Tuesday 10 December · Punchestown, Eire

12:50 Punchestown Festival 2025 Tickets On Sale Maiden Hurdle

Distance: 2m 3f 15y
Going: Good to Yielding
Class: 0
Prize: EUR 12500
Runners: 19

Race preview

JAMES'S GATE was a smart sort in bumpers, winning easily at this venue and placed behind Facile Vega in the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham. The Shantou gelding has obviously had some training problems but also showed promise over hurdles last season and he makes more appeal than Leopardstown bumper winner Joystick. Forty Coats won a Naas bumper in good style and made a bright start over hurdles when beating all bar the odds-on Wingmen at Navan last month, with Syracus Du Houx over 20 lengths behind in fifth. McLaurey, Ballysax Hank and Supreme Ruler are others to note in a strong maiden.

Pos	Horse	Form	Jockey	Trainer	Wgt	SP
1	James's Gate	134/43-	Ricky Doyle	M Brassil	11 12	6-1
2	Forty Coats	11-2	Darragh O'Keeffe	H De Bromhead	11 12	7-4
3	Mclaurey	10-2	Mark Walsh	E Mullins	11 12	6-1
4	Joystick	3/17-	Paul Townend	W P Mullins	11 12	7-4
5	Minella Post	PU23-3	Kieren Buckley	T Gibney	11 12	50-1
6	Goody Four Shoes	75	Daniel King	T Gibney	11 12	150-1
7	Supreme Ruler	3-33	Sean Flanagan	B Connell	11 12	14-1
8	Ballysax Hank	8-52122	Keith Donoghue	B W Duke	11 12	17-2
9	Silas Marner	66-F464	Gavin Brouder	C O'Brien	11 12	200-1
10	Tumuch	15-3	Sam Ewing	G Elliott	11 12	28-1
11	Carricktriss	P-P0	H Morgan	E Doyle	11 12	250-1
12	Roc My Haarth	97	Liam Quinlan	R Hackett	11 12	150-1
13	Millie B	1U11-F0	Cian Quirke	Miss E Lalor	11 5	150-1
14	Midnight Eugene	P/PPP-	Mr D Doyle	T Doyle	11 12	250-1
15	Lady's Slipper		Danny Mullins	D Murphy	11 5	150-1
16	Chardonay	P-P	R P Treacy	L Casey	11 12	250-1
-	Ourgingernut	00	H E Sexton	P A Fahy	11 12	250-1
-	Syracus Du Houx	677-245	Phillip Enright	O McKiernan	11 12	28-1
-	Tag Master		Anna McGuinness	T Gibney	11 12	200-1