Kildare Hunt Club Cross Country Chase For The Ladies Perpetual Cup

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
1st	1	—	Fountain House (G) FAV PT Second to Knockiel Synge in this in 2024 and won twice in hunter chases in 2025, including at this Festival. 3-3 in points (9-14 overall) this year and one of the key players in first-time cheekpiece…	301111	Mr R James Ian McCarthy	8	77.6kg	3.25 9/4
4th	2	—	Grange Soldier (G) B Winning pointer but well held on his first try in a cross-country race here in February. Blinkers tried.	P3-8P39	Mr P A King William P Murphy	8	75.3kg	34 33/1
2nd	3	—	Knockiel Synge (G) P Won this race in 2024 and third last year but badly out of form in points of late, pulling up 4 of last 6 starts (latest Mar 28).	P73PPP	Miss G Benson P Flood	12	75.3kg	19 18/1
6th	4	—	Willitgoahead (G) P Multiple winning pointer/successful hunter chaser who was third in the Foxhunter at the Cheltenham Festival in 2025. Hasn't completed in 2 runs since his Down Royal second in December (including back…	30P-2UP	Mr J L Scallan G Elliott	8	75.3kg	3.50 5/2
—	5	—	Empire Soldier (G) Pulled Up PT Pulled up in 2 runs over these fences. Placed last time on sole completed start from 3 outings in points since last seen under Rules (Apr 5). Tongue strap and cheekpieces tried.	32PFP3	Mr S Cotter D P Murphy	6	73kg	34 33/1
—	6	—	Keep On Dreaming (G) Fell H Won first 2 of 3 starts in points since last seen under Rules, only mid-field when evs favourite last time (Apr 12). Remains with potential for cross-country races.	P116F-0	Mr L M Kelleher E Bolger	6	73kg	4 3/1
5th	7	—	Samdegoda (G) Showed nothing in Limerick hunter in December. Maiden pointer, placed last 2 starts (latest Apr 12).	433P	Mr O T Gilligan P J Gilligan	7	73kg	81 80/1
3rd	8	—	Turnupdevolume (G) Runner-up in this race last year on his only start under Rules. Made frame 2 of last 3 runs in points (latest Mar 8).	FFP4P4	Mr B T Stone R P O'Keeffe	8	73kg	5.50 9/2
—	9	—	Found A Star (M) Pulled Up P Third on first of 3 starts in points (unplaced Apr 12). Cheekpieces on for first run under Rules.	3P6	Mr R Sugrue J P Dempsey	5	68.9kg	51 50/1

Betting forecast: Fountain House (9/4), Willitgoahead (5/2), Keep On Dreaming (3/1), Turnupdevolume (9/2), Knockiel Synge (18/1), Grange Soldier (33/1), Empire Soldier (33/1), Found A Star (50/1), Samdegoda (80/1)