15:23
Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle
2m, Hurdle, 4yo+, 12 runners
Winning time 4m 5.05s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 9 hurdles
Result
Cian Cullinan (4)
Eddie & Patrick Harty
Settled handy early - up to 3rd by 4th - made ground into contention 3 out - hit front soon after - going nicely before 2 out - opened daylight before last - stayed on strongly to score comfortably
Jack Kearney
Patrick Magee
Settled in the pack early - improved into 5th then 4th before four out - pushed forward into 3rd turning for home - unable to challenge the front-runner from the last - stayed on for second
Carl Millar (2)
Michael Mulvany
Sat just behind the front-runner early - moved into 2nd by the 4th and took over soon after - lost the advantage before 3 out - settled back into 3rd - eased to 4th turning into the straight - hit the second-last lightly - stayed on at a steady clip in 3rd to the line
James Smith (2)
M M Rice
Keen to settle back in the pack early - clumsy over first and again two out - up to 8th by 4th fence then 7th soon after - improved into 5th before staying on to finish 4th
Philip Donovan
Denis Gerard Hogan
Handy up early - 4th at the 4th - soon disputing second - went in front before 3 out - overtaken after 3 out - dropped away into 3rd before the last then edged out of 4th near the line
Conor Clarke (4)
John Patrick Ryan
Held up at the back - still down in 10th by the 4th - never a threat and eighth after two out before a small late improvement
Tiernan Power Roche (4)
P J Rothwell
Held up towards the back - down in 12th by the 4th - made progress from four out - unable to close in 7th two out with a scrappy leap - stumbled again at the last - stayed on at one speed to finish seventh
Alex Harvey (2)
Anthony McCann
Held up towards the back - into 6th by the fourth-last but unable to threaten leaders by two out - lost touch before the final flight to finish well beaten
Paddy Hanlon (4)
Miss Tara Lee Cogan
Handy early behind pace - dropped back through midfield from 3rd fence and down in 7th at the 4th - faded further and beaten 2 out
Michael J Molloy (4)
A J Martin
Held up in the pack - 11th passing the 4th - dropped away 2 out - finished well held in 10th
Conor Stone-Walsh
Noel C Kelly
Held up towards the back - drifted right at the opening fence - up in 9th by the 4th - lost touch before 3 out after an untidy leap and dropped away to finish well behind in 11th
Liam McKenna (2)
Patrick J McKenna
Sent to the front early - clipped one at the 3rd before giving up the advantage soon after the 4th and settling midfield - dropped to 5th approaching four out - gave ground steadily after three out - beaten a long way home in 12th
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.