PWC Champion Chase
Grade 2, Gowran Park 15:40
€45,000 added,
5yo plus,
2m 4f, Class 1   
Saturday 5th October 2019

Trainers Quotes

1 Snow Falcon 7/1
2 Peregrine Run 6/1
3 Us And Them 4/1
8 ran Distances: 6½l, hd, 2½l
Time: 5m 7.60s (slow by 21.60s)

Snow Falcon was having his first run since disappointing on the level at Royal Ascot back in June, but he made short work of his seven rivals as he notched a six-and-a-half-length win in the hands of Sean Flanagan.

Trainer Noel Meade is now eyeing the Ladbrokes Champion Chase at Down Royal on November 2 after Snow Falcon won a Grade Two on the same card last year before suffering an injury.

Meade said: “He’s very good when he’s fresh. The ground was too quick for him in Ascot and we let him out and I didn’t think there was any possibility he could be ready for this.

“But Emma (Connolly), who rides him out and loves him more than anyone, kept saying he’s there. We worked him over a mile on Tuesday and he worked brilliant, so we said we’d have to go ahead and run him.

“You would imagine the obvious place to go with him now is Down Royal as it’s the big chase – his owner is from Belfast and I’d say would love him to run there.

“He’s had a few little issues here and there. Last year when he won in the north he cracked a bone behind and that’s why we didn’t see him for the rest of the season.

“He’s been some servant and is a fabulous horse for us to have.”

PWC Champion Chase (Grade 2)
€45,000 added, 5yo plus, 2m 4f, Class 1
8 ran
Going: Yielding

1 Snow Falcon (IRE) 7/1 Sean Flanagan Noel Meade
2 Peregrine Run (IRE) 6/1 Kevin Sexton Peter Fahey
3 Us And Them (IRE) 4/1 J J Slevin Joseph Patrick O'Brien
4 Yorkhill (IRE) 7/1 Paul Townend W P Mullins
5 Shattered Love (IRE) 9/4F Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott
6 Jury Duty (IRE) 7/1 Mark Walsh Gordon Elliott
7 Jett (IRE) 16/1 Robbie Power Mrs John Harrington
8 The Storyteller (IRE) 12/1 Davy Russell Gordon Elliott

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