| R3 IRE - PUNCHESTOWN | 28 April 2018 |
| Irish Stallion Farms EBF Annie Power Mares Champion Hurdle (Grade 1) G1 4UM HDLE ($160,510), 4023m 4:54.70 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 5. BENIE DES DIEUX (FR) 7yo Mare | WILLIE MULLINS PAUL TOWNEND | 73.0 $4.00 | |||||||
| GREAT PRETENDER (IRE) - CANA (FR) | ||||||||||
| MRS S RICCI | 2nd | 3. AUGUSTA KATE (GB) 7yo Mare | WILLIE MULLINS D J MULLINS | 73.0 $17.00 | ||||||
| YEATS (IRE) - FEATHARD LADY (IRE) | ||||||||||
| THE MASTERS SYNDICATE | 3rd | 1. APPLE'S JADE (FR) 6yo Mare | GORDON ELLIOTT JACK W KENNEDY | 73.0 $1.83 | ||||||
| SADDLER MAKER (IRE) - APPLE'S FOR EVER (FR) | ||||||||||
| GIGGINSTOWN HOUSE STUD | ||||||||||
| 4th | 9. LET'S DANCE (FR) 6yo Mare | WILLIE MULLINS RACHAEL BLACKMORE | 73.0 $10.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 4. BARRA (FR) 7yo Mare | GORDON ELLIOTT MARK P WALSH | 73.0 $34.00 | |||||||
| 6th | 10. MIDNIGHT TOUR (GB) 8yo Mare | ALAN KING DAVY RUSSELL | 73.0 $13.00 | |||||||
| 7th | 7. JER'S GIRL (IRE) 6yo Mare | GAVIN CROMWELL B J GERAGHTY | 73.0 $13.00 | |||||||
| 99th | 6. FORGE MEADOW (IRE) 6yo Mare | MRS J HARRINGTON ROBBIE POWER | 73.0 $15.00 | |||||||
She's been tricky to train but quite a mare when on song - Benie Des Dieux, winner of the OLBG Mares Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival last time out, confirms the form with Apple's Jade to run out a ready winner of the Irish EBF Annie Power Mares Champion Hurdle at the Punchestown Festival under jockey Paul Townend for trainer Willie Mullins and owners Rich and Susannah Ricci.
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