Punchestown Results Fri, 29th Apr, 2016

Going - Yielding. Overcast

Jackpot Pool - €56,410.12 Dividend - €208.40 Winning Units - 189.4. Placepot Pool - €107,159.03 Dividend - €94.70 Winning Units - 791.63. Pick Six Pool - €134,626.39 Dividend - €6,499.20 Winning Units - 14.5. Days Aggregate - €923,012.00 Last Year €738,881.00

3.40

KFM Hunters S'chase (Bishopscourt Cup) of €12,000 2m 4f

1st

Shin A Vee (IRE) (1)

2/1fav

Tote €3.00 €1.40

2nd

5.5L

Enniskillen (IRE) (5)

3/1

€1.40

3rd

Hasty Times (IRE) (6)

6/1

€1.80

4th

17L

Cant Pay Wont Pay (IRE) (3)

12/1

OFF 3.40. Time 5m. 24.30 secs11 Ran

Trainer Denis W Cullen

Jockey Mr J C Barry

Owner Exors of the Late Mrs S Kennelly

Breeder M Hannahan

Tote Exacta- €11.50
Tote Trifecta- €32.80
CSF- €8.52
Tricast- €31.88

Full Result

3 Bishopscourts for Shin A Vee

That's great. I train just five minutes away from the track and Martin (Kennelly, owner) is just two minutes further away, so it's a local trainer and owner,. They do a fantastic job here. I walked the track an hour before racing and it was in phenomenal condition. He won well last year but I thought he was better this year and really up for it. We knew he was in good form and pretty fit. He's 13 now and obviously it's a concern coming here as he's a year older and with a 5lb penalty but in fairness to him he came back in better nick. It was the same as last year. We had one day in mind and it worked last year. He's a horse that works well at home and you can get enough into him.

Shin A Vee leads Enniskillen home

3 Bishopscourts for Shin A Vee

4.20

EMS Copiers Novice H'cap S'chase (Grade A) of €100,000 2m 5f

1st

Avant Tout (FR) (1)

11/2

Tote €4.90 €2.10

2nd

2.75L

Mr Diablo (IRE) (11)

8/1

€2.50

3rd

2.75L

Pairofbrowneyes (IRE) (10)

10/1

€3.20

4th

0.5L

Domesday Book (USA) (5)

20/1

OFF 4.21. Time 5m. 31.60 secs15 Ran

Trainer W P Mullins

Jockey P Townend

Owner Supreme Horse Racing Club & Brett T Graham

Breeder Vcte Yves De Soultrait

Tote Exacta- €52.10
Tote Trifecta- €686.70
CSF- €53.37
Tricast- €457.75

Full Result

Avant defies top-weight in style

That was a good performance for a novice to carry top-weight in a handicap,. It possibly looked a Galway Plate performance to me and we might aim him at that now. There was so much crowding there and Paul said he nearly got wiped out three from home. After coming through that he shouldn't have any problem with the hustle and bustle of Galway. He won last summer and we'll keep him going. Everytime I put them away it's hard to get them back for Galway. He handles good and soft ground so the ground wouldn't be an issue. The one issue is that he's rated 145 so he'll get five or seven for that and I don't know the last horse to win a Galway Plate off a mark of 150. We'll have to look at the stats. It will either be that or we will put him by for the Hennessy. He might have left Galway behind winning that. I think there is another good race in him.

Avant Tout and Paul Townend (left) comes to beat Mr Diablo

Avant defies top-weight in style

4.55

Hanlon EBF Glencarraig Lady (M) Hcp S'ch (Grade C) of €60,000 2m 5f

1st

Definite Ruby (IRE) (11)

8/1

Tote €15.20 €3.60

2nd

0.5L

Padraig's Joy (IRE) (14)

33/1

€8.80

3rd

Cresswell Breeze (GB) (5)

11/1

€4.10

4th

4.75L

Emily Gray (IRE) (1)

13/2

OFF 4.56. Time 5m. 33.80 secs13 Ran

Trainer Gordon Elliott

Jockey J W Kennedy

Owner James W Power

Breeder Philip Hore

Tote Exacta- €632.20
Tote Trifecta- €2501.10
CSF- €261.90
Tricast- €2974.27

NRs - Perfect Woman (IRE) (coughing), Give Me A Break (IRE) (in season)

Full Result

More joy for Elliott and Kennedy

She had a nice light weight and Jack have her a great ride,. She liked the bit better ground. It's drying out and that helped. She's tough and has her job done now. She'll keep going. We'll enjoy today and see what happens.

