| R5 IRE - LEOPARDSTOWN | 26 December 2017 |
| Racing Post Novice Chase (Grade 1) G1 4U NCHSE ($140,630), 3419m 4:13.60 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 4. FOOTPAD (FR) 5yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS PAUL TOWNEND | 75.5 $1.67 | |||||||
| CREACHADOIR (IRE) - WILLAMINA (IRE) | ||||||||||
| SIMON MUNIR & ISAAC SOUEDE | 2nd | 1. ANY SECOND NOW (IRE) 5yo Gelding | T M WALSH MARK P WALSH | 75.5 $13.00 | ||||||
| OSCAR (IRE) - PRETTY NEAT (IRE) | ||||||||||
| JOHN P MCMANUS | 3rd | 5. JETT (IRE) 6yo Gelding | MRS J HARRINGTON ROBBIE POWER | 75.5 $26.00 | ||||||
| FLEMENSFIRTH (USA) - LA NOIRE (IRE) | ||||||||||
| MR ROBERT WALEY-COHEN | ||||||||||
| 99th | 3. DEATH DUTY (IRE) 6yo Gelding | GORDON ELLIOTT DAVY RUSSELL | 75.5 $2.75 | |||||||
| 99th | 2. AVENIR D'UNE VIE (FR) 7yo Gelding | HENRY DE BROMHEAD JACK W KENNEDY | 75.5 $26.00 | |||||||
Stunning - Footpad absolutely blazes his rivals aside in a scintillating performance on day one of the Leopardstown Christmas Festival to land the Grade 1 Racing Post Novice Chase for trainer Willie Mullins, jockey Paul Townend and owners Simon Munir and Isaac Souede.
