14:20 Punchestown

Saturday 7 June 2025

All13:1013:4514:2015:0015:4016:1016:4517:20

Ladbrokes Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:20 | Winning time: 6m 21.10s

1^st

Prince Zaltar

811-8

6/1

T: P J RothwellJ: D Robinson

Rear of mid division, 16th halfway, progress into 7th 3 out, pushed along in 4th after next, went 3rd before last, soon ridden and kept on well to lead close home op 13/2 tchd 11/2 and tchd 8/1

2^nd

Western Model

610-9

11/4f

T: P NolanJ: Peter Smithers (7)

Mid division, 12th halfway, progress into 6th 3 out, went 5th next, ridden to go 4th last, kept on well inside last 50 yards to go 2nd close home tchd 5/2 and tchd 3/1

3^rd

Pride Of Place

611-2

18/1

T: E BolgerJ: C G O'Dwyer (5)

Mid division, 15th halfway, progress into 5th 5 out, went 3rd 3 out, 2nd entering straight, headway to challenge next, ridden approaching last, no extra and dropped to 3rd over 50 yards out op 20/1 tchd 16/1

4^th

nse

Malton Groove

811-2

18/1

T: D A McLoughlinJ: Patrick M O'Brien (7)

Tracked leaders, progress into 3rd halfway, led 3 out, pushed along after next, pecked on landing last, soon ridden and headed over 50 yards out, no extra and dropped to 4th close home op 11/1

5^th

1 ¾

General Hubble

710-13

12/1

T: G ElliottJ: P Cleary (7)

Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, went 4th 3 out, pushed along in 6th before next, soon ridden and kept on again to go 5th run-in op 15/2

6^th

4 ½

Riggs

1011-12

12/1

T: P CluskeyJ: L A McKenna (5)

Tracked leaders, 7th halfway, pushed along to dispute when not fluent 3 out, ridden entering straight, 3rd 2 out, no extra in 5th last, lost a further place run-in op 10/1

7^th

Tullyhogue Fort

910-7

14/1

T: John F O'NeillJ: Gavin Brouder (3)

Towards rear, progress into 4th halfway, pushed along after 4 out, no impression in 10th entering straight, kept on one pace from last op 16/1

8^th

3 ½

Pebble Bleu

611-6

17/2

T: C MotherwayJ: Liam Quinlan (3)

Towards rear, 10th halfway, badly hampered 5 out, soon no impression op 10/1 tchd 8/1 and tchd 11/1

9^th

1 ¼

Jeu De Pic

610-12

20/1

T: T CooperJ: Kevin Sexton

Always towards rear, never a factor op 33/1

10^th

Marronstown

811-9

16/1

T: D M ChristieJ: B W Harvey

Chased leader, led 2nd, pushed along and headed 3 out, soon ridden and weakened from next op 20/1 tchd 14/1 and tchd 22/1

11^th

Rust To Riches

810-0

33/1

T: C A McBratneyJ: Sean Cleary-Farrell (7)

Tracked leaders, 6th halfway, pushed along after 5 out, soon no extra and weakened op 50/1

12^th

1 ¾

The Dabbler

1211-8

18/1

T: L P CusackJ: R A Berry (7)

Tracked leaders, mistake 1st, 8th halfway, pushed along after 5 out, not fluent 3 out, soon no extra and weakened op 25/1 tchd 28/1

Also Ran

Friends N Commerce

911-6

28/1

T: P G KellyJ: Aaron Anderson (5)

Towards rear, progress into 9th halfway, unseated rider 5 out op 22/1 tchd 33/1

Mount Shenshan

711-4

16/1

T: T MullinsJ: Anna McGuinness (7)

Led, headed 2nd, 4th next, unseated rider 5th tchd 14/1

Meehall

910-12

11/2

T: E McNamaraJ: Gary Noonan (5)

Tracked leaders, progress into 2nd halfway, fell 5 out op 7/1

Walkonthebriteside

710-11

22/1

T: J C McConnellJ: Carl Millar (5)

Mid division, 11th halfway, no impression from 5 out, pulled up before next op 20/1

Silent Flight

910-7

28/1

T: P ByrneJ: Mike O'Connor

Mid division, 13th halfway, no impression from 4 out, pulled up before 2 out op 20/1

Dragon's Pass

910-3

40/1

T: Mrs D FosterJ: Mark McDonagh

Rear of mid division, slow jump 10th, no impression from 4 out, pulled up before 2 out

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Non-Runners

Spellacy's Cross⁶

Weight: 10-5| Age: 6

T: J Barcoe J: K Callaghan

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€8.30Pl:€1.90, €1.60, €4.70, €3.80EX:€41.50Trifecta:€875.00Tricast:€313.80SF:€24.40

Forecasts

Western Model (11/4), Meehall (11/2), Prince Zaltar (6/1), Pebble Bleu (17/2), General Hubble (12/1), Riggs (12/1), Tullyhogue Fort (14/1), Marronstown (16/1), Mount Shenshan (16/1), Pride Of Place (18/1), Malton Groove (18/1), The Dabbler (18/1), Jeu De Pic (20/1), Spellacy's Cross (20/1), Walkonthebriteside (22/1), Silent Flight (28/1), Friends N Commerce (28/1), Rust To Riches (33/1), Dragon's Pass (40/1)

RIGGS is thriving all of a sudden and should make a bold bid for the hat-trick given the manner of his win at Wexford 3 weeks ago. Prince Zaltar and Meehall head the dangers.

RIGGS (IRE)
PRINCE ZALTAR (FR)
MEEHALL (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Marronstown

Weight: 11-10 |Age: 7

J: Alex Harvey | T: D M Christie

9/1

Prize Money

1st: €6,899.002nd: €2,300.003rd: €1,150.004th: €575.005th: €345.006th: €230.00