16:55 Punchestown
Wednesday 25 April 2018
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Irish Daily Mirror Novice Hurdle (Grade 1)
- 4YO plus | Class 1 | 3m | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 11 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 16:56 | Winning time: 6m 16.0s
T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend
Soon chased leaders in 5th, closed and slight mistake 2 out, 3rd approaching straight, soon on terms, gained narrow lead run-in and stayed on well op 11/8
T: G ElliottJ: D N Russell
Held up, slightly slow jump 1st, 8th at 7th, closed and slight mistake 2 out, 4th approaching straight, soon 3rd, stayed on well run-in, not quite get to winner op 8/1
T: C L TizzardJ: H Cobden
Chased leaders, soon 3rd, 2nd approaching straight, soon on terms, narrowly headed run-in and kept on well without matching 1st 2 op 4/1
T: W P MullinsJ: D J Mullins
Chased leaders, soon 4th, bad mistake 3 out, 5th approaching straight, soon no impression, moderate 4th and not fluent last, one pace
T: P NolanJ: K C Sexton
Towards rear, some headway but no impression from before straight, kept on same pace without threatening from before last op 18/1
T: W P MullinsJ: N D Fehily
Held up, 7th from 5th, no impression and kept on same pace from before straight tchd 14/1
T: G ElliottJ: J W Kennedy
Led and disputed, bumped with rival 6th, not always fluent jumping, headed from before straight and weakened from before last
T: Mrs J HarringtonJ: R M Power
Towards rear, some slight mistakes, no impression and one pace from before straight op 12/1
T: S DrinkwaterJ: Mr J Drinkwater
Close up and disputed lead, slight mistake 4th, bumped with rival 6th, slight mistake 10th, dropped to 6th approaching straight and no extra
T: M HassettJ: A E Lynch
Soon chased leaders in 6th, lost position approaching 3 out, no extra from before straight
Also Ran
T: G ElliottJ: M P Walsh
Held up, 9th at 7th, no extra from 2 out and pulled up straight op 20/1
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:€1.90Pl:€1.10, €1.70, €1.60EX:€9.70Trifecta:€29.60Tricast:€34.37SF:€10.27
Forecasts
Next Destination (5/4), Kilbricken Storm (5/1), Delta Work (7/1), Ballyward (8/1), Jetz (10/1), Blow By Blow (12/1), Brahma Bull (16/1), Discorama (20/1), Lackaneen Leader (25/1), General Consensus (100/1), The Conditional (100/1)
Both Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott are equally represented with a trio of runners. The latter saddles a couple of Cheltenham Festival Handicap winners (Blow By Blow and Delta Work) who seek to cut their teeth at a higher level, so it appears to be advantage Mullins. Ballyward is lightly raced over hurdles and needs to improve past his Albert Bartlett conqueror Kilbricken Storm, but could potentially do so with the Colin Tizzard seven-year-old generally strongest at Cheltenham. However, NEXT DESTINATION is the most likely winner after his solid effort (third) behind Samcro in the Ballymore. He should truly relish his first attempt at this 3m trip.
- Next Destination
- Ballyward
- Kilbricken Storm
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: €59,000.002nd: €19,000.003rd: €9,000.004th: €4,000.005th: €2,000.006th: €1,000.00
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