3.45 Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup of €225,000.00 5-y-o plus 3m. 1f.

Punchestown Results Wed, 27th Apr, 2005

Going - Yielding to Soft. Fine

Jackpot Pool - €50,000.00 Winning Units - 15 Dividend - €2,500.00. Placepot Pool - €12,137.50 Winning Units - 809 Dividend - €11.20. Tote Aggregate - €1169397.00.

Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup of €225,000.00 5-y-o plus 3m. 1f.

1st - €135,000.00, 2nd - €45,000.00, 3rd - €22,500.00, 4th - €9,000.00, 5th - €6,750.00, 6th - €4,500.00 6 Ran

Race Conditions

1st

Kicking King (IRE) 11-12 (Conor Clarkson)
Rated 175
Old Vic - Fairy Blaze (IRE)(Good Thyne (USA))
Breeder - Sunnyhill Stud

SP 8/11fav

T J Taaffe

B J Geraghty

Tote Win €1.80 Place €1.40

tracked leaders in 4th, improved into close 2nd 6 out, led 4 out, clear after next, not extended

18th Mar, 05 Cheltenham
1st Chs This
Race 20th Oct, 05 Punchestown
2nd Chs Rated 175

2nd

Rule Supreme (IRE) 11-12 (John J Fallon)
Rated 164
Supreme Leader - Book Of Rules (IRE)(Phardante (FR))
Breeder - Ms Mary A & Mrs H T Murphy

SP 4/1

W P Mullins

R Walsh

Place €1.50

held up in 5th, slow 3rd, 4th from 6 out, improved into 2nd after 3 out, soon ridden, hit next, no impression from last

7th Apr, 05 Aintree
u.r. Hdl This
Race 29th May, 05 Auteuil
3rd Hdl

3rd

15L

Pizarro (IRE) 11-12 (Edward Wallace)
Rated 149
Broken Hearted - Our Swan Lady(Swan's Rock)
Breeder - John Farrar

SP 20/1

E J O'Grady

D N Russell

close up in 2nd, hit 7th, challenged 5 out, 3rd and no extra after 3 out

18th Mar, 05 Cheltenham
fell Chs This
Race 20th Oct, 05 Punchestown
3rd Chs Rated 149

4th

35+L

Kingscliff (IRE) 11-12 (A J Sendell)

Toulon (GB) - Pixies Glen(Furry Glen)
Breeder - Ian Gault

SP 7/2

R H Alner

A Thornton

close up in 3rd, slight mistake 9th, led after next, ridden and headed 4 out, bad mistake 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off

26th Dec, 04 Kempton
2nd Chs This
Race 29th Oct, 05 Wetherby
2nd Chs

5th

25L

First Gold (FR) 11-12 (John P McManus)

Shafoun (FR) - Nuit D'or Ii (FR)

SP 20/1

F Doumen

A P McCoy

led, headed after 10th, soon ridden and weakened, tailed off

7th Apr, 05 Aintree
2nd Chs This
Race 12th Nov, 05 Cheltenham
p.u. Hcp Chs

p.u.

Arctic Copper (IRE) 11-12 (Grand Alliance Racing Club)
Rated 130
Montelimar (USA) - Miss Penguin(General Assembly (USA))

SP 66/1

Noel Meade

P Carberry

always in rear, pushed along and lost touch 7th, tailed off when pulled up before 7 out

9th Apr, 05 Aintree
19th Hcp Chs This
Race 23rd Oct, 05 Castletown-Geoghegan P
p.u. P to P

Off 3.47
Time 6m. 26.30 secs, which is 26.38 secs faster than the course average on today's going
Tote Exacta- €3.20.

2004 Beef Or Salmon 8 11-12 T J Murphy 5/4Fav (Michael Hourigan)
2003 First Gold 10 12-0 T Doumen 7/4Fav (F Doumen)
2002 Florida Pearl 10 12-0 B J Geraghty 13/8Fav (W P Mullins)