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Limerick Races On Instagram Handicap Chase
2m3f128y, Chase, 5yo+, 13 runners
Winning time 5m 8.90s
- Going
- Good
- Surface
- Turf
- Jumps
- 14 fences
Result
Aidan Kelly (5)
Padraig Roche
Settled early - mid-pack after 7th - moved into 3rd 3 out - up to 2nd soon after - stayed on strongly to hit front near the finish
Cian Quirke (3)
W J Lanigan
Settled just behind pace early - hit front after 1st then shared advantage at 2nd before being overtaken at 3rd - sat third from 7th - regained command at 10th - battled on up the straight - overhauled right at the line - beaten a neck
Donagh Meyler
A L T Moore
Settled in the pack early - improved into 3rd approaching 3 out - unable to threaten those in front by the last - held on for third without gaining further ground
John Shinnick (5)
G Ahern
Held up early - still back in 11th after 7th - progress made turning into straight to lead the chasing pack by 2 out in 4th - maintained effort to the line finishing fourth
Phillip Enright
Brendan Maurice Walsh
Settled midfield - shuffled back to 6th before nudging into 4th approaching 3 out - slipped to 5th before 2 out - stayed on at one speed to finish fifth
Danny Mullins
Joseph G Murphy
Settled with the pack early - moved into second wide after the 7th before slipping back to fifth approaching three out - unable to threaten in sixth two out - held no extra finish to end sixth
Philip Donovan (5)
Darren Collins
Held up towards the back - still down in 10th after the 7th but improved into 7th approaching three out - unable to threaten and dropped away before two out
Darragh O'Keeffe
Michael Winters
Settled in the pack early - began to lose touch three out and slipped to 8th - dropped away before the second-last
P J O'Hanlon
Darren Collins
Settled with the pack early - fourth after the seventh before slipping back into the straight - dropped away rapidly before two out
E Walsh
L J Archdeacon
Settled with the pack early - slipped to 9th after the 7th then blundered 4 out to fall further back - form gave way approaching 3 out and finished well held in 10th
Conor Clarke (7)
John Patrick Ryan
Settled midpack early - stumbled at the 2nd before slipping towards the back - lost more ground into 12th after the 7th then fell at the second last still making no headway in 8th
Shane O'Callaghan (5)
Charles Coakley
Sprinted straight to the front - handed it up before the 1st - shared the front briefly at the 2nd then went back on top at the 3rd - overtaken again at the 10th - dropped away approaching 3 out - faded further after that point - eased out of contention before 2 out
Sean O'Keeffe
Michael J McDonagh
Held up at the back - blunder at the 2nd - pulled up after the 3rd
Non-runners: Silent Flight (unsuitable ground)
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.