Ryanair Novice Chase |
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| Grade 1, Punchestown 18:40 €115,000 added, 5yo plus, 2m, Class 1  |
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| Thursday 30th April 2015 |
1 Un De Sceaux 1/10F
2 Just Cameron 16/1
3 Ted Veale 20/1
NR: Smashing (FR)
5 ran Distances: 3l, 4½l, 1¼l
TIME 4m 4.50s (slow by 4.50s)
Brilliant Arkle winner Un De Sceaux found this slightly harder than many expected on quicker ground. Victory, however, never really looked in doubt
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Punters who backed Un De Sceaux at 1/10 never had any worries as the outstanding Arkle Chase hero added to Willie Mullins' great record this week when scoring by three lengths from Just Cameron, running an excellent race for trainer Micky Hammond.
"I thought he made one or two errors going away from the stands and he wasn't jumping half as well as he did at Cheltenham. He may have been feeling the ground," said Mullins. "I don't know if I was more concerned about him than any of my other runners, they all have their pressures.
"He'll go out to grass now and I'll get the next few days out of the way before we start thinking about next season. I don't know what his early targets will be, we'll work our way back from the spring."
Ruby Walsh added: "The ground is drying remarkably quickly today. It rode on the quick side for Hurricane Fly and it most certainly did for this fella.
"Un De Sceaux didn't want to jump off this ground. He was a bit deliberate at the first and jumped quite high at the second. Punchestown have piled on the water but it has been a glorious day with a blowing wind and you can't defeat nature."
Ryanair Novice Chase (Grade 1)
€115,000 added, 5yo plus, 2m, Class 1
5 ran
Going: Good to Yielding
| Pos | Dist | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
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| 1st | Un De Sceaux (FR) 1/10f | R Walsh 11-10 |
W P Mullins | 7 | |
| 2nd | 3 | Just Cameron 16/1 | Joe Colliver 11-10 |
Micky Hammond | 8 |
| 3rd | 4½ | Ted Veale (IRE) 20/1 | P Carberry 11-10 |
A J Martin | 8 |
| 4th | 1¼ | Real Steel (IRE) 20/1 | B J Cooper 11-10 |
M F Morris | 7 |
| 5th | 21 | Melodic Rendezvous 12/1 | Mr J J Codd 11-10 |
J Scott | 9 |
| WN | Smashing (FR) 6/1 | J J Burke 11-10 |
H de Bromhead | 6 |
