12:50
Hotel Park St. Johann In Tirol Austria Handicap Hurdle (80-130)
2m50y, Hurdle, 4yo+, Rated 80-130, 15 runners
Winning time 3m 59.50s
- Going
- Good To Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 9 hurdles
Result
Alex Harvey (5)
J P Flavin
Settled through the pack early - made progress rounding into the straight - up to fourth and driven approaching two out - asked for effort in second before the last - swept clear inside the final furlong to score
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Held up towards the back - made progress into the straight - shown a reminder in 6th two out - up to 3rd approaching last - kept on strongly through the run-in - edged into 2nd close home
Michael O'Sullivan
Barry Connell
Sat second early - moved to front approaching straight - urged forward two out - opened up before final fence - driven and challenged hard at the last - overtaken in the closing stages and held for third
Carl Millar (7)
Gordon Elliott
Sat handy behind pace - pushed along in 5th two out - up to 4th but held late
Conor Stone-Walsh (5)
Cian Collins
Held up towards back of pack - stumbled 3 out - made progress into straight - up to third 2 out - asked for effort but faded to 5th before last - unable to threaten leaders and well held at finish
Danny Mullins
James M Barrett
Settled in the pack - bumped three out - made progress into the straight - pushed along in 7th before flattening in 6th and stumbling at the last
Phillip Enright
Adrian Murray
Held up towards the back - nudged into contention entering the straight - still 8th under pressure 2 out with no headway to show late
Sean Flanagan
Paul Nolan
Held up early - clipped a fence 3rd - pushed along in mid-division 2 out with no headway - well held at finish
Jack Kennedy
Gordon Elliott
Held up towards the back of the pack - made strong progress into the straight to loom up into second before jumping poorly 2 out under pressure - lost place approaching the last
Liam McKenna (5)
Patrick J McKenna
Held up towards back of the pack - needed pushing along three out but made no headway - well held at the finish
Sean O'Keeffe
C Byrnes
Held up at rear from the start - unable to make headway from 3 out - well beaten in the closing stages - finished 11th
Donagh Meyler
Mrs Gillian Callaghan
Went straight to front - lost advantage 3rd and sat close up before pressed on turning for home - dropped away late finishing 12th
Cian Quirke (5)
Andrew Slattery
Sat close to front group - stumbled early and errored three from home - pressed for effort soon after and dropped away late
Sam Ewing
Gordon Elliott
Settled midpack early - blundered three from home - pushed along at the sixth - dropped away and beaten a long way out
Finn Brickley (7)
Gordon Elliott
Handy early behind pace-setters - pressed for effort three out - dropped away steadily thereafter
Non-runners: Great Bear (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.