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2m6f, Hurdle, 4yo+, 13 runners
Winning time 5m 59.05s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 12 hurdles
Result
Phillip Enright
Bernard Martin Crowley
Settled with the pack early - moved forward after the first - up to 4th by the 6th - pushed into contention after the 8th and 2nd approaching two out - hit the front before the last - drove clear to win comfortably
Patrick M O'Brien (7)
F G Hand
Shared front spot early - lost advantage after 1st - settled second from 6th - dropped to third 2 out - regained second before last - held on at steady effort to finish clear second
Philip Donovan (5)
Declan Queally
Shared front spot early - just ahead after 1st - a bit awkward at 5th and again 2 out - lost command soon after - slipped to third approaching last - held on without further gain to the line
Cian Quirke (5)
Eoin Doyle
Held up towards the back - improved into midfield after the 6th - pushed into 5th and stayed there into the straight - unable to threaten leaders before the last - stuck on late to finish 4th
Kieren Buckley
Shane Nolan
Settled with the pack early - slipped back to mid-division and stumbled - shaken up back into contention after three out - up into 4th before two out - unable to threaten and awkward at the last - stayed on at one gear up the run-in - edged out of 4th near the line to finish 5th
Jordan Gainford
Cian Collins
Settled in the pack early - slipped back to ninth then seventh - pushed along after two out - improved into last before finishing on at one gait to the line
Sean Flanagan
Liam Casey
Handy early - held 6th through mid-race - unable to close from two out - eased back to 7th late and stayed one-speed to the line
Conor Stone-Walsh (5)
Cian Collins
Held up at back - given encouragement after 3rd - moved into 7th by the 6th and closing before 3 out - asked for effort in 7th after 2 out - lost ground into 8th before the last and beaten well home
Alix Balfe (7)
Gavin Cromwell
Held up at back - improved into 7th by 3 out - struggling for pace turning in - dropped away before last to finish 9th
Tiernan Power Roche (7)
P J Rothwell
Held up early - improved position past 5th - up to 8th but faded back to 10th - brief place inside final two furlongs without threatening - dropped away before the last
Darragh O'Keeffe
David Kenneth Budds
Sat close to the pace early - held mid-field positions through the middle stages - dropped away approaching 3 out - unable to find more from 2 out - faded on entering the straight to finish well beaten in 11th
John Shinnick (5)
Daniel G Murphy
Settled around midfield - slipped towards the rear before finding a bit of an edge into 7th but made no real headway - lost touch entering the straight and beaten a long way home
Paddy Hanlon (7)
Miss Tara Lee Cogan
Held up towards the back - slipped further back and pushed to keep tempo after the 4th - down in 13th before the 7th - lost touch with the pack before 3 out - faded before 2 out and finished well beaten
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.