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5:58PM, MAY 22 2021
L Autonomie has been clear at the head of France s hurdlers for two seasons in terms of talent but it took until this Grand Course de Haies for the mare to put it all together on the day that mattered most.
Countless hours put in by Francois Nicolle and his team in order to curb her more tearaway tendencies, while still preserving her essential brilliance, paid off in spectacular style as she ran out a 30-length winner of France s version of the Champion Hurdle.
Irish challenger Ronald Pump ran on through beaten horses to be fifth for Robbie Power having never really travelled, but for the vast majority of the 3m1½f trip, this was a match between Morgan Regairaz on thorough stayer Galop Marin, and Angelo Zuliani aboard L Autonomie.
Punchestown Saturday preview & tips: Timeform best bets
By Adam Houghton
19:50 · FRI April 30, 2021
Adam Houghton outlines the Timeform view on the action on the fifth and final day of the Punchestown Festival.
Punchestown Festival tips: Saturday May 1
Concertista in 3.20 Punchestown
Willie Mullins has been utterly dominant at Punchestown this week and looks to hold another strong hand in the Coolmore Kew Gardens Irish EBF Mares Champion Hurdle (15:20), the first of two Grade 1 events on the final day of the meeting.
Mullins is responsible for four of the nine runners as he seeks an eighth success in the race since 2010, including the 2019 runner-up Stormy Ireland, who has returned to her former stable after a spell with Paul Nicholls which included a few tries over fences. She proved at least as good as ever on her first start back in Ireland when winning a Grade 2 contest at Fairyhouse last time, making all the running to beat the smart French Dynamite by a length and a qua
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4:00PM, JAN 23 2021
Glenview Stud s Blue Bresil looks to have a Cheltenham Gold Cup contender after the Venetia Williams-trained Royale Pagaille sluiced up in the Grade 2 Peter Marsh Handicap Chase at Haydock on Saturday under top weight.
Ridden by Tom Scudamore, Royale Pagaille defied 11st 10lb to come home on his own and earn quotes for a range of festival options, notably the Gold Cup, for which he is now mainly 10-1 and challenging for second-favouritism behind dual winner Al Boum Photo.
If he takes his chance at Prestbury Park next month, he will be bidding to follow in the footsteps of his sire s previous Cheltenham winner in Grand Annual victor Le Prezien.