Horse Alert

26 Apr 2013 17:30 Punchestown

Winner: €200,000 (Penalty: €119,499); Distance: 2m; Class: 1; Eligibility: 4YO plus; Going: Heavy.

Rabobank Champion Hurdle (Grade 1)

Place	No (Draw)	Beaten Distance	Horse	Form/Age	Last Run	Jockey	Trainer/Owner	SP
1^st	1	-	Hurricane Fly (IRE) (Horse (entire), bay, 11 12)	31-1111 / 20	Flat (2099), Jump (45)	Ruby Walsh	W P Mullins George Creighton/mme…	1/4
		tracked leaders in 3rd, smooth headway to challenge entering straight and soon led, asserted approaching last and stretched clear run-in, very easily
2^nd	7	7 L	Thousand Stars (FR) (Horse (entire), g, 11 12)	143263 / 12	Flat (1423), Jump (22)	P Townend	W P Mullins Hammer & Trowel…	14/1
		led, strongly pressed and headed 2 out, ridden in 3rd entering straight and soon no impression on easy winner, kept on under pressure to go 2nd run-in
3^rd	5	1 L	Rock On Ruby (IRE) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	213-312 / 10	Jump (45)	N D Fehily	H Fry The Festival Goers	9/2
		tracked leader in 2nd, headway to lead briefly 2 out, soon driven along and headed early straight, no impression on easy winner approaching last where not fluent, no extra and dropped to 3rd run-in
4^th	6	3 L	So Young (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	9-43219 / 10	Jump (43)	D J Casey	W P Mullins Luke McMahon	28/1
		raced in 5th, ridden approaching straight and no impression on easy winner in 4th before last, kept on one pace
5^th	4	5½ L	Rebel Fitz (FR) (gelding, bay, 11 12)	4-11122 / 10	Flat (351), Jump (36)	B J Geraghty	M Winters Brian Sweetnam	16/1
		settled in 4th, pushed along after 3 out and no impression on easy winner in 5th approaching last, no extra run-in
6^th	2	17 L	Midnight Game (GB) (colt, bay, 11 12)	64-112P / 8	Flat (958), Jump (42)	D N Russell	W P Mullins Mrs J A Martin	50/1
		always rear, ridden and no impression 2 out, no threat in straight
	3	-	Mister Benedictine (GB) (Gelding, bay, 11 12)	60-111P / 11	Flat (916), Jump (246)	Dave Crosse	B W Duke Kennedy Transport…