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Easter Festival April 19th - 21st Handicap
1m2f100y, Flat, 3yo+, 16 runners
Winning time 2m 19.72s
- Going
- Soft
- Surface
- Turf
Result
W J Lee
A Oliver
Bolted clear from the off - dropped to second and sat just behind up front through halfway - shaken up to hit the front approaching 2f out and headed briefly a furlong from home - rallied to regain command in the final 100 yards and stayed on strongly to score
Colin Keane
W P Mullins
Settled midfield early - asked for effort in the straight and found space to advance 2f out - shared front spot briefly over 1f out - lost front spot 100 yards out and unable to threaten winner late
Luke McAteer
David Marnane
Sat behind the front group - 5th at halfway - driven and made progress 2f out - up to 3rd with a furlong left - squeezed for space nearing the final stages then stayed on to finish 3rd beaten 2¼ lengths
N G McCullagh
Alan McIntyre
Sat close to pace on the outside - 3rd at halfway - dropped to 6th and asked for effort 2f out - stayed on strongly late to finish 4th
Chris Hayes
Chris Timmons
Settled at the back early - improved on the inside approaching 2f out then 7th and driven with a furlong left - stayed on strongly late to finish 5th
Ben Coen
J P Murtagh
Sat handy behind the front group taking a strong hold - 4th at halfway - up to 3rd and driven approaching 2f out - dropped back to 4th and urged out inside the final furlong - unable to find more close home finishing 6th
Nathan Crosse
H D McGuigan
Settled in the pack - pushed along with 2f left in 7th - unable to close as the line neared - finished 7th beaten 5.5 lengths
Jamie Powell (3)
Noel Meade
Settled towards the back midfield early - travelling keenly - urged into contention 9th about 2f out but unable to close - stayed on without further gain to finish 5 1/2 lengths back
Adam Caffrey
Adrian McGuinness
Sat close to the pace - 6th at halfway - driven with little response over 2f out and held to the line
James Ryan (3)
A J Martin
Held up towards the back - driven with two out but made no dent on the leaders - stayed on steadily to the line without threatening
Patrick McGettigan (7)
J P Murtagh
Fractious at the stalls and hesitant to get going - settled near the back - urged forward but made no headway approaching 2f out - stayed on at one tempo late without ever threatening
Dylan Browne McMonagle
R P Cody
Held up towards back of the pack - urged forward with little response 2f out - weakened from over 1f out to finish well beaten
Shane Foley
Mrs John Harrington
Up with pace early and to the front before 2f into contest - urged to stay ahead but overtaken with 2f left - dropped away quickly and unable to find more inside final furlong - finished well held
Declan McDonogh
Ciaran Murphy
Held up at the back - no impression made through the race - driven approaching the straight - unable to find more from over a furlong out - well held in 14th
Seamie Heffernan
A J Martin
Held up towards back of the pack - urged forward but made no headway early in straight - soon weakened and finished well held
Rory Cleary
Daniel John Howard
Settled in the pack keeping keen tempo - 7th at halfway - asked for more into the straight but found little - dropped away to finish well held
Non-runners: Killeaney Bear (reserve), Neo Smart (unsuitable ground), San Andreas (unsuitable ground), Solomon (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.