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18:00 Punchestown
Tuesday 29 April 2025
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William Hill Champion Chase (Grade 1)
- 5YO plus | Class 1 | 2m 98y | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 6 Runners | Turf | Weighed In
- Off time: 18:00 | Winning time: 4m 0.4s
T: B ConnellJ: S W Flanagan
Held up behind leaders, 4th halfway, ridden to close entering straight, challenged on bridle 2 out, soon disputed travelling best, led before last, ridden to assert run-in and stretched clear late on op 9/4 tchd 5/2
T: H De BromheadJ: Rachael Blackmore
Tracked leader, challenged 4 out, ridden in close 2nd entering straight, disputed 2 out, headed before last, kept on one pace tchd 33/1
T: J P O'BrienJ: J J Slevin
Led, slight mistake 5th, mistake 5 out, pressed 4 out, ridden entering straight, joined 2 out, headed after 2 out, no extra in 3rd before last, kept on one pace op 10/1
T: W P MullinsJ: M P Walsh
Jumped slightly right 1st, soon held up behind leaders, 5th halfway, niggled along before 4 out, not fluent 3 out and ridden, soon no extra op Evens tchd 5/6
Also Ran
T: W P MullinsJ: P Townend
Held up early, closer in 3rd halfway, improved to press leaders 3 out, ridden in close 3rd entering straight, disputing when fell 2 out op 11/2
T: V HalleyJ: P T Enright
Tracked leaders, bad mistake 3rd, soon dropped to rear, no extra before 3 out, pulled up before 2 out op 150/1
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Betting Breakdown
Tote Win:€3.00Pl:€1.20, €3.00EX:€34.40Trifecta:€160.10SF:€35.87
Forecasts
Fact To File (11/10), Marine Nationale (2/1), El Fabiolo (5/1), Solness (11/1), Captain Guinness (28/1), Senecia (100/1)
Dropping to 2m represents a new challenge for FACT TO FILE but he has barely put a foot wrong thus far and the way he travels in his races offers plenty of hope that the tools needed for this particular test are indeed within his arsenal. The manner of his victory in the Ryanair at the Cheltenham Festival suggests that he's still improving. The clear main danger is Marine Nationale, who also scaled new heights at Cheltenham last month, while Solness will also be a threat if allowed a soft lead.
- FACT TO FILE (FR)
- MARINE NATIONALE (IRE)
- SOLNESS (FR)
Previous Winners
Prize Money
1st: €180,000.002nd: €60,000.003rd: €30,000.004th: €15,000.005th: €9,000.006th: €6,000.00
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