Paddy Power Chase |
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| (Extended Handicap Chase), Leopardstown Grade B, €190,000 3m100y, 5yo+ |
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| Friday 27th December 2013 | |
1 Rockyaboya 7/1
2 Cause Of Causes 6/1F
3 Ipsos Du Berlais 20/1
4 Victrix Gale 20/1
NR: Cross Appeal (IRE), Sraid Padraig (IRE)
28 ran Distances: shd, 1¾l, 2l
TIME 6m 22.10s (slow by 34.10s)
Rockyaboya came out on top in an ultra-competitive Paddy Power Chase by a short-head as Tony McCoy on Cause Of Causes, and Ruby Walsh on the winner, fought out an epic battle from the last.
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McCoy conjured up a stirring run on the 6-1 favourite, but it was WalSh and 7-1 chance Rockyaboya who just held on.
Ipsos Du Berlais was third with Victrix Gale in fourth.
The win was a welcome change of luck for Walsh and trainer Willie Mullins, the pair having experienced some high-profile reverses at Leopardstown's Christmas meeting.
As many as six of the 28 runners were in with a chance approaching the last, and for a moment it looked as if Canaly, who led the field into the home straight, was going as well as any.
However, the Dessie Hughes-trained eight-year-old weakened after the last as the rallying Cause Of Causes under the strong McCoy drive loomed into view.
But Walsh and Rockyaboya denied McCoy and owner JP McManus a second consecutive win in the race following Colbert Station last year.
The Paddy Power Steeplechase (Grade B) (Rated 0-145)
€190,000 added, 5yo plus, 3m
28 ran
Going: Soft
| Place | Horse | Trainer | Jockey |
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| 1st |
Rockyaboya 7/1 2Fav | W.P. Mullins | R. Walsh |
| 2nd SH |
Cause Of Causes (USA) 6/1 Fav | Gordon Elliott | A.P. McCoy |
| 3rd 1 3/4 L |
Ipsos Du Berlais (FR) 20/1 | Noel Meade | G.N. Fox |
| 4th 2 L |
Victrix Gale 20/1 | A.J.Martin | Shane Shortall |
| 5th 2 1/2 L |
Home Farm 12/1 | A.L.T.Moore | D.J. Casey |
| 6th 2 3/4 L |
Sweeney Tunes (GB) 33/1 | Paul Nolan | S. Clements |
| 7th 4 3/4 L |
Canaly 20/1 | D. T. Hughes | M. Darcy |
| 8th 3 3/4 L |
Undertheboardwalk 25/1 | A.J.Martin | R.M. Power |
| 9th 4 1/4 L |
Heaney 16/1 | T.J. Taaffe | B. Hayes |
| 10th 3 1/4 L |
Spring Heeled 20/1 | J.H. Culloty | D.E. Splaine |
| 11th 3 1/2 L |
Shot From The Hip (GER) 33/1 | E. J. O'Grady | S.J. Hassett |
| 12th 14 L |
Carrig Millie 33/1 | Michael Cullen | D.E. Mullins |
| 13th 3 L |
Clonbanan Lad 16/1 | Henry de Bromhead | A.E. Lynch |
| 14th 1 1/2 L |
Questions Answered 16/1 | E. McNamara | R.J. Jones |
| 15th 3 3/4 L |
Sumkindasuprstar 50/1 | John O. Clifford | A.F. O'Neill |
| 16th 2 L |
Your Busy 25/1 | J.A. Nash | K. Walsh |
| 17th Nose |
Panther Claw 8/1 | Paul Nolan | D.N. Russell |
| 18th 1 L |
Romanesco (FR) 16/1 | Gordon Elliott | N. Carberry |
| 19th 16 L |
Churchfield Champ 50/1 | Paul John Gilligan | R.C. Colgan |
| 20th 39 L |
The Amarillo Kid 33/1 | W.F. Codd | J.S. McGarvey |
| 21st 3/4 L |
Ballinahow Lady 33/1 | David M.O'Brien | J.L. Cullen |
| 22nd 3 3/4 L |
The Shepherd King 25/1 | Thomas Cooper | P. Carberry |
| p.u. |
Jacksonslady 33/1 | J.P.Dempsey | Andrew J. McNamara |
| b.d. |
Competitive Edge 20/1 | Conor O'Dwyer | M.P. Walsh |
| p.u. |
Rich Revival 14/1 | Miss Elizabeth Doyle | A.P. Heskin |
| fell |
Hunting Party 14/1 | D. T. Hughes | B.J. Cooper |
| p.u. |
Sin Palo 33/1 | W.P. Mullins | P. Townend |
| fell |
Daring Article 8/1 | Robert Tyner | P.T. Enright |
| n.r. |
Sraid Padraig | A.J.Martin | D.E. Mullins |
| n.r. |
Cross Appeal | Noel Meade | P. Carberry |
