| Course: PUNCHESTOWN | Race date:23/04/08 | Race time:6:00 | Runners:14 |
| Race distance:2m2f | Going:Good To Yielding | Winners time:4m 39.50s |
| Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Stall | Weight | Age | RPR | OR | Odds | B High | B Ave | B Low | In run | Finished | Dist Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freds Benefit | R Walsh | W P Mullins | 11-12 | 7 | 0 | 128 | 11/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | ||
| Lukie Victor | R M Power | Mrs John Harrington | 11-12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 2 | 1¼ | |
| Rien A Perdre | R M Moran | James Devereux | 11-2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 3 | 4½ | |
| Publican | A P McCoy | P A Fahy | 11-12 | 8 | 0 | 127 | 11/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 4 | ¾ | |
| Outlaw Princess | P W Flood | Philip Fenton | 11-7 | 8 | 0 | 115 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 4½ | |
| Keepthedreamalive | S W Flanagan | R H Buckler | 11-9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 2 | |
| Grapevine Sally | Andrew J McNamara | E J O´Grady | 11-7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 7 | dist | |
| Joys Island | R Loughran | Paul A Roche | 11-12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 8 | 1¼ | |
| Hurricane Alley | M Darcy | Andrew Lee | 11-5 | 7 | 0 | 106 | 33/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 9 | 21 | |
| Calorando | B J Geraghty | Anthony Mullins | 11-5 | 9 | 0 | 117 | 25/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | PU | ||
| Kyle Lord | T J Doyle | David M O´Brien | 11-5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 40/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | PU | ||
| Lenrey | D N Russell | A L T Moore | 11-12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13/8F | NA | NA | NA | NA | F | ||
| Dontwakedtrainer | C D Maxwell | Patrick Rooney | 10-12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33/1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | F | ||
| Naples | P Carberry | Noel Meade | 11-12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13/2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | PU |
Freds Benefit tracked leaders, mistake 1st, moderate 7th 5 out, stayed on under pressure to 5th straight, 3rd 2 out, challenged last, soon led, kept on well
Lukie Victor mid-division, headway into 3rd before 4 out, led before next, ridden after 2 out, jumped left last, soon headed and no extra
Rien A Perdre chased leaders, jumped left 3 out, ridden in 3rd entering straight, 4th 2 out, kept on same pace
Publican chased leaders, close 3rd 3 out, ridden in 2nd entering straight, 3rd and no extra last
Outlaw Princess chased leaders, 2nd halfway, ridden in 4th entering straight, no extra from before 2 out
Keepthedreamalive led, ridden and headed after 4 out, soon weakened
Grapevine Sally never a factor, tailed off
Joys Island always towards rear, tailed off
Hurricane Alley chased leaders, weakened 6 out, tailed off
Kyle Lord always towards rear, pulled up before 3 out
Dontwakedtrainer tracked leaders, headway into 4th 6 out, close 6th and reminders when fell 4 out
Lenrey fell 2nd
Calorando always towards rear, pulled up before 6 out
Naples chased leaders, lost place before 5th, soon in rear, pulled up before 7 out
FREDS BENEFIT made a bad early mistake, got himself quite some way behind at halfway and beyond, but began to stay on as the horses in front of him began to falter from about three out. In the end, his undoubted stamina and the wanderings of the eventual runner-up at the final fence allowed him to come through for an unlikely success. It's the last we shall see of him this season and what trip is deemed to be his best next season time will tell.
Lukie Victor should be able to make his mark in handicap chase company next season, but today is one that probably got away. Having come through travelling well at the third last, he soon went on but he was allowed to run down the final fence and jumped it well out to the left which cost him valuable momentum. The fact the he was only beaten a length and a half tells its own story.
The unluckliest horse in the race was third placed Rien A Perdre. He was always prominent, but lost ground at nearly every fence by jumping out to his left, and a violent jump in that direction at the third last almost saw him running off the track. In the end, to be only beaten six lengths was quite an effort, as he must have lost a few multiples of that with hiswanderings.
Outlaw Princess has shown in the past that she needs to dominate in order to be seen at her best. She couldn't do that today, was under pressure and wasn't going to win from about the fourth last fence.
Keepthedreamalive took them along at a really good clip until he was headed by the eventual runner-up and was beaten from the third last.
Dontwakedtrainer was in touch when falling four out, while the race changed in a major way when favourite Lenrey fell at the second fence.[JOH]
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