October 05 / 15.40 Gowran Park

15.40

Good

PWC Champion Chase (Grade 2)

  • Prize money: £19239.13
  • 2m 4f 0y
  • 3 runners
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PWC Champion Chase (Grade 2)

Runners: 3 runners

Type: Chase Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Showers

14/1 (Won)

  • Win: £4.34

Form: 112-P0 C

Last run: 38 days

W: 11st 3lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 150

Form & Verdict
Course winner over hurdles; 4-11 in chases; very talented on his day but has looked out of form since returning from a 205 day break; never travelled when pulled up behind a few of these at Listowel on his last chase start; beaten 29l off 134 over hurdles on latest; hard to fancy on recent showings.
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1

23rd Aug 2025

Good

2m 4f 180y

16:50 Killarney

Visionarian

11st 12lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Dropping down the ratings since he won a three-runner Grade 2 contest at Gowran last autumn; no signs of a revival at Wexford last month when finishing well behind; it is hard to fancy him at the moment.

22/1

9th

1

4th Jul 2025

Good

2m 3f 110y

16:25 Wexford

Visionarian

11st 12lb

J: Keith Donoghue

T: Gavin Cromwell

Winner of a three-runner Grade 2 at Gowran in October (2m4f, good); well held in stronger Graded contests; poor run in a DRF handicap chase and pulled up when last seen in a handicap chase at the Punchestown festival last time from a 3lb higher mark.

18/1

Form: 4-2470 D

Last run: 66 days

W: 11st 3lb

9 yo Gelding

OR: 144

Form & Verdict
No match for Ash Tree Meadow in a Killarney Grade 3 chase in May; no impact last three starts, including in handicaps off 149 and 147; no win over fences since landing a Grade 3 novice at Thurles in March 2022; faces a tough task in this company; others look more likely.
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1

19th Oct 2025

Good

3m 0f 0y

16:15 Limerick

French Dynamite

11st 12lb

J: Patrick M O’Brien

T: E McNamara

Three chase wins, including a 2m7f Grade 3 at Punchestown last October; often highly tried when with Mouse Morris; creditable third in the Kerry National on stable debut; fair chance with 5lb off again; trainer (responsible for last year's winner) also has Weveallbeencaught in the line-up.

9/1

3rd

5

24th Sep 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 7f 180y

16:23 Listowel

French Dynamite

11st 6lb

J: G B Noonan

T: E McNamara

Three chase wins, including a 2m7f Grade 3 at Punchestown last October; often highly tried when with Mouse Morris; his new trainer knows what it takes to win this; possible each-way value.

20/1

2nd

6

3rd May 2025

Yielding

3m 0f 90y

14:30 Punchestown

French Dynamite

11st 12lb

J: Gavin Brouder

T: M F Morris

Three chase wins, including a 2m7f Grade 3 at this venue last October, beating Minella Indo; ran well for a long way before weakening in the Cross Country Handicap at Cheltenham; never threatened in the Topham.

7/1

Form: 17-120 D

Last run: 66 days

W: 11st 8lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: 158

Form & Verdict
One of two for yard; 7-14 over fences, including a pair of Grade 2s and the 2023 Galway Plate; last win came in a Killarney Grade 3 back in May (20.5f, yielding); ground versatile and easy to forgive his latest effort at Galway; this is his best trip and he could be dangerous if getting loose on the front, but he's not the only front-runner here; chance.
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4th

3

28th May 2025

Good To Firm

3m 0f 0y

19:30 Wexford

Ash Tree Meadow

11st 5lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Gordon Elliott

Dual Grade 2 chase scorer and 2023 Galway Plate winner; has only a maiden win to his name from seven starts over hurdles and was beaten at odds-on at Punchestown last June on his only start in this discipline last season; ran in good company over fences at Killarney 16 days ago; well suited by the race conditions and will be hard to beat if jumping adequately.

11/10

4th

3

28th May 2025

Good To Firm

3m 0f 0y

19:30 Wexford

Ash Tree Meadow

11st 5lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Gordon Elliott

Dual Grade 2 chase scorer and 2023 Galway Plate winner; has only a maiden win to his name from seven starts over hurdles and was beaten at odds-on at Punchestown last June on his only start in this discipline last season; ran in good company over fences at Killarney 16 days ago; well suited by the race conditions and will be hard to beat if jumping adequately.

11/10

4th

2

12th May 2025

Good

2m 4f 100y

18:38 Killarney

Ash Tree Meadow

11st 8lb

J: Danny Gilligan

T: Gordon Elliott

Dual Grade 2 winner in addition to a score in the 2023 Galway Plate plus he won this race last year; hasn't had much racing since but has been mostly below form; didn't jump that well at Aintree over the 'big' fences last time; needs best.

8/1

Non-runners

Conflated, Espanito Bello, Saint Roi, Saint Sam, Solness

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Payout
Exacta €7.40
Straight Forecast €10.12
Trifecta €5.50

Selections

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Conflated

SPOTLIGHT:

Ash Tree Meadow

The Irish Sun:

Saint Sam

TOPSPEED:

Conflated

POSTDATA:

Conflated