17:30 Punchestown
Thursday 2 May 2019
All15:4016:1516:5017:3018:0518:4019:1519:45
- 4YO plus | Class 1 | 3m | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 10 Runners | Turf
- Off time: 17:30 | Winning time: 6m 1.8s
Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle (Grade 1)
Weighed In
T: H FryJ: M P Walsh
Always prominent, soon 2nd, slight mistake 9th, pressed leader 3 out, led approaching last, stayed on well run-in op 14/1
T: W P MullinsJ: Mr P W Mullins
Mid-division early, 5th before 6th, pushed along briefly 10th, 7th before straight, soon effort, stayed on well run-in, 2nd near line op 15/2 tchd 7/1
T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend
Waited with, 7th before 6th, improved into 4th before straight, soon effort, chased winner run-in, one pace tchd 5/2
T: W P MullinsJ: D J Mullins
Led, pressed and slight mistake 3 out, headed approaching last, kept on same pace
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Soon chased leaders, slight mistake 5th, 4th before 6th where not fluent, 5th before straight, soon effort, not fluent and slightly impeded last, kept on without matching principals run-in tchd 7/2
T: C L TizzardJ: T Scudamore
Waited with, 6th before 6th, improved into 3rd before straight, challenged approaching last and every chance when bad mistake, not recover and one pace tchd 9/1
T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell
Waited with, soon towards rear, slight mistakes 8th and next, no impression before 3 out, tailed off op 16/1
T: G ElliottJ: J W Kennedy
Chased leaders, soon 3rd, dropped towards rear and pushed along after 10th, no impression before 3 out, hampered last, tailed off
T: G ElliottJ: K M Donoghue
In rear, jumped left 10th and pushed along, no impression before 3 out, hampered last, tailed off
Also Ran
T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: R M Power
Waited with, 8th before 6th, pushed along from 10th, 6th before straight, soon effort and just behind leaders when fell last op 13/2 tchd 7/1
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:€24.60Pl:€4.20, €2.20, €1.30EX:€239.10Trifecta:€743.20Tricast:€406.62SF:€142.91
Forecasts
Bapaume (9/4), Aux Ptits Soins (4/1), Not Many Left (11/2), Bacardys (8/1), Dortmund Park (8/1), Cracking Smart (8/1), Vision Des Flos (10/1), Unowhatimeanharry (16/1), Killultagh Vic (16/1), Prince Of Scars (66/1)
A typically strong hand here for Willie Mullins, with three of the ten-runner field. With winning form at this meeting and a credible run behind Paisley Park at Cheltenham, Bapaume is the most appealing on current form. Killultagh Vic shouldn't be dismissed though Bacardys was very disappointing in this last year. He's come up short at this level before but AUX PTITS SOINS stormed home at Aintree last time to win a handicap and, with that career-best behind him, will surely not find a better Grade 1 opportunity. The progressive Not Many Left is much better suited back up in trip after a recent run at Fairyhouse.
- Aux Ptits Soins
- Bapaume
- Not Many Left
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: €176,999.002nd: €57,000.003rd: €27,000.004th: €12,000.005th: €6,000.006th: €3,000.00
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