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Weldon's Supplier Of John Deere Grass Machinery Beginners Chase
2m4f, Chase, 5yo+, 15 runners
Winning time 5m 8.05s
- Going
- Yielding To Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 14 fences
Result
John Shinnick (5)
Terence O'Brien
Sat handy early - fifth at halfway - improved into second with five to go - moved through smoothly to hit front approaching three out - got in tight over penultimate obstacle under pressure - edged clear and held on gamely to the line
Darragh O'Keeffe
James Joseph Mangan
Up with the front group - minor error 4th - 3rd at halfway and nudged along approaching 3 out and bumped - driven in 3rd at the following fence - upsides the front runner at the last - held on going to the line but one-paced through the run-in - 2nd in the final leap
Donagh Meyler
Karl Thornton
Settled midfield - 6th at halfway - small error 8th - moved into 4th with 5 to jump - upsides the front-runner 3 out - driven into second before the following fence - challenged front-runner at the last - looked booked for a big finish - edged out for the runner-up spot right at the line
Sean O'Keeffe
C Byrnes
Settled towards the back early - moved into 6th with five furlongs left - went up alongside the front pack 3 out but asked for effort with no gain - stayed on same rate to finish 4th
Simon Torrens
Robert Tyner
Settled towards the back - pushed into contention entering the straight but unable to threaten leaders and hit next-to-last - stayed on steadily to finish fifth
Tiernan Power Roche (7)
P J Rothwell
Went straight to front - challenged 3f out and clipped over hurdle then lost advantage soon after - couldn't quicken through following furlong - stayed on same gear to finish 6th
Cian Quirke (5)
W J Burke
Held up at back - still detached six out - pushed along to reach eighth two out and stayed on without gaining much
Harry Sexton (7)
E Sheehy
Settled around midfield - suffered a heavy knock six out and lost fluency four out - pushed along in sixth turning in without threatening leaders - stayed on same gear to finish eighth
Ben Harvey
Karl Thornton
Held up towards the back for most of the way - hit the fourth-last lightly - unable to make ground thereafter - well held in 9th
Mike O'Connor
Henry De Bromhead
Settled midfield early - drifted left at the 6th - pushed along and hit the fourth from home before fading to finish tenth
Phillip Enright
Eamon Courtney
Held up at the back - pushed along and losing touch before 3 out - well held at the finish
Ricky Doyle
A L T Moore
Settled behind pace-setters - came down at the 2nd
Carl Millar (5)
Cian Collins
Sat close to the pace - up in 2nd at halfway - came down 6 out
E Walsh
Ciaran Murphy
Sat close behind the front pair early - 4th at halfway - baulked 6 out - pushed along with nothing more to give before being pulled up
Niall Moore (7)
M A Cahill
Settled just behind the pace - clipped the opening obstacle - knocked sideways and threw rider at the second
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.