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Downpatrick Maiden Hurdle
2m1f165y, Hurdle, 4yo+, 10 runners
Winning time 4m 17.50s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 8 hurdles
Result
Sam Ewing
Noel Meade
Sat just behind the pace - 4th at halfway - moving smoothly approaching two out - edged in front before the last - driven out to score comfortably
Rachael Blackmore
Henry De Bromhead
Went straight to front - driven on rail and lost lead approaching last - unable to quicken then plugged on steadily to finish second
Paddy Cleary (7)
Kevin Michael Smith
Tracked the front-runner early - disputed second at halfway - slipped to third heading into 3 out - driven on the rail from 2 out and stayed on at one speed to finish third
Patrick M O'Brien (7)
F G Hand
Settled in midfield early - 5th at halfway - driven on approaching 3 out with no real gain from that point - stayed on steadily to take 4th late
Cian Walsh (7)
Stephen McConville
Held up towards the back - still 7th at halfway - driven from two out and stayed on at one rate to take 5th late
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
Sat close to the front early - errors at the first two fences - third at halfway - improved into second three out - urged on after the following fence and soon slipped to fourth before the last - held no more in the run-in and finished sixth
P J O'Hanlon
Ciaran Murphy
Held up towards the back - clumsy at the opening fence - up into 6th by halfway - driven approaching two out then unable to find more and only plodded on steadily from the last
Simon Torrens
Noel C Kelly
Held up towards the back - 9th at halfway - improved into 6th 3 out - driven after the following fence then found little and dropped away from the last
E Walsh
Ciaran Murphy
Held up towards the back - clumsy at the opening fence - 8th at halfway - driven approaching 3 out but had nothing more and dropped away late
Shane Fitzgerald
John Patrick Ryan
Held up at the back from the off - no impression made through the race - well beaten at the finish
Non-runners: El Bello (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.