Definite Ruby (blinkers) leads them home under Jack Kennedy

More joy for Elliott and Kennedy

5.30

BETDAQ Punchestown Champion H'dle (Grade 1) of €200,000 2m

1st

Vroum Vroum Mag (FR) (6)

4/6fav

Tote €1.70 €1.50

2nd

1.25L

Identity Thief (IRE) (2)

11/2

€2.40

3rd

3.5L

My Tent Or Yours (IRE) (3)

11/4

4th

3.75L

Fethard Player (IRE) (1)

25/1

OFF 5.30. Time 4m. 1.60 secs6 Ran

Trainer W P Mullins

Jockey R Walsh

Owner Mrs S Ricci

Breeder Comte A Maggiar & Mlle A Maggiar

Tote Exacta- €6.70
Tote Trifecta- €9.60
CSF- €5.61

Full Result

Mag achieves a career high

Everything we do with her, she just does it. She's a very easy ride and an old pet at home. Jackie rides her everyday. She has a lot of natural ability,. She did a spectacular piece of work before Cheltenham and we were left wondering did we supplement the right mare for the Champion Hurdle. She can go any road now. She's good enough to run in the Champion Hurdle races and she's good enough to run over fences at any level. We had just been keeping her in the mares races and climbing the ladder and getting confidence. We didn't intend to run here and yesterday's race was the target. We thought going to Cheltenham she was better than we had thought initially. We thought we'd be coming back here for the three miler but when Annie Power wasn't right we let her take her chance here. My Tent Or Yours and Identity Thief are Champion Hurdle material. If she had got beat we would have been wrong about her. The plan had been to go for the Prix Barka but we'll probably keep her for next season now.

Vroum Vroum Mag and Ruby Walsh lead home Identity Thief and Bryan Cooper

Mag achieves a career high

6.05

Tattersalls Ireland Champion Novice Hdle (Grade 1) of €100,000 2m 4f

1st

Jer's Girl (IRE) (9)

11/8fav

Tote €2.30 €1.10

2nd

10L

O O Seven (IRE) (7)

10/1

€2.50

3rd

2.25L

Thomas Hobson (GB) (8)

11/2

€1.60

4th

Lift The Latch (IRE) (6)

14/1

OFF 6.05. Time 4m. 54.70 secs9 Ran

Trainer Gavin Patrick Cromwell

Jockey B J Geraghty

Owner John P McManus

Breeder E A Bourke M R C V S

Tote Exacta- €14.80
Tote Trifecta- €65.10
CSF- €17.88
Tricast- €63.55

Full Result

Cromwell's Girl sparkles again

That's amazing and the atmosphere here is electric,. She was very good and Barry said she loved the ground. I was certain she had improved from Fairyhouse. She had strengthened and come in her coat. It was a bit of a step into the unknown against the geldings, even though she was getting the weight allowances. She's all heart. She might have been a little bit keen early on. I'll have to chat to Barry as I was watching it out on the track and with the light couldn't really see the screen. I don't know what the plans are now. I'll have to talk to Frank and JP. She stays two-and-a-half miles and will get three in time. So I'd say she'll go up in trip. There are some right mares out there at the minute with Apple's Jade, Vroum Vroum Mag and Annie Power.

Jer's Girl (white face) on her way to victory under Barry Geraghty

Cromwell's Girl sparkles again

6.40

Star Best For Racing Coverage Nov. H'dle of €25,000 2m

1st

Koshari (FR) (8)

7/4

Tote €2.90 €1.50

2nd

1.5L

Bello Conti (FR) (2)

5/4fav

€1.30

3rd

1.5L

Three Wise Men (IRE) (4)

7/1

€1.40

4th

9.5L

Sound Money (GB) (9)

33/1

OFF 6.40. Time 4m. 4.80 secs8 Ran

Trainer W P Mullins

Jockey P Townend

Owner Mahon, Keenan, O'Toole & Aird

Breeder MME M T Bocq Verdys & R Mauri-Amoros & R Amoros

Tote Exacta- €4.30
Tote Trifecta- €16.60
CSF- €4.65
Tricast- €11.10

NRs - Beyond The Obvious (IRE) (coughing)

Full Result

Koshari makes it three for Mullins

He was very green. I just wanted to get a run into him to see what we had before we put him out. He doesn't look too bad,. I don't know how good or bad he is but he looks a nice model and of course he's by Walk In The Park. He's not four until the end of May. He'll probably stay hurdling next season rather than go chasing.

