13:05
Bar One Racing 'Guaranteed Overnight Prices' Porterstown Handicap Chase (Listed)
Listed, 3m5f160y, Chase, 4yo+, 13 runners
Winning time 7m 45.80s
- Going
- Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 22 fences
Result
Harry Sexton (7)
P A Fahy
Sat close up early - dropped back after the 11th and 9th before the 12th - made progress after the 15th to 5th before the 18th - stuck on into 3rd after three out - improved into 2nd before the last - went ahead in the run-in - won going away
James Smith (7)
Matthew J Smith
Settled towards the back early - moved into contention before the 18th - into 4th and driving into the straight - went in front approaching the last - overtaken late and edged out into 2nd
Sean O'Keeffe
Paul Nolan
Settled handy early - dropped to sixth before improving into fourth by the 18th - moved up into fourth then fifth approaching two out - held position in third and stayed on steadily to the line - finished 3rd
Aidan Kelly (5)
Padraig Roche
Settled towards the back of the field early - made progress before the 5th - upped alongside the front-runner after the 6th and into second before the 12th - dropped back approaching the last - stayed on at one speed to finish fourth
Charlie O'Dwyer (5)
P A Fahy
Set the pace early - blundered at the 10th and slipped back to third before the 12th - regained command after the 17th - lost the advantage before the last and slotted into fourth - held one gear to the line in fifth
Richard Deegan
Liz Doyle
Held up towards the back - blunder at the 8th - improved through the pack into 12th then 18th - pushed along before 2 out - lost touch in 6th and erred again at the last - drifted right on the run-in to finish sixth
Sean Flanagan
Barry Connell
Held up towards the back - still 10th at the 12th - shaken up into contention before stumbling at the 18th - blundered again 4 out and found nothing more late finishing 7th
Michael O'Sullivan
P A Fahy
Held up towards the back - fumbled at the 5th and lost more ground before the 12th - faded and drifted left approaching two out - eventually well held in 8th
Conor Stone-Walsh (5)
Gavin Cromwell
Settled in the pack early - fluctuated through the order from 7th to 12th then 6th to 18th - made ground into contention after the 18th - close up 3 out but blundered and came down
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Held up towards the back - pushed along after the 18th with nothing to offer - always struggling to get involved - pulled up before two out
Danny Mullins
J P Flavin
Handy early - sitting 5th before dropping to 12th - faded from midrace and was pulled up before the 18th
Dillon Maxwell (5)
J P Broderick
Prominent in 4th - dropped away after the 17th and soon struggling - well beaten before 4 out and pulled up before 3 out
Gavin Brouder (5)
Ross O'Sullivan
Settled behind the pace early - hit the front before the 12th - stumbled a touch at the 14th - blundered at the 17th and gave up top spot - dropped to third soon after - faded away before 2 out and pulled up before the last
Non-runners: Dunboyne (unsuitable ground), Favori De Champdou (unsuitable ground), Klarc Kent (unsuitable ground), Positive Thinker (unsuitable ground), Where It All Began (unsuitable ground)
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.