| R2 IRE - PUNCHESTOWN | 26 April 2022 |
| Bective Stud Champion Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) G1 5U NHDLE ($184,910), 3310m 4:02.30 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 3. MIGHTY POTTER (FR) 5yo Gelding | GORDON ELLIOTT JACK W KENNEDY | 75.5 $21.00 | |||||||
| MARTALINE (GB) - MATNIE (FR) | ||||||||||
| CALDWELL CONSTRUCTION LTD | 2nd | 2. GATSBY GREY (FR) 6yo Gelding | OLIVER MCKIERNAN MR B BROWNE | 75.5 $101.00 | ||||||
| WALDPARK (GER) - ROCHEPAILLE (FR) | ||||||||||
| KEEP THE FAITH BLOODSTOCK LIMITED | 3rd | 4. SIR GERHARD (IRE) 7yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS PAUL TOWNEND | 75.5 $1.57 | ||||||
| JEREMY (USA) - FAANAN ALDAAR (IRE) | ||||||||||
| CHEVELEY PARK STUD | ||||||||||
| 4th | 5. VINA ARDANZA (IRE) 5yo Gelding | GORDON ELLIOTT DAVY RUSSELL | 75.5 $67.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 1. DYSART DYNAMO (IRE) 6yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS MR P W MULLINS | 75.5 $2.63 | |||||||
A field of five runners went to post for the first Grade One of this year’s Festival, with much of the pre-race focus on the Willie Mullins-trained pair of Sir Gerhard and and Dysart Dynamo.
