| R4 IRE - PUNCHESTOWN | 26 April 2017 |
| Coral Punchestown Gold Cup (Grade 1) G1 5U OPEN ($350,250), 4937m 6:22.60 | |
| FP | Horse Age & Sex | Trainer Jockey | WT SP | |||||||
1st | 6. SIZING JOHN (GB) 7yo Gelding | MRS J HARRINGTON ROBBIE POWER | 74.5 $1.90 | |||||||
| MIDNIGHT LEGEND (GB) - LA PERROTINE (FR) | ||||||||||
| ANN & ALAN POTTS LIMITED | 2nd | 3. DJAKADAM (FR) 8yo Gelding | WILLIE MULLINS R WALSH | 74.5 $3.50 | ||||||
| SAINT DES SAINTS (FR) - RAINBOW CREST (FR) | ||||||||||
| MME S. RICCI | 3rd | 2. CONEYGREE (GB) 10yo Gelding | M BRADSTOCK NICO DE BOINVILLE | 74.5 $7.00 | ||||||
| KARINGA BAY (GB) - PLAID MAID (IRE) | ||||||||||
| THE MAX PARTNERSHIP | ||||||||||
| 4th | 1. CHAMPAGNE WEST (IRE) 9yo Gelding | HENRY DE BROMHEAD D J MULLINS | 74.5 $15.00 | |||||||
| 5th | 4. FLEMENSTAR (IRE) 12yo Gelding | ANTHONY CURRAN A E LYNCH | 74.5 $101.00 | |||||||
| 99th | 5. OUTLANDER (IRE) 9yo Gelding | GORDON ELLIOTT BRYAN J COOPER | 74.5 $9.00 | |||||||
What a race! Irish Gold Cup and Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Sizing John prevails in a finish for the ages in a truly thrilling Punchestown Gold Cup under jockey Robbie Power for trainer Jessica Harrington and owners Ann and Alan Potts.
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uhegbu Says:
3/05/2017 5:40:57 AM
This is one of the highlights of the meet and probably the race of the meet. Great to see the 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, Coneygree make most of the running but was not far away from the current Cheltenham champ, Sizing John. Djakadam denied yet again in a Grade 1.