News Flemenstar bound for Dial-A-Bet at Leopardstown after fine Punchestown effort

Flemenstar bound for Dial-A-Bet at Leopardstown after fine Punchestown effort

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The Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown is next on the agenda for Flemenstar after delighting owner Stephen Curran at Punchestown on Sunday.

The Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown is next on the agenda for Flemenstar after delighting owner Stephen Curran at Punchestown on Sunday.

The 10-year-old has suffered his fair share of injury problems since his brilliant victory in the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase three years ago, but his latest effort in the two-and-a-half-mile Grade One was not devoid of promise.

Flemenstar kept tabs on last season's Gold Cup runner-up Djakadam for a long way before faltering in the straight and Curran believes his charge will come on for the run ahead of a likely clash with Arkle hero Un De Sceaux at Leopardstown on December 27.

Curran said: " He ran well and jumped well, he just needed the race. He wouldn't be as fit as those other boys on Sunday.

"He had a serious injury, but he ran well in Navan a month ago and ran well again in Punchestown, so you couldn't fault him.

"We just take things one day at a time with him, but at the moment he's going the right well all going well he'll go to Leopardstown for the two-mile race."