| R3 IRE - LEOPARDSTOWN | 03 February 2018 |
| Frank Ward Solicitors Arkle Novice Chase (Grade 1) G1 5U NCHSE ($153,610), 3419m 4:13.90 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 2. FOOTPAD (FR) 6yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS PAUL TOWNEND | 74.5 $1.44 | |||||||
| CREACHADOIR (IRE) - WILLAMINA (IRE) | ||||||||||
| SIMON MUNIR & ISAAC SOUEDE | 2nd | 3. PETIT MOUCHOIR (FR) 7yo Gelding | HENRY DE BROMHEAD DAVY RUSSELL | 74.5 $4.00 | ||||||
| AL NAMIX (FR) - ARNETTE (FR) | ||||||||||
| BECTIVE STUD | 3rd | 1. ANY SECOND NOW (IRE) 6yo Gelding | T M WALSH MARK P WALSH | 74.5 $9.00 | ||||||
| OSCAR (IRE) - PRETTY NEAT (IRE) | ||||||||||
| JOHN P MCMANUS | ||||||||||
| 4th | 5. DEMI SANG (FR) 5yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS D J MULLINS | 72.0 $17.00 | |||||||
| 99th | 4. TYCOON PRINCE (IRE) 8yo Gelding | GORDON ELLIOTT JACK W KENNEDY | 74.5 $29.00 | |||||||
A huge talent - Footpad runs out an ultimately impressive winner at Leopardstown to make it three from three over fences and two successive Grade 1 victories over the larger obstacles in the Frank Ward Solicitors Arkle Novice Chase - otherwise known as the Irish Arkle - at the inaugural Dublin Racing Festival under jockey Paul Townend for trainer Willie Mullins and owners Simon Munir and Isaac Souede.
