Punchestown (IRE) Result
25 Apr 1995
Country Pride Champion Novice Hurdle (Grade 2)
- (5yo+) 2m Yielding 9 hdles
- £18,415.84, £5,643.56, £2,673.27, £891.09
| HORSE/SP | AGE | WGT | TRAINER/JOCKEY | OR | TS | RPR | |||||||
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Hotel Minella 5/4F | 8 | 12-0 | A P O'Brien | — | * | * | » | ||||
| b g Strong Gale - Sweet Miss (Silver Cloud I) | Charlie Swan | ||||||||||||
Held up in rear, steady progress from 5th, joined leaders 2 out, led before last, mistake, ridden and ran on flat |
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2 |
1½ | Blazing Spectacle (IRE) 9/2 | 5 | 11-13 | D K Weld | — | * | * | » | |||
| b g Sadler's Wells (USA) - Temporary Lull (USA) (Super Concorde) | R Dunwoody | ||||||||||||
Held up in touch, switched from inner and 3rd before last, ran on under pressure flat |
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3 |
1½ | Manhattan Castle (IRE) 10/1 | 6 | 12-0 | A L T Moore | — | * | * | » | |||
| br g Strong Gale - Allamanda (FR) (Versailles II) | F Woods | ||||||||||||
Prominent, led before 2 out, soon ridden, headed before last, stayed on under pressure |
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4 |
3 | Bless Me Sister (IRE) 12/1 | 6 | 11-9 | Michael Hourigan | — | * | * | » | |||
| b m Lafontaine (USA) - Ilawn (Simbir) | K F O'Brien | ||||||||||||
Held up, progress before 3 out, ridden after 2 out, stayed on flat, not trouble leaders |
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5 |
7 | Tourist Attraction (IRE) 5/1 | 7 | 11-9 | W P Mullins | — | * | * | ||||
| b m Pollerton - Sayanarra (King's Leap) | Mark Dwyer | ||||||||||||
Always in touch, 2nd and every chance after 2 out, soon ridden and beaten |
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6 |
2 | Gaily Running (IRE) 12/1 | 6 | 12-0 | P Mullins | — | * | * | » | |||
| b g Strong Gale - Ketta's Lass (Deep Run) | Tommy Treacy | ||||||||||||
Led until headed before 2 out, soon weakened |
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7 |
Gale Toi (IRE) 16/1 | 6 | 12-0 | P Mullins | — | * | * | » | ||||
| br g Strong Gale - Zitas Toi (Chinatown) | T J O'Sullivan | ||||||||||||
Held up, slow over third, no danger from 4 out |
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8 |
Sovetsky 20/1 | 5 | 11-13 | A P O'Brien | — | * | * | » | ||||
| ch g Soviet Star (USA) - Helen Street (Troy) | B Sheridan | ||||||||||||
In touch, pushed along and lost place 4 out, beaten when mistake next, tailed off |
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9 |
Anusha 8/1 | 5 | 11-8 | Michael Hourigan | — | * | * | » | ||||
| b m Alzao (USA) - Arita (FR) (Kronzeuge) | J P Broderick | ||||||||||||
Held up in rear, some progress before 4 out, soon weakened quickly, tailed off, burst blood vessel |
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9 ran
TIME 3m 58.80s (slow by 12.80s) Total SP 126%
1st OWNER: John J Nallen BRED: Michael O'Keeffe TRAINER: A P O'Brien
2nd OWNER: Dr Michael Smurfit
3rd OWNER: P Fitzpatrick
1st OWNER: John J Nallen BRED: Michael O'Keeffe TRAINER: A P O'Brien
2nd OWNER: Dr Michael Smurfit
3rd OWNER: P Fitzpatrick