14:40 Punchestown

Sunday 31 December 2017

All12:3513:0513:4014:1014:4015:1515:45

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Off time: 14:42 | Winning time: 5m 20.70s

1^st

Returntovendor

710-13

25/1

T: J P FaheyJ: I J McCarthy

Led early, headed before 1st where slight mistake, headway to lead again 6th, pushed along after 2 out, ridden early straight and headed briefly last, rallied strongly under pressure run-in and asserted closing stages op 33/1

2^nd

1 ¾

Brave Out

610-10

8/1

T: J E KielyJ: D F O'Regan

Rear of mid-division, good headway on inner entering straight, led briefly last, under pressure run-in and no impression on winner closing stages op 12/1

3^rd

3 ¼

Miles To Memphis

811-2

14/1

T: Mrs D FosterJ: M A Enright

Mid-division, slight mistake 5 out, pushed along and headway on outer entering straight, ridden in 3rd approaching last, no impression run-in op 12/1

4^th

Camelia De Cotte

511-3

8/1

T: W P MullinsJ: N M Kelly (5)

Mid-division, closer approaching 2 out, pushed along in 5th approaching last, kept on one pace run-in

5^th

2 ½

Steel Wave

710-8

7/4f

T: W P MullinsJ: Paul Townend

Tracked leaders, headway into 2nd 2 out, pushed along and slightly checked entering straight, no impression in 4th before last, no extra op 9/4

6^th

4 ½

Hareth

710-9

12/1

T: C ByrnesJ: D J McInerney (5)

Towards rear, slight mistake 5 out, pushed along in rear after 4 out, ridden and no impression in 11th after 2 out, kept on one pace in straight op 8/1

7^th

Synopsis

511-4

5/1

T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell

Mid-division, 7th 2 out, pushed along and no impression approaching last, no extra run-in, kept on one pace op 11/2 tchd 9/2

8^th

2 ¾

Wade Harper

710-6

50/1

T: P J RothwellJ: J P O'Sullivan (7)

Rear of mid-division, pushed along before 3 out and headway on inner in 5th 2 out, no impression approaching last, no extra op 40/1

9^th

Fruits Of Glory

89-12

20/1

T: E CawleyJ: Phillip Enright

In rear, some headway before 2 out, no impression approaching last, no extra

10^th

The Mulcare Rover

711-0

20/1

T: J J WalshJ: Sean Flanagan

Mid-division, pushed along and no impression after 4 out, weakened

11^th

Ben Brody

710-9

14/1

T: S ByrneJ: P D Kennedy (3)

Tracked leaders, slight mistake 5th, pushed along approaching 3 out, no extra 2 out, weakened op 16/1

12^th

Fine Rightly

911-11

7/1

T: S R B CrawfordJ: A E Lynch

Soon led, not fluent 4th, headed 6th, remained prominent until no extra after 2 out, eased, tailed off op 13/2

Also Ran

Ice Cool

810-5

40/1

T: V T O'BrienJ: Donagh Meyler

Mid-division, headway into 3rd after 6th, lost place 4 out and soon no extra, in rear when bad mistake 2 out, pulled up before last op 25/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€27.00Pl:€6.30, €1.90, €3.80EX:€274.10Trifecta:€4,106.90Tricast:€2,954.55SF:€214.50

Forecasts

Steel Wave (7/4), Synopsis (5/1), Fine Rightly (7/1), Brave Out (8/1), Camelia De Cotte (8/1), Hareth (12/1), Miles To Memphis (14/1), Ben Brody (14/1), Fruits Of Glory (20/1), The Mulcare Rover (20/1), Returntovendor (25/1), Ice Cool (40/1), Wade Harper (50/1)

Top weight is never an easy burden to carry in these races but that said FINE RIGHTLY represents an interesting option. An excellent chaser he hasn't been quite so good over hurdles so far but ran a solid race over the smaller obstacles last time and on the best of his chasing form is very well treated here. He is taken to get the better of Steel Wave, who made a promising return from a break last month, and the lightly-raced raced Synopsis.

Fine Rightly
Steel Wave
Synopsis

Previous Winners

2016

Duke Cass

Weight: 10-8 |Age: 4

J: Donagh Meyler | T: K Thornton

5/2

Prize Money

1st: €11,704.002nd: €3,629.003rd: €1,729.004th: €779.005th: €304.00