Slade Steel can pass stamina test at Punchestown
CHASING VICTORY: Having chased home Predators Gold at Navan earlier this month, Slade Steel can go one better in the final Irish racing meeting of 2025. Picture: Healy Racing
Punchestown draws the curtain on 2025’s racing calendar and the opening race, the Celebrating 175 Years At Punchestown Tote Beginners’ Chase, revolves around the stamina of former Supreme Novices’ Hurdle winner Slade Steel.
Second in similar races on his only two starts of last season, he was off for almost a year before taking a third try at a beginners’ chase and the result was just the same: A runner-up finish.
