Punchestown Result

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The first thing I want to say is that we’re all thinking about Michael (O'Sullivan) and his family today. This is the first winner in those colours since. This horse has been doing everything wrong in his hurdle races. He’s been way too keen, making mistakes and he’s still running to figures to suggest that he’s there or thereabouts winning a Supreme Novices. Today he settled away better and jumped better. He was on and off it. He got a run on him going down the hill. He has so much natural ability this horse that he can’t understand why the riders want to take him back. He’s hardly having a blow there today, that was his last piece of work before the Supreme. I know nothing about time but I’ve had two of the top fellas tell me the race in Fairyhouse, the time he was beaten and they were 24 lengths clear of the rest, that the first and second’s sectional splits were good enough to win nine out of the last ten Supremes. He’s put himself right in the picture there. He was a very good bumper horse and in his two runs over hurdles he was way too keen and made too many mistakes. He put it all together there today and we’ll be on the boat and I wouldn’t be swapping him for anything in it. In a fast run race over there you’d be hoping he’d settle away a bit better. He has the lot. Barry Connell, trainer

P. Townend, rider of C'est Ta Chance (FR), trained by W.P. Mullins, reported to the Clerk of the Scales that his mount never travelled and jumped right throughout.

A novice hurdle for four years old and upwards that are EBF eligible and have not won more than two hurdle races and have not won a Grade 1, Grade 2 or Grade 3 weight for-age hurdle race and have not run under any Rules of Racing as a two or three yr old and have not won a steeplechase
Weights - 4-y-o 10st 7lbs 5-y-o and up 11st 5lbs Mares allowed 7lbs
Penalties - Winner of a hurdle race 4lb extra Of two hurdle races 7lb extra