Punchestown Results Tue, 12th Oct, 2021

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It's a great start and I couldn't ask for anymore. He had a good round of jumping, a little novicey mistake at the second last but hopefully he should learn from that and it'll stand to him going forward. It's good to see he took to fences and he could be an exciting novice going forward for the rest of the season. I haven't thought of any future plans but he's a high quality horse and we'll be looking at all the graded options anyway. He won his maiden hurdle on proper heavy ground here during the winter but if we have options we'll definitely be picking better ground. It's probably more of a worry whether we can go back left-handed again after Leopardstown last year. I'd like to forgive him the run but time will tell. He has a high cruising speed so I told Brian to buck out and go as fitness was on our side and he's a slick jumper in the main. Trip wise I'd say he'll be very versatile and I'd have no qualms about going up in trip. The Ascot Stakes was two-and-a-half on the Flat and he was still galloping at the line, he was actually caught flat footed that day. He's an exciting horse and we have plenty of options. Emmet Mullins, trainer

A steeplechase for four years old and upwards that have not won a steeplechase
Weights - 4-y-o 11st 5lbs 5-y-o and up 12st Mares allowed 7lbs