18:30
Friday Night Lights At Dundalk Handicap
7f, Flat, 3yo+, 14 runners
Winning time 1m 26.06s
- Going
- Standard
- Surface
- AW
Result
Adam Caffrey (3)
Adrian McGuinness
Settled behind the pace - 5th at halfway - angled left and into 3rd approaching the final furlong - hit the front inside the last 150 yards and stayed on strongly to score
Gavin Ryan
Anthony McCann
Settled towards the back - soon moved up to sit 2nd at halfway - drive applied 2f out - hit the front momentarily 1f out before the winner pulled clear - one-paced in the closing stages to finish second
Colin Keane
Edward Lynam
Went straight to front - driven out approaching final two furlongs before giving up advantage inside last - stayed on same rate to finish third
James Ryan (3)
John S O'Donoghue
Held up towards the back - driven for progress approaching the last two furlongs - eighth with a furlong left - responded strongly late to finish fourth closing fastest
Shane Foley
Gerard O'Leary
Settled off the pace early - pushed along and made progress into 10th approaching final furlong - closed steadily to finish fifth 1¾ lengths behind
Jamie Powell (3)
M D O'Callaghan
Held up towards the back - driven into contention approaching 2f out and up to 6th with a furlong left - stayed on at one tempo through the closing stages to finish 6th beaten 2 1/4 lengths
Declan McDonogh
Donal Kinsella
Handy behind front group early - 4th at halfway - asked for effort inside final 2f but unable to go with them - dropped back late to finish 7th
Donagh O'Connor
J F Levins
Held a midfield spot early - still 8th at halfway - driven on approaching 2f out to move 7th with a furlong left - unable to close and finished 8th one-paced
Jack Cleary (7)
A P O'Brien
Went forward from the start - sitting in third by the midpoint - asked for effort with 2f left and into fifth approaching the final furlong - unable to find more late finishing 9th
Ronan Whelan
M Halford & T Collins
Sat close to pace early - dropped to the back of the pack under pressure - unable to find more late and held for tenth
Wayne Hassett (5)
Miss Natalia Lupini
Held up in the pack early - roughly midfield by halfway - driven approaching 2f out and up to 9th with a furlong left - unable to close and beaten into 11th
W J Lee
Gerard O'Leary
Settled around midfield - driven for effort inside final two furlongs but failed to close - held no more in reserve to finish - eventually well beaten in 12th
Chris Hayes
P J F Murphy
Held up at the back throughout - driven with a furlong and a half left but made no headway - faded to finish well beaten
Gary Carroll
John C McConnell
Set the pace early - settled 6th of the group by halfway - pushed along and dropped back inside final 2f then found nothing more
Non-runners: Distillate (reserve), Inflection Point (reserve), Marble Angel (reserve)
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.