13:55
Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Chase
3m100y, Chase, 4yo+, 17 runners
Winning time 6m 20.00s
- Going
- Good To Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 15 fences 2 omitted
Result
Jack G Gilligan (2)
Paul John Gilligan
Settled in the pack near the rail - improved into 4th around the 11th - hit the front approaching three out - held a length advantage before running wide before the last - opened a big advantage into the straight - driven out to keep finding under no pressure
Tiernan Power Roche (4)
P J Rothwell
Settled towards the back of the pack - travelled wide throughout - still down in 8th with three to jump - urged for effort but made no headway approaching the last - driven out after the last - improved into second inside the final furlong - stuck on but held no threat to the winner
Conor Smithers (4)
Paul Nolan
Raced handily and in front soon after an error at the 1st - serious mistake at the 8th and caught - back in the pack before rejoining the frame in 4th after 3 out - another poor leap at the last - driven without quickening - a distant 4th 1f out - one-speed late but picked up third right on the line
Peter Smithers (4)
Liz Doyle
settled midfield early - jumped awkwardly 8th - hampered hard three out and then blundered following fence - urged into eighth approaching last - no headway once asked to chase up - held third a furlong out - stuck on same rate to finish fourth
Richard Condon (2)
Henry De Bromhead
Midfield - hampered at the 1st - serious error 4 out and still in contention - not jumping cleanly at the following fence - 6th at the last - briefly 2nd early in the straight before fading to finish 5th
Shaun Greene (4)
Henry De Bromhead
Sat close to the pace early - error at 2nd - fifth by the 5th - drifted right at 10th fence - still fifth turning for home and unable to threaten - pressed for effort in the straight but held in sixth without finding more
Ethan O'Sullivan (4)
Henry De Bromhead
Positioned close up early - sat behind the front group after the first - into second by the 5th - had a small error 7th - stumbled and lost momentum 9th - shared the front 11th - lost the lead three out - third when hesitating at the fourth from home - unable to find more and beaten well into 7th
Aidan Kelly
Padraig Roche
Sat just behind the front group early - blundered and needed urging 6th - slipped to the back before 3 out and found nothing more
Cian Quirke
Paul Nolan
Held a midfield position - close enough to leaders early - hit hard three from home - driven thereafter without finding more - dropped away to finish well beaten in 9th
Carl Millar (2)
Gordon Elliott
Sat close to the pace early on a tight rein - fourth by the fifth - suffered a heavy knock at the eighth - up to third by the eleventh - into second two out - stumbled and needed urging approaching the last - unable to close entering the straight - dropped away to finish tenth
Patrick M O'Brien (4)
Gavin Cromwell
Held a midfield position early - bumped at the first then again three out while still holding a share - pushed along after and unable to find more
James Smith (4)
Gordon Elliott
Held up at the back throughout - untidy over the early obstacles with errors at the 1st and 3rd - driven for effort by the 7th - urged again following the following fence - asked for more with nothing to give after the 9th - well beaten at the finish
Conor Stone-Walsh
Gavin Cromwell
Held up in the pack - seriously hampered at the 1st - jumping errors at the 7th and 8th - 6th at the 11th - clumsy 2 out and immediately off the bridle - faded and finished a remote 13th
Alix Balfe (4)
Gavin Cromwell
Struggled to hold place from the off - driven along after the 9th with nothing to give - well beaten at the finish
Calum Hogan (4)
E J O'Grady
Handy early - fell at 1st
Jake Coen
Gordon Elliott
Held up towards rear throughout - blundered 3rd and untidy at following fence - lost touch after 8th and pulled up
Oakley Brown (2)
Ian Patrick Donoghue
Handy early - clipped fence 1st and 2nd - third early on - hit front after 8th - matched for the lead 11th - blundered and lost jockey 3 out
Non-runners: Midnight Our Fred (ran yesterday)
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.