Full Results
16:25 Punchestown (IRE)
Dunboyne Castle Hotel & Spa Champion Novice Hurdle (grd1) (Class 1)
- 8 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f
- Going: Good
- Surface: Turf
- Form 1F2211
- Age 5
- Weight 11-11
- Trainer N Meade
- Jockey Ruby Walsh
led before 2nd, hit 6 out, quickened clear after 2 out, not fluent last, kept on under pressure run-in, all out
- Form 311112
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer C Byrnes
- Jockey D N Russell
settled 2nd, ridden to challenge before 2 out, soon outpaced, stayed on well under pressure from before last
- Form 2-13121
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer P Fenton
- Jockey Andrew J McNamara
settled 3rd, dropped to 5th and ridden 5 out, stayed on after 2 out to go 3rd from last
- Form 132461
- Age 7
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer D T Hughes
- Jockey R Loughran
tracked leaders, 4th 5 out, 3rd 3 out, soon ridden and no impression, no extra from last
- Form 11235F
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer M Hourigan
- Jockey M Darcy
tracked leaders on outer, 3rd 5 out, ridden after next, 4th and no impression 2 out, no extra from last
- Form 221424
- Age 6
- Weight 11-12
- Trainer C Byrnes
- Jockey D F O'Regan
soon behind and trailing, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
- Form U11
- Age 5
- Weight 11-11
- Trainer M J P O'Brien
- Jockey B J Geraghty
tracked leaders until pulled up injured after 4th, dead
- Form 111131
- Age 7
- Weight 11-7
- Official Rating 145
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey A P McCoy
held up in touch, 6th 5 out, weakened next, pulled up before 2 out