14:35 Punchestown

Saturday 29 April 2023

All14:3515:1015:5016:2517:0017:3018:0518:40

Donohue Solutions Cross Country Chase

Off time: 14:37 | Winning time: 7m 11.70s

1^st

Subset

911-7

33/1

T: P MaherJ: Mr B T Stone (7)

Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, not fluent 21st, headway after 3 out and led next, strongly pressed approaching last, ridden and edged left run-in, held on well

2^nd

Blast Of Koeman

1211-7

14/1

T: P MaherJ: Sean O'Keeffe

Tracked leaders, slightly hampered 4th, 6th halfway, 4th 3 out, 3rd and ridden after next, under pressure and kept on well run-in, not reach winner op 12/1

3^rd

Three By Two

711-5

5/2f

T: D P MurphyJ: Mr T Power Roche (7)

Tracked leaders, badly hampered 4th, 3rd halfway, close up 3 out and 2nd next, headway to challenge before last, ridden and kept on one pace run-in, dropped to 3rd closing stages op 9/4 tchd 2/1

4^th

6 ½

Hurricane Darwin

1312-3

9/2

T: C W J FarrellJ: Mr B O Walsh (7)

Towards rear, closer 7 out, headway in 7th 3 out, soon pushed along and went 4th before last, kept on one pace run-in op 4/1

5^th

6 ½

Birchdale

911-12

3/1

T: E BolgerJ: Mr D O'Connor

Rear of mid-division, 9th halfway, closer 5 out, 6th and pushed along 2 out, no impression approaching last, kept on one pace run-in op 10/3 tchd 7/2

6^th

2 ¼

Midnight Maestro

1112-3

14/1

T: E BolgerJ: Shane Fitzgerald (3)

Tracked leaders, 7th halfway, 6th 3 out, 5th and pushed along when slight mistake next, ridden and no impression approaching last, no extra run-in op 16/1 tchd 18/1

7^th

Go Another One

1111-12

8/1

T: J C McConnellJ: B W Harvey (5)

Prominent, led before 14th, joined 17th, slow 6 out and headed, soon lost place and no extra from 3 out op 7/1 tchd 10/1

8^th

4 ½

Hardline

1111-7

14/1

T: G ElliottJ: Keith Donoghue

Towards rear, closer 6 out, 10th 3 out, no impression when mistake next, kept on one pace, never a factor op 18/1

9^th

Western Sea

1011-12

100/1

T: R O'SullivanJ: Mr L P Shanahan (7)

Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, headway 6 out and led next, ridden and headed 2 out, soon no extra tchd 66/1

10^th

Three Loud Knocks

1111-12

125/1

T: B MortellJ: J J Slevin

Rear of mid-division, no impression after 5 out and no extra before 3 out tchd 80/1

11^th

Grangeclare Native

811-7

33/1

T: O McKiernanJ: Phillip Enright

Led, headed before 14th, disputed lead again from 17th, headed 5 out, pushed along and lost place after 3 out, soon no extra, weakened op 80/1

Also Ran

Four Country Roads

912-3

80/1

T: B McMahonJ: Mr E Mahon (7)

Mid-division, pushed along and towards rear after 21st, detached after 6 out, no extra and pulled up before 3 out op 66/1 tchd 100/1

An Droichead Eile

911-7

100/1

T: P MaherJ: Alex Harvey (7)

Tracked leaders, fell 4th op 125/1 tchd 80/1

Plan Of Attack

1011-7

7/1

T: H De BromheadJ: Darragh O'Keeffe

Always towards rear, slow 5th and 8th, detached when very slow 10th, soon pulled up op 11/2 tchd 8/1

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Non-Runners

Jet Fighter¹

Weight: 11-7| Age: 6

T: P Maher J: Mr S Cavanagh

Mortal²

Weight: 11-7| Age: 11

T: G Elliott J: Non Runner

Alpha Male²

Weight: 11-12| Age: 12

T: P Maher J: Donagh Meyler

Stealthy Tom²

Weight: 12-7| Age: 8

T: E Bolger J: Mr H C Swan

Vital Island²

Weight: 12-3| Age: 11

T: R P O'Keeffe J: Non Runner

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€48.20Pl:€9.20, €4.30, €1.30EX:€712.30Trifecta:€1,482.20Tricast:€1,598.18SF:€431.78

Forecasts

Three By Two (5/2), Birchdale (3/1), Stealthy Tom (7/2), Vital Island (7/2), Hurricane Darwin (9/2), Plan Of Attack (7/1), Go Another One (8/1), Blast Of Koeman (14/1), Midnight Maestro (14/1), Hardline (14/1), Jet Fighter (14/1), Mortal (25/1), Subset (33/1), Grangeclare Native (33/1), Alpha Male (50/1), Four Country Roads (80/1), Western Sea (100/1), An Droichead Eile (100/1), Three Loud Knocks (125/1)

Over half of these were involved earlier in the week so, with that in mind, PLAN OF ATTACK is taken to snap a lengthy losing run stretching back to 2019. Last year's winner Hurricane Darwin has presumably been saved for this contest so he may emerge as the main danger, while Three By Two took to the banks like a duck to water when winning over C&D on Tuesday and so she warrants plenty of respect if turned out again quickly.

PLAN OF ATTACK (IRE)
HURRICANE DARWIN (IRE)
THREE BY TWO (IRE)

Previous Winners

2022

Hurricane Darwin

Weight: 11-7 |Age: 12

J: Mr B O Walsh | T: C W J Farrell

22/1

Prize Money

1st: €9,000.002nd: €3,000.003rd: €1,500.004th: €750.005th: €450.006th: €299.00