 days ago.

Form: 32P3-P6

Gentleman De Reve⁴²

Age: 9| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr Teddy Davies⁽⁷⁾| T: P Maher

40/1

Fairly useful chaser. 19½ lengths sixth of 15 to Stumptown in Velka Pardubicka (34/1) at Pardubice (34.3f, good) 42 days ago. Down in trip. First run for yard after leaving Emmanuel Clayeux.

Form: 246/226

Lough Derg Spirit^p⁴⁹

Age: 13| Weight: 11-4| J: Conor Smithers⁽⁷⁾| T: D P Murphy| OR: 112| D

100/1

Useful hurdler/chaser earlier in career. Very lightly raced in recent times, finishing a remote sixth in a point last month. Outsider.

Form: 33P1/3-6

Peaches And Cream^t²⁰⁶

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Ben Harvey| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 118| C

80/1

Fairly useful chaser. Course winner. 22/1, respectable 14 lengths sixth of 12 to Busselton in La Touche Cup here (33f, good) in May. Off 6 months. Back down in trip. Tongue strap back on.

Form: 3P0756-

The Goffer^t³⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-4| J: Danny Gilligan| T: G Elliott| OR: 134| C| D

9/4

Useful chaser. Eighteen runs since last win in 2023. Seventeenth of 20 in handicap chase at Galway (22.5f, good to soft, 14/1) 114 days ago.

Form: 5435-01

Walking On Glass⁴⁰

Age: 10| Weight: 11-4| J: Kevin Sexton| T: P Roche| OR: 125| D

66/1

Fairly useful hurdler/chaser. Sixteen runs since last win in 2022. 33/1, pulled up in handicap hurdle at this course (23.1f, good to soft) 40 days ago, struggling next. Switches from hurdles to chase.

Form: 697-73P

Well Buoy²⁰⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 11-4| J: Mr J M Halford⁽⁷⁾| T: E Bolger| D

10/1

Lightly-raced maiden under NH rules. Creditable fifth of 16 in C&D chase in April (good to soft, 9/2). Off 6 months. Difficult ask.

Form: 21P075-

Three By Two^p⁸⁶

Age: 9| Weight: 11-2| J: Jordan Gainford| T: D P Murphy| OR: 95| C| D

20/1

Fairly useful chaser. Course winner. Tenth of 16 in handicap chase (12/1) at Wexford (25f, good) 86 days ago.

Form: 2563-P0

Forecasts

The Goffer (9/4), Desertmore House (3/1), Vanillier (4/1), Busselton (9/2), Well Buoy (10/1), Final Orders (16/1), Three By Two (20/1), Vital Island (25/1), Outside The Door (28/1), Gentleman De Reve (40/1), Walking On Glass (66/1), A Mighty King (80/1), Peaches And Cream (80/1), Lough Derg Spirit (100/1), Cavalry Master (125/1)

VANILLIER seemed to lose his enthusiasm a little at the end of last season but might be refreshed by a break and this former Grand National runner-up is a potential class act if recapturing the form he showed when bolting up over C&D in February. La Touche Cup 1-2 Busselton and Desertmore House, who is fit from a recent point win, may provide the main opposition.