Paddy Power Chase |
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| (Extended Handicap Chase) Leopardstown 14:55 Grade B, €190,000 3m100y, 5yo+  |
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| Sunday 27th December 2015 | |
1 Minella Foru 7/1
2 Ucello Conti 25/1
3 Folsom Blue 20/1
4 Gilgamboa 4/1F
5 The Job Is Right 16/1
NR: Daring Article (IRE), Jacksonslady (IRE), Jansboy
28 ran Distances: 1½l, 3¼l, ½l
TIME 6m 40.90s (slow by 52.90s)
Minella Foru comes out on top in an eventful stayers' chase to complete doubles for Eddie Harty and Barry Geraghty
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Barry Geraghty steered Minella Foru to a lucrative victory in the ultra-competitive Paddy Power Chase at Leopardstown.
Carrying the colours of JP McManus, Eddie Harty's six-year-old was a 7-1 shot for the three-mile contest, with the leading owner also responsible for heavily-backed favourite Gilgamboa, among others.
Those who joined in the gamble on 4-1 market leader Gilgamboa will have been happy enough rounding the home turn, with crack conditional Jack Kennedy sitting confidently in the lead. However, he was claimed by both Ucello Conti and Minella Foru after the final fence and it was the latter who found most for pressure to score by a length and a half.
Folsom Blue got rolling late to deny Gilgamboa third place.
Prolific mare Ballychorus was still in with every chance when falling at the final fence, bringing down the fancied Sumos Novios, who looked beaten at the time.
Minella Foru's victory completed a double on the day for Harty following Copy That's success under Kennedy in the previous race.
It was a third winner of the afternoon for McManus at the track.
The Paddy Power Steeplechase
Grade B, €190,000, 3m100y, 5yo+
28 ran
Going: Heavy
| Pos | Dist | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Minella Foru (IRE) 7/1 | B J Geraghty 10-8 |
E P Harty | 6 | |
| 2nd | 1½ | Ucello Conti (FR) 25/1 | J Ricou 10-11 |
G Elliott | 7 |
| 3rd | 3¼ | Folsom Blue (IRE) 20/1 | S A Shortall (5) 10-4 |
M F Morris | 8 |
| 4th | ½ | Gilgamboa (IRE) 4/1f | J W Kennedy (5) 11-10 |
E Bolger | 7 |
| 5th | 2 | The Job Is Right 16/1 | D N Russell 10-11 |
M Hourigan | 7 |
| 6th | nk | Riverside City (IRE) 16/1 | Ms N Carberry 9-10 |
G Elliott | 6 |
| 7th | 1¾ | Dromnea (IRE) 25/1 | M A Enright 10-6 |
M F Morris | 8 |
| 8th | 1¾ | Futuramic (IRE) 50/1 | R C Colgan 9-11 |
A Lynch | 8 |
| 9th | 6 | Heathfield (IRE) 14/1 | M P Walsh 10-7 |
A J Martin | 8 |
| 10th | 2½ | Los Amigos (IRE) 20/1 | A E Lynch 10-12 |
D A McLoughlin | 8 |
| 11th | 2 | Knockanarrigan (IRE) 25/1 | I J McCarthy 9-10 |
Ms Sandra Hughes | 7 |
| 12th | 15 | Cause Of Causes (USA) 20/1 | A P Crowe 11-3 |
G Elliott | 7 |
| 13th | 6½ | Spring Heeled (IRE) 33/1 | G N Fox (3) 11-5 |
J H Culloty | 8 |
| 14th | 8½ | Urano (FR) 25/1 | N M Kelly (7) 10-11 |
W P Mullins | 7 |
| 15th | ½ | Rossvoss 11/1 | Ms K Walsh 10-6 |
T M Walsh | 7 |
| 16th | 14 | Dushrembrandt (IRE) 50/1 | J M Moore (7) 9-11 |
R Tyner | 9 |
| PU | My Murphy (IRE) 16/1 | R M Power 11-0 |
W J Burke | 9 | |
| PU | Operating (IRE) 50/1 | L P Dempsey (3) 11-0 |
G Elliott | 8 | |
| PU | Captain Von Trappe (IRE) 20/1 | B J Cooper 10-11 |
G Elliott | 6 | |
| PU | Dogora (FR) 12/1 | R Walsh 10-7 |
W P Mullins | 6 | |
| PU | Empire Of Dirt (IRE) 14/1 | John J Fitzpatrick (7) 10-6 |
C A Murphy | 8 | |
| PU | Perfect Promise (IRE) 33/1 | S W Flanagan 10-4 |
J J Mangan | 7 | |
| F | Gallant Oscar (IRE) 20/1 | D Meyler (7) 11-8 |
A J Martin | 9 | |
| F | Ballychorus (IRE) 16/1 | A P Heskin 10-12 |
Ms M Mullins | 6 | |
| UR | Carriganog (IRE) 33/1 | B R Dalton (3) 10-3 |
A P O'Brien | 6 | |
| BD | Sumos Novios (IRE) (ex9) 8/1 | B Hayes 10-6 |
W J Burke | 7 | |
| RR | Grand Jesture (IRE) 25/1 | J J Burke 11-5 |
H de Bromhead | 7 | |
| RR | Cantlow (IRE) 25/1 | J S McGarvey (3) 10-9 |
P R Webber | 10 | |
| NR | Jacksonslady (IRE) 25/1 | Ms N Carberry 11-0 |
J P Dempsey | 10 | |
| NR | Daring Article (IRE) 25/1 | M J Bolger 9-13 |
R Tyner | 9 | |
| NR | Jansboy 50/1 | Reserve 3 9-10 |
N Dooly | 8 |