Koshari and Paul Townend (centre)

Koshari makes it three for Mullins

7.10

Racing FX INH Flat Race of €12,000 2m 2f

1st

No Comment (GB) (19)

7/2

Tote €4.40 €1.70

2nd

0.5L

Monalee (IRE) (15)

14/1

€4.50

3rd

1.25L

Monbeg Notorious (IRE) (16)

6/1

€2.90

4th

3.25L

Some Neck (FR) (21)

2/1fav

OFF 7.10. Time 4m. 25.00 secs24 Ran

Trainer Philip Hobbs

Jockey Mr J J Codd

Owner Mrs Tracy Parker

Breeder Jethro Bloodstock

Tote Exacta- €70.30
Tote Trifecta- €545.30
CSF- €57.33
Tricast- €325.97

NRs - Bobo Mac (IRE) (change in going)

Full Result

A double the Punchestown Comment for J P

When I wanted him he pulled out great. He's a Kayf Tara so he liked the nice ground. He has a lovely attitude and he settled away brilliant. He's obviously improved from his run over hurdles and I'm grateful to have gotten the ride on him. J P was kind enough to send him to us in the autumn,. He was second in a bumper at Ludlow to a horse of Nicky Henderson's who he felt was good enough to go to Cheltenham afterwards. Then he was a good second over hurdles. I think Jamie was more confident than I was. It was important not to hit the front too early as he's green. He'll go straight down to Martinstown now for his summer holidays.

No Comment (Jamie Codd nearside) is about to head Monalee and Davey Roche

A double the Punchestown Comment for J P

7.45

Racing Post Champion Hunters S'chase of €25,000 3m 1f

1st

On The Fringe (IRE) (8)

4/5fav

Tote €1.70 €1.02

2nd

Marito (GER) (6)

5/1

€2.00

3rd

Mendip Express (IRE) (7)

12/1

€4.20

4th

9.5L

Salsify (IRE) (10)

11/1

OFF 7.45. Time 6m. 34.30 secs10 Ran

Trainer E Bolger

Jockey Ms N Carberry

Owner John P McManus

Breeder Pat Tobin

Tote Exacta- €5.30
Tote Trifecta- €28.00
CSF- €5.97
Tricast- €31.38

NRs - Gonebeyondrecall (IRE) (change in going)

Full Result

Punchestown goes wild for On The Fringe

Enda (Bolger, winning trainer) had him in some form. He's the people's horse now and the crowd went mad when he won. At least I wasn't injured (suspended when he won at Aintree) and Jamie did a great job on him that day. I'm just delighted to be back on him today. It's all down to the horse. He's just a brilliant horse to have around,. I'm a bit emotional as I always think of John Thomas. He's a special horse for us. This is the one the pressure was on but we knew he was bouncing and everyone worked hard to get him here. Let's party now!. Him and Nina have a great rapport. She knows what to do and they trust each other. His jumping was faultless. Full marks to Nina and to Sarah who looks after him at home and to John Thomas who rode him here in his first Champion Hunters.

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Punchestown Results Fri, 29th Apr, 2016

3 Bishopscourts for Shin A Vee

Shin A Vee leads Enniskillen home

3 Bishopscourts for Shin A Vee

Avant defies top-weight in style

Avant Tout and Paul Townend (left) comes to beat Mr Diablo

Avant defies top-weight in style

More joy for Elliott and Kennedy

Definite Ruby (blinkers) leads them home under Jack Kennedy

More joy for Elliott and Kennedy

Mag achieves a career high

Vroum Vroum Mag and Ruby Walsh lead home Identity Thief and Bryan Cooper

Mag achieves a career high

Cromwell's Girl sparkles again

Jer's Girl (white face) on her way to victory under Barry Geraghty

Cromwell's Girl sparkles again

Koshari makes it three for Mullins

Koshari and Paul Townend (centre)

Koshari makes it three for Mullins

A double the Punchestown Comment for J P

No Comment (Jamie Codd nearside) is about to head Monalee and Davey Roche

A double the Punchestown Comment for J P

Punchestown goes wild for On The Fringe

On The Fringe and Nina Carberry

Punchestown goes wild for On The Fringe