Review punchestown 31st Dec

Punchestown's New Year's Eve meeting was not without incident, including when Sadler's Risk battled on bravely to land the Free Festival Upgrade Ticket Offer Hurdle, only to lose the race in the steward's room.

Henry De Bromhead's 7-2 chance responded well to Andrew Lynch's urgings and just fended off 33-1 chance He'llberemembered

However, the stewards then deemed Sadler's Risk to have run off the wrong weight and threw him out, awarding the race to Johnny Burke's mount.

Jockeyship then came under scrutiny in the Festival Hospitality On Sale 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle, as Davy Condon was allowed a massive early lead on Chatham House Rule and never looked back.

The 12-1 chance eventually beating odds-on favourite and fellow Gigginstown-owned challenger Petite Parisienne by two and three-quarter lengths.< The Job Is Right showed plenty of tenacity to land the Buy Your 2015 Annual Membership Beginners Chase.

Once favourite As De Ferbet swept into the lead on the home turn, seemingly travelling best, the result looked a formality, but Michael Hourigan's 9-4 chance kept finding more for Mark Enright's urgings, getting on top at the last and going on to score by a length and a half.

Christy Roche's Golden Ticket subjected Heavenly Brook to his fifth straight second-placed finish when getting up late under Jody McGarvey to win the punchestown.com Handicap Chase by half a length.

Golden Ticket's owner JP McManus enjoyed a double when the Eddie Harty-trained Sort It Out (10-1) boxed on well after the last under Mark Walsh to land the Buy Your Tickets Online At www.punchestown.com Handicap Hurdle.

Jockey David Mullins never had to get serious on his father Tom's Indian Rupee (6-4 favourite), who made all to land the Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle.

Noel Meade's Bonny Kate (evens favourite) pulled out all the stops for Nina Carberry to fend off Ten Times Better in the Goffs Punchestown Invitational Sale Mares Flat Race.