Paddy Power Chase |
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| (Extended Handicap Chase) Leopardstown 14:55 Grade B, €190,000 3m100y, 5yo+  |
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| Saturday 27th December 2014 | |
1 Living Next Door 20/1
2 Foxrock 7/2F
3. Vics Canvas 14/1
4 The Job Is Right 25/1
5 Owega Star 10/1
NR: Back Off Mate (IRE), Behemoth (IRE), Heaney (IRE), Subtle Ben (IRE)
26 ran Distances: 1¼l, hd, 2l
TIME 6m 45.90s (slow by 57.90s)
Living Next Door takes the Paddypower Chase giving trainer Tony Martin jockey Denis O' Regan and owner John Breslin a double on the day
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Denis O'Regan's decision to make the journey back to Ireland was fully vindicated when he produced Living Next Door with a typically patient ride to win the hugely valuable Paddy Power Chase.
A close fifth in the four-miler at Cheltenham in March, Tony Martin's charge had shown little in two runs this season but bounced right back to his best under his confident jockey, who had earlier won on the yard's Blair Perrone.
Top-weight Foxrock, sent off the 7-2 favourite, made a bold bid under Adrian Heskin and had everything else in trouble approaching the final fence, but O'Regan had stalked him into the straight going particularly well.
The eight-year-old put in a massive leap and the 20-1 chance saw off his rival by a length and a quarter, with Vics Canvas running a fine race in third and The Job Is Right fourth in a thrilling finish.
Martin said: "These are the sort of races you like winning. You target them, and it's wonderful that it's worked out. Every fence he made ground and O'Regan gave him the ride of the year as far as I'm concerned.
" We'll have a think about where we go next, but he won't be going anywhere for at least a month anyway."
The Paddy Power Steeplechase
Grade B, €190,000, 3m100y, 5yo+
26 ran
Going: Heavy, Soft in places
| Pos | Dist | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Living Next Door (IRE) 20/1 | D F O'Regan 10-9 |
A J Martin | 8 | |
| 2nd | 1¼ | Foxrock (IRE) 7/2f | A P Heskin 11-7 |
T M Walsh | 6 |
| 3rd | hd | Vics Canvas (IRE) 14/1 | C D Maxwell (3) 10-10 |
D A McLoughlin | 11 |
| 4th | 2 | The Job Is Right 25/1 | M A Enright 10-6 |
M Hourigan | 6 |
| 5th | 7 | Owega Star (IRE) 10/1 | D N Russell 11-3 |
Peter Fahey | 7 |
| 6th | 2 | Abbey Lane (IRE) 25/1 | P Townend 10-11 |
W P Mullins | 9 |
| 7th | 1½ | Goonyella (IRE) 14/1 | A E Lynch 10-13 |
J T R Dreaper | 7 |
| 8th | hd | More Madness (IRE) 33/1 | R C Colgan 9-12 |
T O'Brien | 7 |
| 9th | 9½ | My Murphy (IRE) 14/1 | R M Power 11-6 |
W J Burke | 8 |
| 10th | 3 | Groody Hill (IRE) 6/1 | A P McCoy 10-9 |
C Roche | 8 |
| 11th | ½ | Ipsos Du Berlais (FR) 25/1 | G N Fox (5) 10-7 |
N Meade | 8 |
| 12th | ½ | Grand Jesture (IRE) (ex7) 12/1 | J J Burke (3) 11-4 |
H De Bromhead | 6 |
| 13th | 8½ | Colbert Station (IRE) 40/1 | N P Madden 11-6 |
T M Walsh | 10 |
| 14th | 24 | Klepht (IRE) 50/1 | D J Mullins (7) 11-4 |
T Mullins | 9 |
| PU | Christopher Wren (USA) 33/1 | J S McGarvey (3) 10-10 |
N J Gifford | 7 | |
| PU | Rogue Angel (IRE) 20/1 | B J Cooper 10-10 |
M F Morris | 6 | |
| PU | Portrait King (IRE) 16/1 | D E Mullins 10-8 |
M Phelan | 9 | |
| PU | Daring Article (IRE) 20/1 | P T Enright 10-7 |
R Tyner | 8 | |
| PU | Vasco Du Mee (FR) 16/1 | D J Condon 10-5 |
G Elliott | 5 | |
| PU | Call Rog (IRE) 20/1 | A P Crowe 10-0 |
M F Morris | 6 | |
| PU | Wrong Turn (IRE) 20/1 | S A Shortall (5) 10-0 |
A J Martin | 8 | |
| PU | Loch Dara (IRE) 50/1 | S J Gray (3) 9-13 |
L Whitmore | 8 | |
| F | Dogora (FR) 16/1 | R Walsh 11-2 |
W P Mullins | 5 | |
| F | Rye Martini (IRE) 25/1 | L P Dempsey (5) 10-9 |
C A Murphy | 7 | |
| F | Nearly Nama'd (IRE) 33/1 | R Loughran 10-8 |
Ms S Hughes | 6 | |
| F | The Westener Boy (IRE) 10/1 | M P Walsh 10-7 |
C A Murphy | 7 | |
| NR | Heaney (IRE) | P Carberry 10-5 |
T J Taaffe | 7 | |
| NR | Subtle Ben (IRE) | R C Colgan 10-4 |
Miss E Doyle | 7 | |
| NR | Back Off Mate (IRE) | D J Casey 10-1 |
A L T Moore | 6 | |
| NR | Behemoth (IRE) | Reserve 2 9-11 |
P Nolan | 5 |
