19:30
SwissMPC Medical Device And Pharmaceutical Consulting Handicap Chase
2m4f38y, Chase, 5yo+, 7 runners
Winning time 4m 59.60s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 11 fences
Result
Danny Mullins
John Patrick Ryan
Set the pace from the off - errored 5 out - challenged before 3 out and regained command before the following fence though awkward there - driven clear by 2 lengths approaching the final flight - kept driving after it - held on strongly for the win
Phillip Enright
Oliver McKiernan
Up with the front in 2nd - errors at the 4th and 7th - challenged before 3 out - relinquished the advantage before the following fence - off the bridle before the last - unable to close and finished 2nd
Conor Owens (7)
P J Rothwell
Settled towards the back and stumbled early - squeezed for room after the 7th - up into 4th but stumbled again 3 out - asked for effort but made no headway before the last - third and outpaced approaching the line - stayed on at one gait to finish third
Keith Donoghue
Ian Patrick Donoghue
Up with the front group in 4th - leapt left at the 3rd - minor error at the 7th - driven forward before 2 out - no headway approaching the last - serious blunder at the last saw the rider drop a stirrup - one paced to finish 4th
Daniel King
Denis Gerard Hogan
Held up at back early - shuffled further back and needed urging in the pack - lost touch around 7th - unable to make headway approaching three out - improved to 5th after 2 out - kept going without finding more late
Mark Walsh
J P Broderick
Settled just off the pace early - stumbled and needed a nudge at the 2nd - hesitant at the 4th - driven into 6th after 3 out but couldn't quicken - finished well beaten in 6th
Carl Millar (7)
Gordon Elliott
Sat close to pace in 3rd - bumped lightly - moved up to challenge before stumbling 7th and dropping to 4th - driven on approaching 3 out - urged again in 5th and hit a marker before 2 out - faded from there to finish 7th
Non-runners: Arrycan (nasal discharge), Ballykeel (lame), Sargent Lightfoot (coughing)
Draw in brackets. Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, h hood, t tongue strap, p cheekpieces, e/s eye shield; ¹ first time. C course winner, D distance winner, CD course and distance winner. Form reads oldest to newest.