17:25 Punchestown

Thursday 29 April 2021

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Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle (Grade 1)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 1  |   3m  |   Yielding (Good to Yielding in places)  |   14 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 17:28  |   Winning time: 5m 56.9s
1st
Horse silk
8
5/1
T: W P MullinsJ: Mr P W Mullins
Mid-division early, slight mistake 3rd, soon raced in 6th, went 3rd travelling smoothly approaching straight, led approaching last, quickly asserted and slight mistake, ridden out and stayed on well run-in op 9/1 tchd 9/2
2nd
Horse silk
9
13
16/1
T: W P MullinsJ: B Hayes
Waited with, soon in rear, headway after 4 out, 5th into straight, chased winner approaching last, kept on same pace op 22/1 tchd 25/1
3rd
Horse silk
3 ½
9
17/2
T: M J SmithJ: K M Donoghue
Mid-division early, 9th after 5th, pushed along briefly after 4 out, went 4th and under pressure approaching straight, soon effort and one pace op 11/2 tchd 9/1
4th
Horse silk
9 ½
6
12/1
T: M F MorrisJ: Rachael Blackmore
Led, headed after 1st and raced in 2nd, slight mistake 4 out, on terms before 3 out, soon led, headed approaching last, one pace op 15/2 tchd 7/1
5th
Horse silk
3 ½
11
18/1
T: N LeeJ: Mr J J Codd
Soon chased leaders in 5th, 4th halfway, 2nd and effort approaching straight, soon one pace op 28/1
6th
Horse silk
1 ½
4
711-12
66/1
T: N MeadeJ: M P Walsh
Mid-division early, slightly slow 1st and pushed along briefly and at stages after, ridden along towards rear after 4th, 10th after 5th, kept on without threatening from before straight op 50/1 tchd 80/1
7th
Horse silk
3
12
14/1
T: Mrs D FosterJ: D F O'Regan
Waited with, 11th after 5th, kept on without threatening from before straight op 16/1 tchd 18/1
8th
Horse silk
4 ½
10
711-12
10/1
T: W P MullinsJ: D E Mullins
Waited with towards rear, headway into mid-division halfway, mistake 4 out, slight mistake 2 out, soon one pace op 11/1
9th
Horse silk
9
2
1011-12
50/1
T: W P MullinsJ: S F O'Keeffe
Soon chased leaders in 4th, 5th halfway, no extra approaching straight op 66/1 tchd 40/1
10th
Horse silk
1 ¼
14
25/1
T: P HennessyJ: R J Condon
Prominent, slightly slow 1st, slight mistake 3rd and raced in 3rd, no extra from before straight op 28/1
11th
Horse silk
¾
1
1011-12
150/1
T: Mrs J WilliamsJ: C Williams
Mid-division early, slightly slow 1st, dropped to 12th after 5th, slight mistake and no impression 5 out op 100/1 tchd 200/1

Also Ran

F
Horse silk
3
5/1
T: N MeadeJ: S W Flanagan
Chased leaders early, 7th after 5th, off pace in mid-division when fell 2 out tchd 9/2
PU
Horse silk
5
10/3f
T: G P CromwellJ: J M Moore
Led in at start, soon prominent, led after 1st, jumped left 3rd and tended to do so after and some slight mistakes, joined before 3 out, soon headed and weakened from before straight, pulled up last op 11/4 tchd 7/2
PU
Horse silk
7
711-12
11/1
T: Mrs D FosterJ: J W Kennedy
Mid-division early, 8th after 5th, slight mistake 6th, dropped to rear and no impression 5 out, pulled up 3 out tchd 12/1

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Non-Runners

15
Horse silk
Mrs Milner42
Weight: 11-5|  Age: 6
T: P Nolan  J: B J Cooper
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€7.70Pl:€2.60, €4.00, €3.20EX:€107.00Trifecta:€615.90Tricast:€670.81SF:€77.82

Forecasts

Flooring Porter (10/3), Klassical Dream (5/1), Beacon Edge (5/1), Ronald Pump (17/2), Saldier (10/1), Fury Road (11/1), French Dynamite (12/1), The Storyteller (14/1), James Du Berlais (16/1), Mrs Milner (16/1), Sole Pretender (18/1), Heaven Help Us (25/1), Bacardys (50/1), Diol Ker (66/1), Agrapart (150/1)

Verdict

FLOORING PORTER has improved out of all recognition, winning his first handicap from a mark of just 105 and now potentially looking the dominant staying hurdler after his impressive all-the-way success in the Stayers' Hurdle at Cheltenham. Beacon Edge was an excellent fourth behind the selection at the Festival on his first attempt at this trip and rates the main threat ahead of Ronald Pump.

  1. FLOORING PORTER (IRE)
  2. BEACON EDGE (IRE)
  3. RONALD PUMP

Previous Winners

2020
Unowhatimeanharry
Weight: 11-10  |Age: 11
J: M P Walsh  |  T: H Fry
16/1

Prize Money

1st: €150,000.002nd: €50,000.003rd: €25,000.004th: €12,500.005th: €7,500.006th: €5,000.00

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