16:37
Dublin National Handicap Chase
3m4f61y, Chase, 5yo+, 14 runners
Winning time 7m 25.05s
- Going
- Yielding
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 21 fences
Result
Tiernan Power Roche (5)
Cian Collins
Held up towards the back - still down the field at halfway - made progress before 4 out - up to 5th by 2 out - improved into contention entering the final furlong - got up to win going away
Keith Donoghue
Gavin Cromwell
Held up towards the back - still down in 12th at halfway - moved into contention before that point - up to 4th with two to jump - kept on to hit the front approaching the last - overtaken again late and unable to fight back for second
Sean Cleary-Farrell (7)
W P Mullins
Held up at the back - still 13th at halfway - made progress into 14th - up to 2nd two out - well there in the mix at the last and left in 3rd - unable to peg back those in front and stayed on at one speed to finish 3rd
Sam Ewing
Gordon Elliott
Settled with the field early - slipped to 10th by halfway - struggling at the back after the 14th - found more 2 out and began to close - hampered on the run-in when left in 5th - stayed on into 4th at the finish
G B Noonan (5)
Norman Lee
Handy in the early stages - moved up to dispute after the 3rd - struck the front before the 4th fence - passed going away from 4 out - 3rd at the 2nd last - fell back to 5th approaching the last - left in 4th and severely hampered on the run-in before fading to finish 5th
Aidan Kelly (5)
Padraig Roche
Held up towards the back early - moved into contention after the 7th and up to 6th by halfway - into 5th after 11th and up into contention around the 13th - slipped back to 7th and pushed along after 2 out - faded before the last - finished sixth
Danny Mullins
Ms Margaret Mullins
Settled midpack early - 9th at the halfway point - improved to 6th after the second-last before dropping back and fading approaching the final fence
Paddy Hanlon (7)
P J Rothwell
Handy early despite a stumble at the first - improved into second by the second fence - third at halfway - up into second by the 10th - blundered at the 14th and dropped back - awkward again 3 out - faded from 2 out - well held at the finish
Harry Sexton (7)
P A Fahy
Held up towards the back early - up to 7th by halfway - moved through the pack before the 14th to sit 3rd after the next - hit the front 4 out - fell at the last after being overtaken
Ricky Doyle
Gearoid O'Loughlin
Held up towards the back - 8th at halfway - eased and withdrawn lame approaching 11th
Simon Torrens
P J Rothwell
Held up towards the back - still down the field at halfway - dropped away before 3 out and pulled up
Phillip Enright
A M O'Grady
Handy near front early - stumbled a touch in 4th after the 6th - faded to 6th after the 11th - errored two out and faded back through the field - eased down and pulled up before the last
Ben Harvey
D M Christie
Went straight to front - overtaken before 4th - up to second by halfway - third by 10th - back to second at 15th - dropped away before 3 out - pulled up before the last
Conor Stone-Walsh (3)
Gavin Cromwell
Held a forward spot early but scratchy over the first - fifth at halfway then up to fourth after the 11th - dropped away before the 13th - faded after two out - pulled up before the last
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.