John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase (Grade 1)

Pos	No.	Dr	Horse	Form	Jockey / Trainer	Age	Wgt	Best decimal odds
2nd	1	—	Fact To File (G) FAV Made winning reappearance in this last year. Beaten by stronger stayers when placed in 3m Grade 1 events on next 2 starts and back on the up returned to around 2½m when 9-length winner of Ryanair at …	314-261	Mark Walsh W P Mullins	8	75.3kg	2.38 11/8
3rd	2	—	Fastorslow (G) T Dual Punchestown Gold Cup winner who also landed this race 2 years ago. Bit below his best when 6½ lengths fourth to Fact To File in last year's renewal. Missed the remainder of the campaign due to s…	12U1/4-3	J J Slevin M Brassil	9	75.3kg	11 10/1
1st	3	—	Gaelic Warrior (G) HT Top-class chaser who ended last season on a high, winning Grade 1 Bowl at Aintree (25f) and Grade 2 Oaksey at Sandown (23f). Bold show likely on reappearance.	11-1321	Paul Townend W P Mullins	7	75.3kg	2.63 13/8
8th	4	—	Grangeclare West (G) High-class chaser at his best, finishing second in Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown and fine third of 34 in Grand National at Aintree last season. Ended the campaign with another really good handicap p…	5-8481U	Brian Hayes W P Mullins	9	75.3kg	41 40/1
4th	5	—	Heart Wood (G) Didn't need to be at his best to win course Grade 3 on reappearance. Fact To File was 9 lengths too strong for him in the Ryanair at Cheltenham in March and he's likely to be vulnerable for win purpo…	2P-1411	Darragh O'Keeffe H De Bromhead	7	75.3kg	11 10/1
9th	6	—	I Am Maximus (G) Posted a top-class handicap performance when finding only reopposing stablemate Nick Rockett too strong when bidding for back-to-back wins in the Grand National at Aintree in April. Will presumably h…	P82-925	Mr D O'Connor W P Mullins	9	75.3kg	21 20/1
5th	7	—	Inothewayurthinkin (G) T Produced a top-class performance when proving 6 lengths too strong for Galopin des Champs in the Cheltenham Gold Cup (3¼m, good to soft) in March. Likely to have a big say in the top staying chases a…	41-59F3	Keith Donoghue G P Cromwell	7	75.3kg	19 18/1
6th	8	—	James Du Berlais (G) HT Produced a career best to land a 2½m handicap at the Festival here in April but will need a fair bit more again if he's to get seriously competitive in this exalted company on his return to the track…	551/63-2	Danny Gilligan W P Mullins	9	75.3kg	51 50/1
7th	9	—	Lecky Watson (G) Made it 3-3 over fences when seeing off 6 rivals in the Grade 1 Brown Advisory at Cheltenham (24.5f, good to soft) in March. Fell in another Grade 1 novice here on final start. Improvement will be ne…	1F-77P8	Sean O'Keeffe W P Mullins	7	75.3kg	15 14/1
—	10	—	Nick Rockett (G) Most progressive staying chaser last season, culminating with a defeat of reopposing stablemates I Am Maximus and Grangeclare West in the Grand National at Aintree. Could improve again this term but …	3/4111-3	Mr P W Mullins W P Mullins	8	75.3kg	21 20/1
—	11	—	Senecia (G) Pulled Up B Smart chaser but out of his depth here.	02P3P-1	Sean Flanagan V Halley	8	75.3kg	151 150/1

Betting forecast: Fact To File (11/8), Gaelic Warrior (13/8), Fastorslow (10/1), Heart Wood (10/1), Lecky Watson (14/1), Inothewayurthinkin (18/1), I Am Maximus (20/1), Nick Rockett (20/1), Grangeclare West (40/1), James Du Berlais (50/1), Senecia (150/1)