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3.00 3m. Chase 5-y-o plus 9 Declared
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1st - €93,000.00 2nd - €30,000.00 3rd - €15,000.00 4th - €6,000.00 5th - €3,000.00 6th - €1,500.00 Overcast
Formscan By Donal Murphy - Top class renewal of this Christmas Festival highlight and it is sure to be a fascinating contest. FLEMENSTAR has been flawless in his two starts this season and he is the one they all have to beat. The 7yo son of Flemensfirth has yet to be tried over three miles on the racecourse but he did win a point-to-point earlier in his career and his trainer Peter Casey is confident that he will have no problem with the step up in trip. Sir Des Champs was beaten on his seasonal reappearance by the selection at Punchestown last time out over 2m 4f. The Willie Mullins trained gelding was unbeaten over fences up until then and the top class French bred gelding can be expected to give the selection the most to do. He will be more at home over the trip of three miles and is sure to come on from the run at Punchestown. Hidden Cyclone is perhaps the dark horse. The son of Stowaway has been a model of consistency so far in his career and the 7yo gelding should be right in the frame at the business end of the race. Tidal Bay ran a cracker in the Hennessy at Newbury under top weight and his trainer Paul Nicholls wouldn't be sending him over if he didn't think he could win. The 11yo gelding is sure to give a good account of himself with Ruby Walsh in the saddle. Wearing cheekpieces for the first time could spark a revival in form for Quito De La Roque while it will be interesting to see how 2010 winner Pandorama fares on his first start since March 2011.
A steeplechase for five yrs old and upwardsWeights - 5-y-o 11st 9lb; 6-y-o and up 11st 10lb; Mares allowed 7lb
Presenting (GB)-Kigali(Torus)
(244) (Michael O'Flynn)Rated 163
Presenting (GB)-Fourstargale(Fourstars Allstar)
(27) c1 (Gigginstown House Stud)Rated 159
Flemensfirth (USA)-Different Dee(Beau Sher)
(19) c1 (Stephen Curran)Rated 173
Stowaway (GB)-Hurricane Debbie(Shahanndeh)
(34) c2 (Mrs A F Mee & David Mee)Rated 153
Midnight Legend (GB)-Yamrah(Milford)
(55) d1 (Lady Clarke)Rated 158
Flemensfirth (USA)-Gretchen's Castle(Carlingford Castle)
(651) cd2 (Brian Mellon0)Rated 160
Saint des Saints (FR)-Moody Cloud(Cyborg)
(20) d3 bf (Gigginstown House Stud)Rated 155
Robin Des Champs (FR)-Liste En Tete(Video Rock)
(19) c1 (Mary Doyle)Rated 166
Flemensfirth (USA)-June's Bride(Le Moss)
(27) (Andrea & Graham Wylie)Rated 169
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The superscript number on headgear bl2 indicates number of times worn. A plus bl+ indicates more than 10 times where as red background bl1indicates first time.
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12th Feb 12 Leopardstown(3m Chase, Good to Soft (Soft in Places)) Rated 154 5/1 11-10 A E Lynch 5th of 7 runners, 10.00L behind Quel Esprit (FR)
12th Feb 11 Leopardstown(3m Chase, Heavy (soft to heavy in places)) Rated 158 4/1 11-10 P Carberry 4th of 9 runners, 16.00L behind Kempes (IRE)
23rd Jan 10 Leopardstown(2m 5f Novice Chase, Heavy (Soft in places)) 10/3 11-5 N P Madden 4th of 5 runners, 7.25L behind Roberto Goldback (IRE)
28th Dec 09 Leopardstown(3m Novice Chase, Yielding) Rated 10/1 11-10 J M Maguire 5th of 9 runners, 7.50L behind Pandorama (IRE)
26th Dec 07 Leopardstown(2m Bumper, Good) 33/1 11-2 Mr P A King 6th of 24 runners, 7.00L behind I'm Still Standing (IRE)
28th Dec 11 Leopardstown(3m Novice Chase, Good (Good to Yielding in Places)) Rated 141 7/4Fav 11-10 D N Russell 2nd of 8 runners, 6L behind Last Instalment (IRE)
29th Dec 10 Leopardstown(2m Hurdle, Heavy) 16/1 11-10 D N Russell 1st of 5 runners, by nk and 0.5L from Zaidpour (FR) and Hidden Cyclone (IRE)
29th Jan 12 Leopardstown(2m 1f Novice Chase, Soft (Heavy after the second race)) Rated 147 6/4Fav 11-12 A E Lynch 1st of 7 runners, by 19L and 1.5L from Gift Of Dgab (IRE) and Notus De La Tour (FR)
28th Jan 12 Leopardstown(2m 5f Novice Chase, Hdle/Bmp: Yielding (good to yielding in places) Chase: Yielding (good in places)) Rated 11/10 11-5 Andrew J McNamara 3rd of 5 runners, 0.5L and 0.75L behind Sir Des Champs (FR) and Fists Of Fury (IRE)
29th Dec 11 Leopardstown(2m 3f Novice Chase, Good To Yielding (Yielding in Places), changed to Soft after 3rd race) Rated 7/4 11-12 Andrew J McNamara 1st of 7 runners, by 2L and 4.5L from Nearest The Pin (IRE) and White Star Line (IRE)
23rd Jan 11 Leopardstown(2m 4f Hurdle, Soft) Rated 7/4Fav 11-6 Andrew J McNamara 1st of 5 runners, by 2L and 3L from Ballyhaunis (GB) and Si C'etait Vrai (FR)
29th Dec 10 Leopardstown(2m Hurdle, Heavy) Rated 5/1 11-10 Andrew J McNamara 3rd of 5 runners, nk and 0.5L behind First Lieutenant (IRE) and Zaidpour (FR)
28th Dec 10 Leopardstown(3m Chase, changed to heavy after 1st race) Rated 148 7/2J Fav 11-10 P Carberry 1st of 12 runners, by 6L and 0.75L from Money Trix (IRE) and Joncol (IRE)
28th Dec 09 Leopardstown(3m Novice Chase, Yielding) 11/8Fav 11-10 D J Condon 1st of 9 runners, by shd and 3.5L from Weapon's Amnesty (IRE) and Catch Me (GER)
15th Feb 09 Leopardstown(2m 2f Hurdle, Hurdle/Pro-Am - Soft, Chase - Soft (Heavy in places)) 6/4 11-10 P Carberry 1st of 4 runners, by 10L and 4.5L from Western Charmer (IRE) and Zarinava (IRE)
28th Dec 11 Leopardstown(3m Chase, Good (Good to Yielding in Places)) Rated 169 13/8Fav 11-10 D N Russell 3rd of 9 runners, 8.5L and 2.5L behind Synchronised (IRE) and Rubi Light (FR)
28th Dec 10 Leopardstown(3m Novice Chase, changed to heavy after 1st race) 10/3 11-10 D N Russell 2nd of 9 runners, 0.75L behind Bostons Angel (IRE)
28th Jan 12 Leopardstown(2m 5f Novice Chase, Hdle/Bmp: Yielding (good to yielding in places) Chase: Yielding (good in places)) Rated 144 1/1Fav 11-10 D N Russell 1st of 5 runners, by 0.5L and 0.75L from Fists Of Fury (IRE) and Hidden Cyclone (IRE)
