14:40 Punchestown
Sunday 31 December 2017
All12:3513:0513:4014:1014:4015:1515:45
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- 4YO plus | 2m 4f | Soft to Heavy | 13 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 14:42 | Winning time: 5m 20.7s
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
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
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
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
T: W P MullinsJ: P 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
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
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
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
T: E CawleyJ: P T Enright
In rear, some headway before 2 out, no impression approaching last, no extra
T: J J WalshJ: S W Flanagan
Mid-division, pushed along and no impression after 4 out, weakened
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
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
T: V T O'BrienJ: D 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
Prize Money
1st: €11,704.002nd: €3,629.003rd: €1,729.004th: €779.005th: €304.00
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