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1 School Boy Hours 12/1
3 Ben Dundee 33/1
3 Enjoy D''Allen 28/1
4 Braeside 14/1
28 ran NR: Global Equity, Le Musigny, Peaches And Cream
Distances: ½l, 2½l, 2¾l Time: 6m 20.10s (slow by 35.60s)
School Boy Hours wins the €200,000 Paddy Power Chase with a perfectly-timed challenge by @swflanagan7 for @tuvastables in a thrilling finish at @LeopardstownRC pic.twitter.com/aL3qusW2Yy https://t.co/bqmdgPp7LG via @RacingBetter
— RacingBetter (@RacingBetter) December 28, 2021
Sean Flanagan produced School Boy Hours with a perfectly-timed challenge to lead close home.
A maiden after nine previous starts over fences and making his seasonal reappearance, the Presenting gelding moved into sixth off the home turn and stayed on well on the run-in to catch Ben Dundee who had hit the front approaching the last. The latter gave everything for his amateur partner Ben Harvey but went down by half a length.
Enjoy D’Allen stuck to his task well having come off the bridle a fair way out and he finished third with Braeside completing the placings.
The winning owner JP McManus had thrown eight darts at this valuable prize and it was just a second career win for the victorious eight-year-old who won a maiden hurdle at Cork in 2019.
Winning trainer Noel Meade said: “I told Sean going out to try and be comfortable as long as you can. He gave him a super ride.
“He travelled well the whole way and jumped well. His jumping was a bit edgy for a couple of years and it's taken him a while to get the hang of it.
“He's a very well-bred horse (Finian's Oscar) but it's just taken him a long time and he's been a novice for three years.
“I thought he was travelling well turning in and thought we had a good chance because he stays very well. I think he'll get three-and-a-half miles.
“He was in super form coming here today as well.”
The Paddy Power Steeplechase
Grade B, €200,000 guaranteed, 3m 50y, 5yo+
28 ran
Going: Good to Yielding
POS. DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 School Boy Hours 8 10-8 Noel Meade Sean Flanagan 12/1
2 ½ Ben Dundee 9 11-3 Andrew Lynch Mr B W Harvey 33/1
3 2½ Enjoy D'Allen 7 11-6 Ciaran Murphy Conor Orr 28/1
4 2¾ Braeside 7 11-4 Gordon Elliott Jack Kennedy 14/1
5 1½ Death Duty 10 11-0 Gordon Elliott Shane Fitzgerald 33/1
6 1¼ Birchdale 7 10-4 E Bolger Conor Maxwell 33/1
7 hd Foxy Jacks 7 10-12 M F Morris Jonathan Moore 66/1
8 17 Cavalry Master 7 11-0 Henry De Bromhead Mike O'Connor 28/1
9 1¼ Noble Yeats 6 11-3 Emmet Mullins Mr Derek O'Connor 13/2
10 2¾ Ilikedwayurthinkin 7 10-10 Gavin Cromwell L P Dempsey 28/1
11 12 Alfa Mix 6 10-12 Gavin Cromwell Mark Walsh 13/2
12 1 Russian Diamond 7 10-10 Emmet Mullins Sean O'Keeffe 25/1
13 5½ Poker Party 9 11-5 Henry De Bromhead Dylan Robinson 40/1
14 5½ Uisce Beatha 8 11-1 Padraig Roche Aidan Kelly 66/1
FELL Fully Charged 7 10-9 Henry De Bromhead Darragh O'Keeffe 16/1
FELL Bois De Clamart 7 10-5 Miss Elizabeth Doyle Ricky Doyle 50/1
FELL Eurobot 7 10-8 Noel Meade E Walsh 25/1
FELL A Wave Of The Sea 5 11-4 Joseph O'Brien Simon Torrens 18/1
FELL Fakir t 6 10-3 Joseph O'Brien Sam Ewing 33/1
PU Class Conti 9 11-9 W P Mullins Danny Mullins 66/1
PU Darver Star 9 11-10 Gavin Cromwell Keith Donoghue 33/1
PU Agusta Gold 8 11-6 W P Mullins Paul Townend 14/1
PU Champagne Platinum 7 10-8 E Bolger Denis O'Regan 33/1
PU Coko Beach 6 11-10 Gordon Elliott Mr R James/12/1
PU Top Moon 6 11-5 Joseph O'Brien J J Slevin 50/1
PU The Bosses Oscar 6 11-4 Gordon Elliott Davy Russell 5/1F
PU Lord Royal 6 11-5 W P Mullins Jack Foley 20/1
PU Stones And Roses 7 10-9 W P Mullins Brian Hayes 28/1
NR 22 Le Musigny 7 10-9 Henry De Bromhead NON RUNNER
PREVIOUS WINNERS:
PADDY POWER HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE
| YEAR | WINNER | AGE | TRAINER | JOCKEY |
| 2020 | Castlebawn West | 7 | Willie Mullins | Paul Townend |
| 2019 | Roaring Bull | 6 | Gordon Elliott | Jack Kennedy |
| 2018 | Auvergnat | 8 | E Bolger | D J McInerney |
| 2017 | Anibale Fly | 7 | Tony Martin | D Meyler |
| 2016 | Noble Endeavor | 7 | Gordon Elliott | Davy Russell |
| 2015 | Minella Foru | 6 | Edward Harty | Barry Geraghty |
| 2014 | Living Next Door | 8 | Tony Martin | Denis O’Regan |
| 2013 | Rockyaboya | 9 | Willie Mullins | Ruby Walsh |
| 2012 | Colbert Station | 8 | Ted Walsh | AP McCoy |
| 2011 | Cross Appeal | 5 | Noel Meade | Paul Carberry |
| 2010 | Majestic Concorde | 7 | Dermot Weld | Mr Robbie McNamara |
| 2009 | Oscar Time | 8 | Martin Lynch | Robbie Power |
| 2008 | Wheresben | 9 | Seamus Fahey | Mr Jarlath Fahey |
| 2007 | Newbay Prop | 8 | Tony Martin | Ross Geraghty |
