Result 17:25 · Punchestown (IRE)

Paddy Power Champion Hurdle

Grade 12mYielding4yo+ · 6 ran

Result

Official · time 3m 58.90s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	State Man (FR)	Paul Townend	W P Mullins	—	1.40	1.44
2	Vauban (FR)	Danny Mullins	W P Mullins	3L	4.33	4.98
3	Colonel Mustard (FR)	Kieren Buckley	Mrs Lorna Fowler	9L	34.0	61.4
4	Sharjah (FR)	Mr P W Mullins	W P Mullins	14L	15.0	25.1
5	Zanahiyr (IRE)	Keith Donoghue	Gordon Elliott	16¾L	23.0	38.0
6	Pied Piper (GB)	Rachael Blackmore	Gordon Elliott	19L	23.0	46.2

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Colonel Mustard (FR) p

8yo · 11-12 · OR 145

374222 J Kieren Buckley T Mrs Lorna Fowler —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
22 Apr 23	Ayr	2m	Good	C1	2/10	3L	5.50
04 Mar 23	Kelso	2m	Good To Soft	C2	2/16	2L	7.00
21 Dec 22	Fairyhouse	2m	Yielding To Soft	—	2/5	19L	6.00

2 wins from 15 · placed 12

Course winner: 1 win from 3 here

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5yo · 11-12 · OR 157

611542 J Rachael Blackmore T Gordon Elliott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
17 Mar 23	Cheltenham	2m 1f	Soft	C1	2/24	hd	13.0
05 Feb 23	Leopardstown	2m	Yielding	—	4/5	6½L	67.0
29 Dec 22	Leopardstown	2m	Soft	—	5/5	85¼L	13.0

6 wins from 21 · placed 15

Course winner: 1 win from 1 here

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Sharjah (FR) t

10yo · 11-12 · OR 158

123242 J Mr P W Mullins T W P Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Apr 23	Aintree	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	2/6	3L	21.0
17 Mar 23	Cheltenham	2m 1f	Soft	C1	4/24	3L	11.0
18 Feb 23	Gowran Park	2m	Soft To Heavy	—	2/6	½L	1.57

10 wins from 33 · placed 20

Course winner: 2 wins from 6 here

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State Man (FR)

6yo · 11-12 · OR 166

111112 J Paul Townend T W P Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
14 Mar 23	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Soft	C1	2/7	9L	4.50
05 Feb 23	Leopardstown	2m	Yielding	—	1/5	—	2.20
29 Dec 22	Leopardstown	2m	Soft	—	1/5	—	1.67

6 wins from 8 · placed 7

Course winner: 2 wins from 2 here

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Vauban (FR) t

5yo · 11-12 · OR 160

111234 J Danny Mullins T W P Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
14 Mar 23	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Soft	C1	4/7	15¼L	17.0
05 Feb 23	Leopardstown	2m	Yielding	—	3/5	5¼L	5.50
29 Dec 22	Leopardstown	2m	Soft	—	2/5	4¼L	3.75

3 wins from 7 · placed 6

Course winner: 1 win from 2 here

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Zanahiyr (IRE) t,p

6yo · 11-12 · OR 158

F7P533 J Keith Donoghue T Gordon Elliott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Apr 23	Aintree	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	3/6	3½L	15.0
14 Mar 23	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Soft	C1	3/7	13L	67.0
05 Feb 23	Leopardstown	2m	Yielding	—	5/5	8L	67.0

5 wins from 19 · placed 12

Won 2 of 9 at around this trip

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