20-1 shock as Mighty Potter floors Sir Gerhard at Punchestown - Racing TV

[@darrynbermingham7822]

What an amazing ride by Jack here! Right position and unreal race riding to keep Sir Gerhard in and get to the front. Great stuff

[@daltonastbury31]

Amazing ride and the horse travelled strongly throughout, Jack was very smart with positioning and when he asked the horse delivered 🙌🏼

[@jamiegordon5242]

Need to get DD over 5f at Dundalk

[@luke492]

Rest easy Mighty Potter x

[@tchandrakumaran8268]

Champagne day for the bookies. Horses were falling all over the place. Some horses seem to be knackered after Cheltenham.

[@edquigley9345]

Delighted I got a bet on him. What a run

[@rodneymckee8431]

Was it that big of a surprise after all sir Gerhard was back to 2m and Mighty potter was fancied in the supreme when pu early on behind Constitution hill

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

really thought he would just about win at Cheltenham not sure why he under performed there but this was much more like it , he is a good horse and proved it today , at 20 the f one!!!!! wow what a price and much bigger on the exchanges

[@timcomley3241]

Winner will be a good chaser

[@silenusut]

Wonder if there’s a reputable study - say over the last 10 years - into Cheltenham performers who finish in the first 4 that then run at Punchestown.

[@slitsk]

Same last year too, lots of the horses winning grade 1s all season came undone at Punchestown. All really tired I'd say. Find it best to leave out most of these odds on horses at this fest.

[@morafiq73]

Exciting race to watch from a viewers eyes but a terrible race in the punters pocket. I had Dysart, not bothered about losing some cash I just hope the horse is OK because it's not like him to run out of gas and definitely not in the blink of an eye like that. Mighty Potter had a rough Cheltenham so very impressive from him today, I know a lot was expected off him in March so I'm happy that he had his day in the spotlight today (and what a performance from jockey too!) Sir Gerhard probably found this too soon after Chemtenham and I'm sure he'll be back amongst the winners in no time.

[@johnball5476]

I have to disagree with you there mo mo sir gerhard run 6 weeks after Cheltenham is plenty of time for a horse to recover, plus he got boxed in at a vital stage, hit a hurdle plus another factor. Two years on a run has not performed at the punchestown festival coming 3rd both times maybe he don't like the track.

[@morafiq73]

@@johnball5476 was just watching that race again there as you commented and your points are all very accurate and valid so that could well be the case. Be interesting to see what the trainer says about it

[@stephenburke5967]

Mullins"thats the last time he runs at Punchestown and on a right handed track".

[@morafiq73]

@@stephenburke5967 suppose that's the concrete evidence to back up John's point then🤣🤣

[@johnball5476]

@@morafiq73 only opinions end of the day mo mo and everyone entitled to them . Always interesting to hear different opinions about racing.

[@kingkonho]

How good is Hendersons horse then wow...

[@calvinwade2751]

Sort out the audio..

[@JPwhoknows]

Looks like Dysart suffered a leg injury after Potter jumper alongside after that hurdle. Hope he’s alright

[@suemaher5282]

I saw the interview afterwards and they said he jumped the last so he's OK JP

[@JPwhoknows]

@@suemaher5282 wouldn’t drop out that quickly if all was alright Sue.

[@suemaher5282]

@@JPwhoknows He pulled him up for a reason but he was well enough to take the last fence so his legs wasn't the reason. Might tell us later why. Could be breathing as he went out like a light

[@JPwhoknows]

@@suemaher5282 yeah breathing issue could be right, sad to see the two big in the market not fight it out as everyone might of thought but guess mighty potter was fully tuned up after a bad Cheltenham performance.

[@suemaher5282]

@@JPwhoknows totally agree

[@Ben-xl4hp]

Sir Gerhard stopped remarkably similarly in this race to how he did in the bumper at punchestown last year. Looks like he simply doesn’t handle the track. Either way looks like his trip is 2m4f

[@lorristan]

Im not so sure it was the track. It may be that he was over the top for this campaign and his target for next year will be the Cheltenham festival and if they meet there again then my money will be on Sir Gerhard. I also thought that Dysart Dynamo would show a lot more than he did, Take nothing away from Mighty Potter but Gatsby Grey in 2nd at 100/1 does tend to suggest to me that both Sir G and DD both under performed by quite some way.

[@Ben-xl4hp]

Today should have given team Mullins the clue they needed that Sir Gerhard should head for the Turners. Let’s hope he doesn’t have the same fate as some other recent ballymore winners like Envoi Allen and Samcro. Fingers crossed Bob Olinger won’t be added to that list

[@ionutsarbu5695]

It was fixed !

[@tomtheeagle1]

Says the racing expert who's probably never even been on a rocking horse!

[@Zarkava8]

@@tomtheeagle1 Look who's talking. 😂

[@tomtheeagle1]

@@Zarkava8 How can I compete with such rapier wit?! So GAFY!

[@MI-nw8uo]

No shock to me, i backed it... Elliott always rated him highly, but a bad mistake ended his chance at Cheltenham.

[@stuartawmcconkey1738]

sir gerhard ran so badly i had winner with in forecst . 😢

[@firstname4476]

There was some very doggy results today , can they really use Cheltenham as an excuse most these horse are saved all year maybe 1 or 2 runs . The horse that finished 2 was been pushed along over 3 fences out and smoked sir Gerhard like he wasn’t there . Last time they races he was 30L behind.

[@deano007]

Townend/mullins playing for the bookies as usual 🤣

[@shanebyrne8608]

Absolutely donkey racing same horses running over and over and people have the cheek to say that about dundalk but at least in dundalk the horses that run over and over always run to there mark

[@TribalThief]

Standard irish, fixing for their mates again, sir Gerhard beat the 2nd horse by 30 lengths last time 😂😂😂😂😂

[@timcomley3241]

End of season form 🙄

[@rodneymckee8431]

Unlike English racing there competitive so on occasions these things happen

[@leehoward8570]

That does not matter 1 bit.

[@rodneymckee8431]

@@leehoward8570 of course it matters when you have competitive races it takes more out off a horse which means on the odd occasion it happens don't forget he got bt here last yr

[@frankelf3151]

Yup watch rest of festival and many so called favourites from their own stable will be beaten by big outsiders. There is always fixing in racing... Bookies are the biggest culprits. If a horse is not trained to be fully fit for the race they'll lose. Easy to fix.

[@JSB-IZ-ME]

Disgusting result. Form irrelevant.