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Sunday November 16 2008
Race Result Punchestown 13:05 - Result
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€50000 added, 4yo plus, 2m, €32549 penalty, 6 ran
Going: Heavy
Winning Time Winning Time: 4m 30.7s
Pos. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 Northern Alliance (IRE) 11-4 P Carberry A J Martin 7 11/4
  held up early, 4th halfway, 3rd before 4 out, improved to lead 3 out, soon strongly pressed and narrowly headed before straight, upsides when left lead 2 out, soon clear, drifted right last, kept on well run-in opened 7/4 touched 11/4
2 8 Sizing Africa (IRE) 11-4 D N Russell H De Bromhead 6 9/4 jf
  led, bad mistake 4 out, headed next, ridden in 3rd entering straight, no extra 2 out where left 2nd and hampered, no impression leader before last, kept on same pace opened 9/4 touched 9/4
3 23 Coolpotts (IRE) 11-4 R M Moran J A Berry 6 20/1
  held up, 5th halfway, ridden in 4th 3 out, no extra entering straight, left moderate 3rd 2 out, kept on one pace opened 20/1 touched 20/1
PU Holly Tree (IRE) 11-7 D J Casey E Sheehy 8 7/1
  chased leaders, dropped to rear before 4th and reminder, ridden and trailing 6 out, pulled up before 3 out opened 6/1 touched 7/1
PU Dancing Hero (IRE) 11-4 D F Flannery T Foley 7 10/1
  chased leaders, 3rd halfway, slight mistake 5 out, ridden in 5th and no extra 4 out, pulled up before next opened 10/1 touched 12/1
F Shazand (FR) 11-4 Andrew J McNamara E J O'Grady 5 9/4 jf
  chased leaders, 2nd halfway, improved to dispute 3 out, narrow lead entering straight, strongly pressed and joined when fell 2 out opened 4/1 touched 4/1