13:20 Leopardstown

Sunday 28 December 2025

All12:1012:4513:2013:5514:3015:0515:40

Ballymaloe Relish Rising Stars Beginners Chase

Off time: 13:20 | Winning time: 5m 30.2s

1^st

Koktail Divin

511-12

11/4

T: H De BromheadJ: Darragh O'Keeffe

Disputed lead, led after 1st, wandered slightly before 2nd, increased advantage before 7th, travelled well and asserted before last where clear, ran on strongly run-in, very easily tchd 10/3

2^nd

Kiss Will

511-12

2/1f

T: W P MullinsJ: Paul Townend

Disputed lead, headed after 1st and tracked leader, 3rd before 7th, improved to 2nd 3 out, not fluent 2 out, no impression on leader before last, kept on one paced in moderate 2nd run-in op 7/4 tchd 5/2

3^rd

Shuffle The Deck

511-12

5/1

T: T M WalshJ: Mark Walsh

In touch, 5th before 7th, 4th after 9th, improved to 3rd before last where no impression on leader, one paced in moderate 3rd run-in op 4/1 tchd 11/2

4^th

3 ¾

C'est Ta Chance

611-12

40/1

T: W P MullinsJ: Sam Ewing

Mid-division, dropped to 6th before 7th, effort in 5th 3 out, no impression in moderate 4th last, one paced run-in op 50/1 tchd 33/1

5^th

Patter Merchant

611-12

13/2

T: G ElliottJ: Jack Kennedy

Towards rear, took closer order after 2nd, 4th before 7th, 5th after 9th, dropped to 6th 3 out, weakened after 2 out, jumped right last op 15/2 tchd 6/1

6^th

Karl Des Tourelles

511-12

18/1

T: P FentonJ: Brian Hayes

Prominent, 2nd before 7th, 3rd 3 out, lost place and weakened before last where slow jump in moderate 5th op 25/1

7^th

The Wallpark

711-12

22/1

T: G ElliottJ: Danny Gilligan

Rear, 7th before 7th, under pressure after 4 out, no impression 3 out, weakened before 2 out op 25/1 tchd 18/1

8^th

Maxi Mac Gold

611-12

80/1

T: P NolanJ: Sean Flanagan

Rear, slightly detached 5th, 8th before 7th, weakened after 3 out, never a factor, tailed off op 66/1

Also Ran

Soldier In Milan

611-12

11/2

T: E MullinsJ: Keith Donoghue

Rear of mid-division, slight mistake 1st, jumped right 6th, dropped to 9th before 7th, weakened and pulled up before next op 6/1 tchd 5/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€3.75Pl:€1.30, €1.30, €1.70EX:€9.30Trifecta:€52.30SF:€9.30

Forecasts

Kiss Will (2/1), Koktail Divin (11/4), Shuffle The Deck (5/1), Soldier In Milan (11/2), Patter Merchant (13/2), Karl Des Tourelles (18/1), The Wallpark (22/1), C'est Ta Chance (40/1), Maxi Mac Gold (80/1)

Willie Mullins has won this with Galopin des Champs and Fact To File in recent years and KISS WILL gets the vote to build on his promising chase debut third at Fairyhouse last month. Koktail Divin and Patter Merchant have shown enough to think they'll be winning over fences soon and ought to be on the premises, while point winner Soldier In Milan is another interesting runner switched straight to fences on the back of a promising bumper success in the spring.

KISS WILL (FR)
KOKTAIL DIVIN (FR)
PATTER MERCHANT (IRE)

Previous Winners

2024

Dee Capo

Weight: 11-12 |Age: 5

J: Danny Gilligan | T: G Elliott

15/2

Prize Money

1st: €10,500.002nd: €3,501.003rd: €1,750.004th: €875.005th: €525.006th: €350.00